Ireland (10) 22 / USA (0) 10 (Final Score)
Ireland and the USA did battle at New Plymouth at 08:00 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 win and had a massive advantage in the set pieces, but the USA defence was resolute and only allowed in three Irish tries.
Scorers:
Ireland:
- Penalties – Jonathan sexton (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Tommy Bowe (2), Rory Best (1)
- Conversions – Jonathan Sexton (1), Ronan O’Gara (1)
USA:
- Penalties – James Paterson (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Paul Emerick (1)
- Conversions – James Paterson (1)
Teams:
Ireland: 15 Geordan Murphy, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Brian O’Driscoll 9captain), 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Keith Earls, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Shane Jennings, 6 Stephen Ferris, 5 Paul O’Connell, 4 Donncha O’Callaghan, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Tom Court.
Replacements: 16 Jerry Flannery, 17 Tony Buckley, 18 Donnacha Ryan, 19 Denis Leamy, 20 Eoin Reddan, 21 Sean O’Brien, 22 Andrew Trimble.
United States: 15 Blaine Scully, 14 Takudzwa Ngwenya, 13 Paul Emerick, 12 Andrew Suniula, 11 James Paterson, 10 Roland Suniula, 9 Mike Petri, 8 Nic Johnson, 7 Todd Clever (captain), 6 Louis Stanfill, 5 Hayden Smith, 4 John van der Giessen, 3 Shawn Pittman, 2 Phil Thiel, 1 Mike MacDonald.
Replacements: 16 Chris Biller, 17 Matekitonga Moeakiola, 18 Scott LaValla, 19 Pat Danahy, 20 Tim Usasz, 21 Nese Malifa, 22 Colin Hawley.
Date: Sunday 11 September
Venue: Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
Kick-off: 08.00 (18.00 NZ Time)
Expected weather: It will be cold and wet, with rain expected and a top temperature of 16° which will drop to 9°.
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Carlo Damasco (Italy)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)
Massively emotional game for the USA. 10th Anniversary of 9/11. Their Oirish coach, Eddie O’Sullivan will know the Paddies well and will look for a good game from his team, but I can’t see them upsetting the apple cart here.
Gooooooooooo the Oirishhhh!
Irish should win this handsomely.
@ grootblousmile:
Lekker ou town daai van jou, vinnig shop toe en terug, kyk daai foto link op admin chat
Irish tack suit tops look like they were bought at a charity shop!
Players coming out onto the pitch
Tod Clever will try that i know, if they have 5 Clever guys they might give the Irish a good go.
4 @ superBul:
Het gesien… jy kan maar daai foto op plaas onder Pictures, wat nou onder About lê!
Moment’s silence for the 10 year Aniversary of 9/11
@ superBul:
But will he be clever enough to cut the Oirish down as if with a meat clever?
Crowd disrupting the minute silence. Not good.
Anthems
@ grootblousmile:
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hoe nou weer?
Wonder if they had to enhance the security due to the 9/11 celebrations?
@ Snoek:
Disrespectful Kiwi heathens!
What would they think if the rest of the world didn’t give a hoot for the victims of the Chrischurch quake?
13 @ superBul:
Gaan net na die Pictures Page en Upload hom laaste, soos jy sou doen in ‘n Post
Eishh, het julle daai vet Ierse girl gesien?
Hehehe
Game ON!
Weather not looking too shabby in New Plymouth
Early scrum troubles
For those of you that don’t know, Ngwenya means crocodile in Seswati. Hope he takes a bite out of an Oirish Ass or two.
Gee, both packs over 900kg!!
I spoke to Andre Watson (Wattie) a few days ago. He said that players get on average about 12 points on a certain fitness test. Craig Joubert gets 13.5 on the same test. Very fit oke.
Then a massive Oirish scrum… and they get a penalty
Monster Irish scrum. The first is the most important of them all. Penalty Ireland!
Sexton misses the attempt
@ Snoek:
That’s the “beep” test. Have a copy of it on CD.
Keith Earls copped a huge tackle… down injured and winded it seems
The Irish pack will be far too strong for the Eagles
Another penalty to Ireland, they opt to go for touch
@ Scrumdown:
I will get about 4. Sitting in the office to much.
Ier skryf amper Ier af daar. Ref moet mooi kyk Iere hardloop baie obstructive lines
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