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)