Ireland (36) 62 / Russia (0) 12 (Final Score)
Ireland and Russia did battle in Rotorua at 07:00 SA Time (18:00 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
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Ireland scored 9 tries to 2 and comfortably took the match, as expected.
Scorers:
Ireland:
- Penalties – Ronan O’Gara (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Fergus McFadden (1), Sean O’Brien (1), Isaac Boss (1), Keith Earls (2), Andrew Trimble (1), Rob Kearney (1), Shane Jennings (1), Tony Buckley (1)
- Conversions – Ronan O’Gara (6), Jonathan Sexton (1)
Russia:
- Penalties – 0
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Vasily Artemyev (1), Denis Simplikevich (1)
- Conversions – Konstantin Rachkov (1)
Teams:
Ireland: 15 Robert Kearney, 14 Fergus McFadden, 13 Keith Earls, 12 Paddy Wallace, 11 Andrew Trimble, 10 Ronan O’Gara, 9 Isaac Boss, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Sean O’Brien, 6 Donnacha Ryan, 5 Leo Cullen (captain), 4 Donncha O’Callaghan, 3 Tony Buckley, 2 Sean Cronin, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Rory Best, 17 Mike Ross, 18 Denis Leamy, 19 Shane Jennings, 20 Eoin Reddan, 21 Jonathan Sexton, 22 Geordan Murphy.
Russia: 15 Vasily Artemyev, 14 Denis Simplikevich, 13 Andrey Kuzin, 12 Sergey Trishin, 11 Vladimir Ostroushko, 10 Konstantin Rachkov, 9 Alexander Yanyushkin (captain), 8 Victor Gresev, 7 Andrey Garbuzov, 6 Artem Fatakhov, 5 Adam Byrnes, 4 Denis Antonov, 3 Alexander Khrokin, 2 Valery Tsnobiladze, 1 Sergey Popov.
Replacements: 16 Evgeny Matveev, 17 Ivan Prishchepenko, 18 Alexey Travkin, 19 Alexander Voytov, 20 Andrey Bykanov, 21 Mikhail Sidorov, 22 Mikhail Babaev.
Date: Sunday 25 September
Venue: Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
Kick-off: 07:00 SA Time (17:00 NZ Time)
Expected weather: There is a 50 percent chance of rain with a high of 14°C, dropping to 5°C.
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Dave Pearson (England), Jérôme Garces (France)
TMO: Giulio De Santis (Italy)
September 25th, 2011 at 08:22 SAST
Ireland 43 / 12
September 25th, 2011 at 08:23 SAST
@ grootblousmile:
46
Ek het gedink die Russe gaan speel soos nou die laaste paar minute ek het Ierland met 22 gepick, so n goeie comeback deur die Russe sal my ook pas.
September 25th, 2011 at 08:25 SAST
Oor die printer wat ek wil koop kyk bietjie na die bladsy van game en se my of daar iets is wat die moeite werd is
September 25th, 2011 at 08:25 SAST
Penalty Ireland, right in front… scrum
September 25th, 2011 at 08:27 SAST
53 @ superBul:
Sal nou-nou kyk
Try Rob Kearney for Ireland
September 25th, 2011 at 08:29 SAST
Ireland 50 / 12
September 25th, 2011 at 08:30 SAST
Nou donner die Iere ons weer ver uit
September 25th, 2011 at 08:32 SAST
Koos se oe blink seker nou want hy het 45 gepick , hy lyk goed oppad om jou weer as leader of the pack te ontroon. Russe better nog 2 driee druk
September 25th, 2011 at 08:33 SAST
Relieving Russia Penalty
September 25th, 2011 at 08:35 SAST
58 @ superBul:
Ja, ek kort 2 onvervyfde drietjies van die Russe
September 25th, 2011 at 08:36 SAST
Dink die Iere gaan nog weer score, miskien 2 keer
…. en daar is een van hulle.
Jennings scores for Ireland
September 25th, 2011 at 08:38 SAST
Ireland 57 / 12
September 25th, 2011 at 08:41 SAST
Ireland get a penalty, 5m out, they want to scrum
September 25th, 2011 at 08:42 SAST
Try Tony Buckley for Ireland
September 25th, 2011 at 08:44 SAST
Ireland 62 / 12
September 25th, 2011 at 08:45 SAST
Final Score: Ireland 62 / 12 Russia
September 25th, 2011 at 08:47 SAST
Pick 48 , actual score difference 50