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)
@ grootblousmile:
Too much mashed potatoe for lunch?
Penalty USA, Earls in front of the kicker
I wonder if Ngwenya still haunts Brian’s dreams.
Penalty Irish, No 5 USA in front of the ball
@ Snoek:
I won’t even attempt it at my rapidly advancing age!
Johnny Sexton misses again
Rain coming down now
Gee the goal kickers have been k@k so far.
Can MS rise to the occasion? May be a huge advantage!
35 @ Scrumdown:
If the Farking Beep Test is about swearing, I might get a 15…. hahaha
13 minutes gone, still no score
Irish need to take their chances.
The USA will have to avoid the scrum. Irish are murdering them.
Penalty Oirish.
Joubert heavy on the whistle against the USA
Ireland 3 / 0
3rd time lucky for Johnny?
Over. 3/0 Ireland.
42@ grootblousmile:
Don’t know if it’s been my imagination, but ALL of the ref’s so far have started out penalising the minnows heavily at the beginning of each game and then almost slacked off.
Could it be to try to get them to stop spoiling early in the tourney?
Penalty USA, kickable
I find it always interesting to see Superbrus picks , especialy the overall picks. It gives you a good indication of how good the underdog plays, look at this game.
Community predictions
Picks for Ireland 111715 (96.92%)
Picks for USA 3138 (2.72%)
Picks for draw 413 (0.36%)
96.92% at this stage 20 minutes into the game are surprized i think.
Missed
USA for poles. Difficult kick in this weather.
Missed poorly.
Scrumdown wrote:
or could it be that they enter the game with pre-concieved ideas that they must be worse and thats why they are a minnow?
@ superBul:
I picked the Irish by just 17. Weather could have a big affect on this result if it keeps on raining.
The minnows always play well in the first 30 or so… then they’re moeg!
USA Inexperience is coming through. Played backwards for nearly half of the pitch.
I picked the Oirish by 13 only.. think it will be more though
The pill looks to be a bit slippery. Lots of handling errors from both sides.
Wet and boggy weather will suit Wales a bit later
@ Scrumdown:
45
Tonga played a great 2nd half against All Blacks and look at their Population: 122,600
Such a small nation. Teamwork can take you a long way. But depth creates more exelence .
Ireland starting to dominate seriously now
Relieving USA penalty… offside
56@ grootblousmile:
Stuart Barnes reckoned not on TV the other evening.
He reckons the Boks will strangle the life out of the Welsh with the forwards if it’s wet.
Welsh are bankiong on a dynamic young backline to beat the Boks.
Weather forecasrt for Wellington later is Varking miserable.
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