Ireland 14 Georgia 10 (Group D)
Chaban Delmas Stadium, Bordeaux (15.09)
Ireland: 15 Girvan Dempsey; 14 Shane Horgan,
13 Brian O'Driscoll, 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11 Denis
Hickie; 10 Ronan O'Gara, 9 Peter Stringer; 8
Denis Leamy, 7 David Wallace, 6 Simon Easterby,
5 Paul O'Connell, 4 Donnacha O'Callaghan, 3 John
Hayes, 2 Rory Best, 1 Marcus Horan
Replacements: 16 Jerry Flannery for R. Best
(52), 17 Simon Best for Hayes (65), 20 Isaac
Boss for Stringer (69), 19 Neil Best for
Easterby (72)
Tries: R. Best, Dempsey
Conversions: O'Gara (2)
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
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Ireland 3 France 25 (Group D)
Stade de France, Saint-Denis (21.09)
Ireland: 15 Girvan Dempsey; 14 Shane Horgan,
13 Brian O'Driscoll (c), 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11
Andrew Trimble; 10 Ronan O'Gara, 9 Eoin Reddan;
8 Denis Leamy, 7 David Wallace, 6 Simon
Easterby, 5 Paul O'Connell, 4 Donncha O'Callaghan,
3 John Hayes, 2 Jerry Flannery, 1 Marcus Horan
Replacements: 16 Frankie Sheahan for
| Flannery (49-55), 19 Neil Best for Easterby (65),
17 Simon Best for Hayes (74), 18 Malcolm O'Kelly
for O'Callaghan (74)
Drop Goals: O'Gara (2)
Referee: Chris White (England)
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Ireland 15 Argentina 30 (Group D)
Parc des Princes, Paris (30.09)
Ireland: 15 Geordan Murphy; 14 Shane Horgan,
13 Brian O'Driscoll (c), 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11
Denis Hickie; 10 Ronan O'Gara, 9 Eoin Reddan; 8
Denis Leamy, 7 David Wallace, 6 Simon Easterby,
5 Paul O'Connell, 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 3 John
Hayes, 2 Jerry Flannery, 1 Marcus Horan
Replacements: 16 Rory Best for Flannery
(65), 18 Malcolm O'Kelly for O'Callaghan (65),
19 Neil Best for Wallace (65), 20 Isaac Boss
for Reddan (66), 22 Gavin Duffy for Hickie (71)
Tries: O'Driscoll, Murphy
Conversions: O'Gara
Penalty Goals: O'Gara
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
(Shane is pictured above during the match
v. Argentina at the 2007 Rugby World Cup.) |