Ireland (10) 23 / Barbarians (21) 29 (Final Score)

Ireland hosted the Barbarians at Thomond Park at 20:45 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.

The Barbarians beat a decidedly ordinary Irish team, by going ahead early on and piling on the pressure and points, whereafter it was catch-up rugby for the Irish, who although clawing their way back, just could not haul the Barbarians in.

Scores:

Ireland: 3 Penalties & 2 Conversions Ronan O’Gara, 1 Try Niall Ronan, 1 Try Tony Buckley

Barbarians: 3 Penalties & 1 Conversion Brock James, 1 Penalty Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, 1 Try Xavier Rush, 1 Try George Smith, 1 Try Cedric Heymans

  

Teams:

Ireland XV: 15 Robert Kearney, 14 Shane Horgan, 13 Gavin Duffy, 12 Fergus McFadden, 11 Andrew Trimble, 10 Ronan O’Gara (captain), 9 Peter Stringer, 8 Chris Henry, 7 Niall Ronan, 6 John Muldoon, 5 Dan Tuohy, 4 Ed O’Donoghue, 3 Tony Buckley, 2 Sean Cronin, 1 Marcus Horan
Replacements: 16 Jerry Flannery, 17 Tom Court, 18 Mick O’Driscoll, 19 David Wallace, 20 Tomas O’Leary, 21 Jonathan Sexton, 22 Paddy Wallace.

Barbarians: 15 Paul Warwick, 14 Cedric Heymans, 13 Casey Laulala, 12 Seru Rabini, 11 David Smith, 10 Brock James, 9 Pierre Mignoni 8 Xavier Rush (captain), 7 George Smith, 6 Alan Quinlan, 5 Malcolm O’Kelly, 4 Jerome Thion, 3 Census Johnston, 2 Schalk Brits, 1 David Barnes.
Replacements: 16 Benoit August, 17 Julian White, 18 Rodney So’oialo, 19 Martyn Williams, 20 Byron Kelleher, 21 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, 22 Paul Sackey/Fabrice Estebanez.

Date: Friday, June 4
Venue: Thomond Park
Kick-off: 19.45 (18.45 GMT)
Referee: Romain Poite

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