The 2008 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia was a series of matches played in June 2008 in New Zealand and Australia by the Ireland national rugby union team.

Matches

Mils MuliainaFB15FBRob KearneyAnthony TuitavakeW14WShane HorganConrad SmithC13CBrian O'Driscoll (capt.)Ma'a NonuC12CPaddy WallaceSitiveni SivivatuW11WTommy BoweDan CarterFH10FHRonan O'GaraAndy EllisSH9SHEoin ReddanJerome KainoN88N8Jamie Heaslip(capt.) Richie McCaw F7FDavid WallaceRodney So'oialoF6FDenis LeamyAli WilliamsL5LPaul O'ConnellBrad ThornL4LDonncha O'CallaghanJohn AfoaP3PJohn HayesAndrew HoreH2HJerry FlanneryNeemia TialataP1PMarcus Horan Replacements Keven MealamuH16HRory Best John SchwalgerP17PTony Buckley Anthony Boric 18Mick O'Driscoll Adam ThomsonF19N8Shane Jennings Jimmy Cowan 20SHPeter Stringer Stephen Donald 21FBGeordan Murphy Leon MacDonaldP22Girvan Dempsey Coaches Graham Henry Declan Kidney

Cameron ShepherdFB15FBRob KearneyPeter HynesW14WShane Horgan (capt.) Stirling Mortlock C13CBrian O'Driscoll (capt.) Berrick BarnesC12CPaddy WallaceLote TuqiriW11WTommy BoweMatt GiteauFH10FHRonan O'Gara Luke BurgessSH9SHPeter Stringer Wycliff PaluN88N8Jamie HeaslipGeorge SmithF7FShane Jennings Rocky ElsomF6FDenis LeamyNathan SharpeL5LPaul O'ConnellJames HorwillL4LDonncha O'Callaghan Matt DunningP3PJohn Hayes Stephen MooreH2HRory Best Benn RobinsonP1PMarcus Horan Replacements Adam FreierH16HJerry Flannery Al BaxterP17PTony Buckley Dean MummL18Mick O'Driscoll Phil WaughN819FStephen Ferris Sam CordingleySH20SHEoin Reddan Ryan Cross 21WGeordan Murphy Adam Ashley-Cooper 22CGirvan Dempsey Coaches Robbie Deans Declan Kidney

Touring party Manager: Michael Bradley Captain: Brian O'Driscoll

Backs Isaac Boss (Ballymena RFC/Ulster) Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College RFC/Leinster) Ian Dowling (Shannon RFC/Munster) Gavin Duffy (Galwegians RFC/Connacht) Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster) Shane Horgan (Boyne RFC/Leinster) Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster) Geordan Murphy (Leicester Tigers) Brian O'Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster) Eoin Reddan (London Wasps) Peter Stringer (Shannon RFC/Munster) Paddy Wallace (Ballymena RFC/Ulster)

Forwards Rory Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) Tony Buckley (Shannon RFC/Munster) Jerry Flannery (Shannon RFC/Munster) John Hayes (Bruff RFC/Munster) Jamie Heaslip (Clontarf RFC/Leinster) Bernard Jackman (Clontarf RFC/Leinster) Marcus Horan (Shannon RFC/Munster) Shane Jennings (St. Mary's College RFC/Leinster) Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster) Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster) Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster) Mick O'Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster) Malcolm O'Kelly (St. Mary's College RFC/Leinster) Alan Quinlan (Shannon RFC/Munster) David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster) Bryan Young (Ballymena RFC/Ulster)

See also History of rugby union matches between Australia and Ireland History of rugby union matches between Ireland and New Zealand

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