| NEW ZEALAND 40 | V | IRELAND 8 | |||
| COMPETITION: | |||||
| VENUE: Eden Park, Auckland | DATE: 22 June 2002 | SPECTATORS: 45,000 | |||
| REFEREE: Tappe Henning (South Africa) | HALFTIME: 13 - 3 | ||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||
| TRIES: MacDonald (2), Ralph, Kelleher, Holah | TRIES: Longwell | ||||
| CONVERSIONS: Mehrtens (3) | CONVERSIONS: | ||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Mehrtens (3) | PENALTY GOALS: | ||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: O'Driscoll | ||||
| 15 | Leon MacDonald | Canterbury | 15 | Girvan Dempsey | Leinster |
| 14 | Jonah Lomu | Wellington | 14 | Geordan Murphy | Leicester Tigers RFC, England |
| 13 | Mark Robinson (21) | Canterbury | 13 | Brian O'Driscoll | Leinster |
| 12 | Aaron Mauger | Canterbury | 12 | John Kelley | Munster |
| 11 | Caleb Ralph (22) | Canterbury | 11 | Justin Bishop | London Irish RFC, England |
| 10 | Andrew Mehrtens | Canterbury | 10 | Ronan O'Gara (22) | Munster |
| 9 | Justin Marshall (20) | Canterbury | 9 | Peter Stringer | Munster |
| 8 | Scott Robertson | Canterbury | 8 | Anthony Foley | Munster |
| 7 | Richard McCaw (19) | Canterbury | 7 | Keith Gleeson (16) | Leinster |
| 6 | Reuben Thorne (C) | Canterbury | 6 | Simon Easterby | Llanelly RFC, Wales |
| 5 | Norm Maxwell | Canterbury | 5 | Malcolm O'Kelly (18) | Leinster |
| 4 | Chris Jack | Canterbury | 4 | Gary Longwell | Ulster |
| 3 | Gerg Somerville | Canterbury | 3 | John Hayes | Munster |
| 2 | Mark Hammett | Canterbury | 2 | Keith Wood (C) (16) | Harlequins RFC, England |
| 1 | Dave Hewett (17) | Canterbury | 1 | Reggie Corrigan (17) | Greystones RFC |
| 16 | Tom Willis | Otago | 16 | Shane Byrne (2) | Leinster |
| 17 | Joe McDonnell (1) | Otago | 17 | Paul Wallace (1) | Leinster |
| 18 | Simon Maling | Otago | 18 | Mel Deane | Sale Sharks RFC, England |
| 19 | Marty Holah (7) | Waikato | 19 | Leo Cullen (5) | Leinster |
| 20 | Byron Kelleher (9) | Otago | 20 | Alan Quinlan (7) | Munster |
| 21 | Daryl Gibson (13) | Canterbury | 21 | Guy Easterby | Llanelly RFC, Wales |
| 22 | Doug Howlett (11) | Auckland | 22 | David Humphreys (10) | Ulster |
| COACH: John Mitchell | COACH: Eddie O'Sullivan | ||||
| MATCH REPORT | |||||