| IRELAND 18 | V | AUSTRALIA 9 | |||
| COMPETITION: | |||||
| VENUE: Lansdowne Road, Dublin | DATE: 9 November 2002 | SPECTATORS: 51,000 | |||
| REFEREE: Steve Walsh (New Zealand) | HALFTIME: 12 - 3 | ||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||
| TRIES: | TRIES: | ||||
| CONVERSIONS: | CONVERSIONS: | ||||
| PENALTY GOALS: O'Gara (6) | PENALTY GOALS: Burke (3) | ||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||
| 15 | Giorvan Dempsey | Leinster | 15 | Mathew Burke | New South Wales |
| 14 | Shane Horgan | Leinster | 14 | Scott Staniforth | New South Wales |
| 13 | Brian O'Driscoll (C) | Leinster | 13 | Stirling Mortlock | Australian Capital Territory |
| 12 | Kevin Maggs | Bath RFC, England | 12 | Daniel Herbert | Queensland |
| 11 | Denis Hickie (22) | Leinster | 11 | Wendell Sailor | Queensland |
| 10 | Ronan O'Gara | Munster | 10 | Stephen Larkham (21) | Australian Capital Territory |
| 9 | Peter Stringer | Munster | 9 | Geroge Gregan (C) | Australian Capital Territory |
| 8 | Anthony Foley | Munster | 8 | Toutai Kefu | Queensland |
| 7 | Keith Gleeson | Leinster | 7 | George Smith (19) | Australian Capital Territory |
| 6 | Victor Costello (19) | Leinster | 6 | Matt Cockbain | Queensland |
| 5 | Malcolm O'Kelly | Leinster | 5 | David Giffen | Australian Capital Territory |
| 4 | Gary Longwell (18) | Ulster | 4 | Owen Finegan (18) | Australian Capital Territory |
| 3 | John Hayes | Munster | 3 | Patricio Noriega | New South Wales |
| 2 | Shane Byrne (16 temp.) | Leinster | 2 | Adam Freier (16 temp.) | Australian Capital Territory |
| 1 | Reg Corrigan | Leinster | 1 | Nic Stiles | Queensland |
| 16 | Frank Sheahan (2 temp) | Munster | 16 | Brendan Cannon (2 temp.) | |
| 17 | Paul Wallace | Leinster | 17 | Ben Darwin | Australian Capital Territory |
| 18 | Leo Cullen (4) | Leinster | 18 | Justin Harrison (4) | Australian Capital Territory |
| 19 | Alan Quinlan (6) | Munster | 19 | David Croft (7) | Queensland |
| 20 | Guy Easterby | Llanelli RFC, Wales | 20 | Matt Giteau | Australian Capital Territory |
| 21 | David Humphreys | Ulster | 21 | Elton Flatley (10) | Queensland |
| 22 | John Kelly (11) | Munster | 22 | ||
| COACH | COACH: Eddie Jones | ||||
| MATCH REPORT | |||||