Ireland (21) 35 / 0 (0) Russia (Final Score)
Ireland and Russia did battle in a Rugby World Cup 2019 International at
Kobe Misaki Stadium, Kobe City, Japan on 3 October 2019 at 12:15 SA Time (19:15 Japan Time, 11:15 UK Time, 13:15 Moscow Time, 10:15 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Ireland:
- Penalties – 0
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Rob Kearney (1), Peter o’Mahony (1), Rhys Ruddock (1), Andrew Conway (1), Gary Ringrose (1)
- Conversions – Jonathan Sexton (3), Jack Carty (2)
Russia:
- Penalties – 0
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Teams:
Ireland |
Russia |
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Expected weather: Partly cloudy and a bit of rain late in the day with a high of 29°C, dropping to 20°C.
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
Assistant Referees: Mathieu Raynal (France), Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)
TMO: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)
Ireland should run away with htis one, earning a Bonus Point in the process.
Russia won the toss and elected to kick off.
Players out on the field…
Anthems up next…
Ireland Anthem up 1st
Russia Anthem…
The roof is closed over the stadium, so it should be prime playing conditions, bar the humidity.
Formalities done and dusted
Game ON!
Kick-Off by Russia!
Yet another French referee… eish!
Ireland lineout on the Russia 10m line
Try Ireland, Rob Kearney!
Ireland 7 / 0 Russia
Russia attacks well, a knock in a tackle spoils it and Ireland kicks far ahead.
Ireland lineout just outside the Russia 22.
Russia steals the lineout.
A loose pass from Sexton is picked up by Aki…
Russian defence driving Ireland back, and back.
Russia penalty, offside, deep in the Russian half.
High, high, very high bomb by the Russian flyhalf… Kearney has to scramble it into touch 5m from his own line.
Skew feed into the lineout by the Russian hooker… arghhh
Ireland apparently has a population of 6.6 million people, Russia has 140 million.
But of course rugby is well established in Ireland and less so in Russia.
Ireland penalty to get away from their own line.
Try Ireland, Peter O’Mahony from a stab-through by Sexton… under the sticks!
Ireland 14 / 0 Russia
Russian player, No 12 Kirill Golosnitskiy, injured and subbed.
Ireland penalty advantage… and penalty given just inside the Ireland 22.
Russia offside again… quick high ball.. almost caught by the Ireland left wing.
Russia scrum, 6m from their own line.
Ireland close…
Back for an Ireland 5m penalty, offside again.
Popped into the corner.
Russia penalty, an Irish player going in in front of the maul ball carrier to make the buffer greater.
Ireland looking good, I expect them to run away with the game in the 2nd half.
Russia lineout, 15m from their own line… Sexton shoud not have put the stab through and rather held possession.
Huge pressure on the Russian flyhalf as he attempts to kick…
Back for a Russian penalty, well inside their own 22.
CJ Stander on for the injured Jordi Murphy.
8 Munster players in the Ireland starting side…
Huge Russian touchfinder, out 18m from the Irish line.
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