History of rugby union matches between Munster and New Zealand

Captained by Irish born Dave Gallaher, they toured the British Isles, France, Ireland and the United States during 1905–06 and became known as "The Originals".

[4] Munster A. Quillinan, A. Newton, B. McLear, W.O Stokes, R.M McGrath, F. McQueen, J. O'Connor, J. Wallace, T.S Reeves, S.K Hosford, M. White, R. Welply, T. Acheson, T. Churchwarden.

A. O'Meara, D. Daly, N. Coleman, R. Godfrey, G. Kenny, B. Mullen, P. Berkery New Zealand Arthur Woods, Ian Clarke, Jack Kelly, Kevin Skinner, Des Oliver, Nelson Dalzell, Keith Bagley, Peter Jones, Bob Stuart, Vincent Bevan, Laurie Haig, Doug Wilson, Jim Fitzgerald, John Tanner, Stu Freebairn[7] [8] In 1963, the All Blacks toured Britain, Ireland , France and Canada.

Munster Tom Kiernan, M. Lucey, Jerry Walsh, B. O'Brien, P. McGrath, M. English, N. Kavanagh, M. O'Callaghan, P. Lane, M. Carey, J. Murray, M. Spillane, D. Kiely, H. Wall, Noel Murphy.

Munster drew 3-3 with them in Musgrave Park in Cork, on 16 January with the All Blacks only securing the draw with a penalty in the last minute of the game.

[7] New Zealand Joe Karam, Bryan Williams, Grant Batty, Bruce Robertson, Joe Morgan, Duncan Robertson, Sid Going, Andy Leslie, Ken Stewart, Hamish Macdonald, Peter Whiting, Ian Kirkpatrick, Ash Gardiner, Tane Norton, Kerry Tanner In 1978, New Zealand toured the northern hemisphere.

[18] Munster Gerry McLoughlin, Pat Whelan, Les White, Moss Keane, Brendan Foley, Christy Cantillon, Colm Tucker, Donal Spring, Donal Canniffe, Tony Ward, Jimmy Bowen, Greg Barrett, Seamus Dennison, Moss Finn, Larry Moloney New Zealand Brad Johnstone, John Black, Gary Knight, Frank Oliver, Andy Haden, Wayne Graham, Graham Mourie, Ash McGregor, Mark Donaldson, Eddie Dunn, Bryan Williams, Lyn Jaffray, Bruce Robertson, Stu Wilson, Brian McKechnie[13] Munster played New Zealand who were reigning Rugby World Cup champions, having won the inaugural competition in 1987, in their 1989 tour at Musgrave Park, Cork, on 11 November 1989, losing 9 - 31.

New Zealand Ron Williams, Sean Fitzpatrick, Richard Loe, Zinzan Brooke, Murray Pierce, Steve Gordon, Wayne Shelford, Graeme Bachop, Grant Fox, John Schuster, Joe Stanley, Terry Wright, Craig Innes, John Gallagher.

Prior to kick off, Munster's four New Zealand players, Rua Tipoki, Doug Howlett, Lifeimi Mafi and Jeremy Manning, challenged the All Blacks by performing the Haka first.

[21] Munster were without 10 of their squad who were on international duty and New Zealand chose to play an understrength team, resting key players for the forthcoming match against Ireland a few days later.

New Zealand coach Graham Henry said that the experience would help the development of many of the All Blacks who were young and inexperienced and might not have felt the sort of heat Munster and their crowd were able to generate.

[23] Munster F. Pucciariello, F. Sheahan, T. Ryan, M. O'Driscoll, D. Ryan, J. Coughlan, N. Ronan, D. Leamy, P. A. Stringer, P. Warwick, I. Dowling, L. Mafi, R. Tipoki, B. Murphy, D. Howlett Subs: D. Fogarty, T. Buckley, M. Melbourne, B. Holland, J. O'Sullivan, M. Prendergast, J. Manning New Zealand Jamie Mackintosh, Corey Flynn, Ben Franks, Adam Thomson, Ross Filipo, Jason Eaton, Scott Waldrom, Liam Messam, Piri Weepu, Isaia Toeava, Anthony Tuitavake, Joe Rokocoko, Hosea Gear, Cory Jane.

Munster were awarded a penalty try in the 30th minute after Rory Scannell was tackled without the ball on the Māori try line, for which Reed Prinsep was sin-binned.

The home side scored first in the second-half, with Ian Keatley kicking a 43rd-minute penalty to extend Munster's lead.