2006 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia explained

See main article: 2006 mid-year rugby union tests.

Team:	Ireland
Destination:	New Zealand and Australia
Yearstart:	2006
Manager:	Eddie O'Sullivan
Captain:	Brian O'Driscoll
Top Test Point Scorer:	Luke McAlister (36)
Top Test Try Scorer:	17 players tied with 1
Matchplayed:	3
Matchwon:	0
Matchdraw:	0
Matchlost:	3
Testplayed:	3
Testwon:	0
Testdraw:	0
Testlost:	3
Played1:	2
Won1:	0
Draw1:	0
Lost1:	2
Played2:	1
Won2:	0
Draw2:	0
Lost2:	1
Previous:	Japan 2005
Next:	Argentina 2007

The 2006 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia was a series of matches played in June 2006 in New Zealand and Australia by Ireland national rugby union team.

Touring party

Ireland sent a squad of 31 players on the tour.^{[1] [2]}

• Manager: Eddie O'Sullivan
• Captain: Brian O'Driscoll

Backs

Isaac Boss (Ballymena RFC/Ulster) Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne FC/Leinster) Gavin Duffy (NEC Harlequins) Denis Hickie (St. Mary's College RFC/Leinster) Shane Horgan (Lansdowne FC/Leinster) John Kelly (Cork Constitution/Munster)

Geordan Murphy (Leicester Tigers) Brian O'Driscoll (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster) Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster) Jeremy Staunton (London Wasps) Peter Stringer (Shannon RFC/Munster) Andrew Trimble (Ballymena RFC/Ulster)

Forwards

Neil Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) Rory Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) Peter Bracken (London Wasps)^[3] Leo Cullen (Leicester Tigers) Jerry Flannery (Shannon RFC/Munster) Anthony Foley (Shannon RFC/Munster) Keith Gleeson (St. Mary's College RFC/Leinster) John Hayes (Bruff RFC/Munster)

Marcus Horan (Shannon RFC/Munster) Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster) Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster) Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster) Mick O'Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster) Alan Quinlan (Shannon RFC/Munster) David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster) Bryan Young (Ballymena RFC/Ulster)

First Test with All Blacks

New Zealand

15.Mils Muliaina, 14.Doug Howlett, 13.Ma'a Nonu, 12.Aaron Mauger, 11.Joe Rokocoko, 10.Luke McAlister, 9.Byron Kelleher, 8.Rodney So'oialo, 7.Richie McCaw (capt.), 6.Marty Holah, 5.Greg Rawlinson, 4.Chris Jack, 3.Carl Hayman, 2.Keven Mealamu, 1.Clarke Dermody, – replacements: 17.Neemia Tialata, 18.Troy Flavell, 19.Jerome Kaino, 20.Jimmy Cowan – No entry : 16.Anton Oliver, 21.David Hill, 22.Scott Hamilton
Ireland

Second Test with All Blacks

New Zealand

15.Mils Muliaina, 14.Doug Howlett, 13.Casey Laulala, 12.Aaron Mauger, 11.Joe Rokocoko, 10.Luke McAlister, 9.Byron Kelleher, 8.Rodney So'oialo, 7.Richie McCaw (capt.), 6.Jerome Kaino, 5.Troy Flavell, 4.Chris Jack, 3.Carl Hayman, 2.Keven Mealamu, 1.Clarke Dermody, – replacements: 16.Andrew Hore, 17.Neemia Tialata, 18.Greg Rawlinson, 19.Craig Newby, 20.Jimmy Cowan, 21.David Hill, 22.Ma'a Nonu
Ireland

Test against Wallabies

Australia

15.Chris Latham, 14.Mark Gerrard, 13.Stirling Mortlock, 12.Mat Rogers, 11.Lote Tuqiri, 10.Stephen Larkham, 9.George Gregan (capt), 8.Rocky Elsom, 7.George Smith, 6.Mark Chisholm, 5.Dan Vickerman, 4.Nathan Sharpe, 3.Guy Shepherdson, 2.Tai McIsaac, 1.Greg Holmes, – replacements: 16.Jeremy Paul, 17.Al Baxter, 18.Wycliff Palu, 19.Phil Waugh, 20.Sam Cordingley, 21.Clyde Rathbone, 22.Cameron Shepherd
Ireland

See also

• History of rugby union matches between All Blacks and Ireland
• History of rugby union matches between Australia and Ireland

Notes and References

1. Web site: www.irishrugby.ie . 30 September 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071120214212/http://www.irishrugby.ie/6855_5851.php . 20 November 2007 . dead . dmy-all .
2. Web site: www.irishrugby.ie . 30 September 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071120214428/http://www.irishrugby.ie/6855_5908.php . 20 November 2007 . dead . dmy-all .
3. http://www.irishrugby.ie/6855_5876.php Replacement for Simon Best