Ireland (9) 36 / Italy (6) 6 (Final Score)
Ireland and Italy did battle in the final Pool Game of Rugby World Cup 2011, in Dunedin 09:30 SA Time (20:30 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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At Halftime it was still anybody’s game, Italy only 3 points adrift, but in the second half the Irish game flourished and the Italian game floundered. 3 Tries eventually for Ireland in the second stanza, taking Irealand out to a 30-point win.
The Quarter Finals now loom large, with some monsterous battles ahead, none more so than Ireland vs Wales and the Springboks vs the Wallabies!
Scorers:
Ireland:
- Penalties – Ronan O’Gara (4), Jonathan Sexton (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Brian O’Driscoll (1), Keith Earls (2)
- Conversions – Ronan O’Gara (2), Jonathan Sexton (1)
Italy:
- Penalties – Mirco Bergamasco (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Teams:
Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Brian O’Driscoll (captain), 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Keith Earls, 10 Ronan O’Gara, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Sean O’Brien, 6 Stephen Ferris, 5 Paul O’Connell, 4 Donncha O’Callaghan, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Tom Court, 18 Donnacha Ryan, 19 Denis Leamy, 20 Eoin Reddan, 21 Jonathan Sexton, 22 Andrew Trimble.
Italy: 15 Andrea Masi, 14 Tommaso Benvenuti, 13 Gonzalo Canale, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Mirco Bergamasco, 10 Luciano Orquera, 9 Fabio Semenzato, 8 Sergio Parisse (captain), 7 Mauro Bergamasco, 6 Alessandro Zanni, 5 Cornelius van Zyl, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Salvatore Perugini.
Replacements: 16 Fabio Ongaro, 17 Andrea Lo Cicero, 18 Marco Bortolami, 19 Paul Derbyshire, 20 Edoardo Gori, 21 Riccardo Bocchino, 22 Luke McLean.
Date: Sunday2 October
Venue: Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Kick-off: 09:30 SA Time (20:30 NZ Time)
Expected weather: Mainly fine, though isolated showers are possible. High of 16°C, low of 9°C
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand), Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Ireland concede a penalty for player unbound at scrum
3 / 3
nice kick
Penalty right in front for Ireland
O’Gara hits the upright… missed sitter
Ireland just bundled out
Highly emotional game this, temper will flare , watch it.
Penalty Ireland, and O’Gara lines up again for posts
Ref will nail Italy he does not know the plot, he can be so pedantic
Ireland 6 / 3
End to end stuff this
Italy now on attack, Murray has to hack it out.
Italian lineout, 7m out
Good Italian maul… just short.
Kaplan goes back for the penalty
Flok, it’s raining cats and dogs again… and we have some thunder, hope our DSTV signal lasts.
6 / 6
Lashing rain here in the Panne… dit kom sommer so skeef, aangesweef!
Vuilgat Itai…. not seen by the ref and his henchmen
Penalty Italy, a relieving one, against O’Connell
Looks like my wild 24-point pick is not going to materialise
Nou waar’s my vrinne nou weer heen?
Jinne, die bome gaan weer omwaai hier innie Panne… die wind gee die goed pakslae!
Scrum for Italy on their 22
hiers ek weet net weer gesukkel met anner goed
Almost an Irish try.. just a little forward pop, the last pass
52 @ superBul:
Jy moet bystaan vir as my DSTV sein kak
Kaplan gaan sy cool netnou met die Italjaners verloor
Free Kick to Ireland, they go quickly
Ireland hard on attack, and they get a penalty… offside
Daar was darem al die WB woeste collisions en baie concussions
Ireland 9 / 6
Castrogiovanni injured, subbed
58 @ superBul:
Ja, dis nie ‘n toernooi vir sussies nie
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