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The Lansdowne Cup is a
rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
trophy competed for by
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
and
Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
. Established in 1999, the cup was donated to the
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by the Lansdowne Club of Sydney. The cup was launched in advance of the two Test matches played during the 1999 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia. The crystal trophy, made by Ireland's
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, for which the two nations compete was unveiled at a pub in Brisbane on 9 June 1999. Australia have won the Cup eight times while Ireland have won on seven occasions.


History

The inaugural contest for the Lansdowne Cup was a two-Test series played between Australia and Ireland in 1999, during the Irish tour of Australia. Ireland are the current holders of the trophy following their 2024 autumn internationals victory.


Results


Statistical details

* – Summer Test * – Autumn International


See also

* History of rugby union matches between Australia and Ireland


References


External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lansdowne Cup Rugby union international rivalry trophies History of rugby union matches between Australia and Ireland International rugby union competitions hosted by Australia International rugby union competitions hosted by Ireland 1999 establishments in Australia 1999 establishments in Ireland