| Starting XV | | Squads | Games | Starts | Sub On | Tries | Conv | Pen | Drop | Points |
1 | Prop | Nick Popplewell | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
2 | Hooker | Keith Wood | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
3 | Prop | John Hayes | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Lock | Paul O'Connell | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Lock | Donncha O'Callaghan | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Flanker | Simon Easterby | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
7 | Flanker | Phillip Matthews | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Number 8 | Neil Francis | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
9 | Scrum-half | Michael Bradley | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
10 | Fly-half | Ronan O'Gara | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 93 |
11 | Wing | Denis Hickie | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
12 | Centre | Brendan Mullin | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
13 | Centre | Brian O'Driscoll | 4 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 |
14 | Wing | Shane Horgan | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
15 | Fullback | Hugo MacNeill | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Squad | | | | | | | | | | |
| Prop | Marcus Horan | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Hooker | Terry Kingston | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prop | Des Fitzgerald | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lock | Donal Lenihan | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lock | Malcolm O'Kelly | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Flanker | Alan Quinlan | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Flanker | Sean O'Brien | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Number 8 | Eric Miller | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Scrum-half | Peter Stringer | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fly-half | David Humphreys | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 70 |
| Wing | Keith Crossan | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Centre | Gordon D'Arcy | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Centre | Keith Earls | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Wing | Simon Geoghegan | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Fullback | Girvan Dempsey | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Extra | Tony Ward | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 |