Kammala wannan jumla: Ya sami nasarar zaki na Birtaniya a kan Afirka ta Kudu (1974),
New Zealand (1977) da Afirka ta Kudu (1980). Ya zira kwallaye 156 a wasanni goma sha biyar a yawon shakatawa na Lion na 1974. Ya kuma taka leda a Barbarians a lokacin da suke 1976 Easter Tour. A cikin yawon shakatawa na 1974, ya ɗauki dabaru da salon wasan Afirka ta Kudu da yawa, kodayake an fi son JPR Williams a matsayin cikakken baya don gwaje-gwajen, yana iyakance Irvine zuwa bayyanar gwaji guda biyu a gefen.