2002 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand

June 8, 2002	New Zealand Divisional XV	3 – 56	Ireland	Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru, Wellington Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
	Pen:		Tries: David Humphreys Justin Bishop Brian O'Driscoll (3) Girvan Dempsey Anthony Foley Mel Deane Geordan Murphy Pen: Cons:

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June 15, 2002	New Zealand	15 – 6	Ireland	Carisbrook, Dunedin Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Joël Jutge (France)
	Tries: Doug Howlett Leon MacDonald Con: Pen: Andrew Mehrtens		Drop Goal: Brian O'Driscoll Pen: Ronan O'Gara

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June 22, 2002	New Zealand	40 – 8	Ireland	Eden Park, Auckland
	Tries: Leon MacDonald (2) Caleb Ralph Byron Kelleher Marty Holah Cons: Andrew Mehrtens Pen: Andrew Mehrtens (3)		Drop Goal: Brian O'Driscoll Try: Gary Longwell

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Contents 1 Touring party 1.1 Backs 1.2 Forwards 2 References 3 See also

Touring party

• Manager: Brian O'Brien
• Coach: Eddie O'Sullivan
• Assistant Coach: Declan Kidney
• Captain: Keith Wood

Backs

Justin Bishop (London Irish) Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College/Leinster) Mel Deane (Sale Sharks) Guy Easterby (Llanelli Scarlets) Tyrone Howe (Dungannon/Ulster) David Humphreys (Dungannon/Ulster)

John Kelly (Cork Constitution/Munster) Geordan Murphy (Leicester Tigers) Brian O'Driscoll (Blackrock College/Leinster) Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster) John O'Neill (Munster) [4] Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster)

Forwards

Shane Byrne (Blackrock College/Leinster) Reggie Corrigan (Lansdowne/Leinster) Leo Cullen (Blackrock College/Leinster) [5] Simon Easterby (Llanelli Scarlets) Anthony Foley (Shannon/Munster) Keith Gleeson (St. Mary's College/Leinster) John Hayes (Shannon/Munster) Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster)

Gary Longwell (Ballymena/Ulster) Eric Miller (Terenure College/Leinster) Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster) Malcolm O'Kelly (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) Alan Quinlan (Shannon/Munster) Paul Wallace (Blackrock College/Leinster) Keith Wood (NEC Harlequins)

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References

See also

• History of rugby union matches between All Blacks and Ireland

Ireland national rugby union team tours Canada 1899 • South America 1952 • South Africa 1961 • Australia 1967• Argentina 1970 • New Zealand and Fiji 1976 • Australia 1979 • South Africa 1981• Japan 1985 • France 1988 • North America 1989 • Namibia 1991 • New Zealand 1992 • Australia 1994 • South Africa 1998 • Australia 1999 • The Americas 2000 •New Zealand 2002 • The South Seas 2003 • South Africa 2004 •Japan 2005 • New Zealand and Australia 2006 • Argentina 2007 • New Zealand and Australia 2008 • New Zealand and Australia 2010 • New Zealand 2012 •