Categoria: Irlanda

Un tempo di vera Francia e l’Irlanda si inchina 19 a 12

FRANCIA – IRLANDA 19-12
Stade Chaban-Delmas (Bordeaux)

Spectateurs : 32 653 

Arbitre : Steve WALSH (NZ) 

France : 1 essai Clerc (17), 1 transformation (18) et 4 pénalités Yachvili (4, 28, 67, 71) 

Irlande : 4 pénalités O’Gara (39, 48, 53, 58)

FRANCE : Traille (Médard, 64)– Clerc, Marty, Mermoz (Skrela, 28), Palisson – (o) Trinh-Duc, (m) Yachvili (Parra, 77) – Lakafia, Harinordoquy (Bonnaire, 65), Dusautoir (cap) – Millo-Chluski (Nallet, 58), Pierre – Ducalcon, Szarzewski (Guirado, 55), Marconnet (Poux, 55)

IRLANDE : Kearney (Jones, 47) – Trimble (McFadden, 67), Earls, Wallace, Fitzgerald – (o) O’Gara, (m) Reddan (Murray, 60) – O’Brien, Leamy (Heaslip, 51), Ryan – Cullen (cap) (O’Connell, 51), O’Callaghan – Ross (Healy, 70), Best (Flannery, 60), Healy (Buckley, 51)

A Edimburgo Scozia e Irlanda (10-6) si nascondono

SCOZIA – IRLANDA 10-6
Scozia: 15 Chris Paterson, 14 Nikki Walker, 13 Joe Ansbro, 12 Graeme Morrison, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Ruaridh Jackson, 9 Rory Lawson (capt), 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 Ross Rennie, 6 Alasdair Strokosch, 5 Richie Gray, 4 Jim Hamilton, 3 Geoff Cross, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Allan Jacobsen.
In panchina: 16 Dougie Hall, 17 Alasdair Dickinson, 18 Alastair Kellock, 19 David Denton, 20 Greig Laidlaw, 21 Nick De Luca, 22 Jack Cuthbert.
Irlanda: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Andrew Trimble, 13 Fergus McFadden, 12 Paddy Wallace, 11 Luke Fitzgerald, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Tomas O’Leary, 8 Denis Leamy, 7 Niall Ronan, 6 Mike McCarthy, 5 Leo Cullen (capt), 4 Donnacha Ryan, 3 Tony Buckley, 2 Sean Cronin, 1 Tom Court.
In panchina: 16 Jerry Flannery, 17 Marcus Horan, 18 John Hayes, 19 Mick O’Driscoll, 20 Kevin McLaughlin, 20 Isaac Boss, 22 Felix Jones.
Marcatori: 32′ cp. Sexton, 49′ cp. Paterson, 64′ cp. Sexton, 75′ m. Ansbro tr. Paterson

Irlanda e Kidney ancora assieme fino al 2013

La federazione irlandese e il ct Declan Kidney hanno firmato un contratto che prolunga la permanenza dell’attuale inquilino della panchina della nazionale smeraldo fino alla fine del 2013. L’annuncio in mattinata.

Mondiali & style: l’Irlanda rimane sul classico

Le nuove maglie della nazionale irlandese. Questa la “home”

 

 

 

 

 

Questa invece quella “away” (che mi piace assai)

Mondiali 2011: i primi 43 irlandesi

Il 2 ottobre a Dunedin si giocherà – molto probabilmente – con l’Italia il passaggio ai quarti di finale del torneo iridato neozelandese, visto che l’Australia non dovrebbe avere problemi.
Il ct Declan Kidney ha convocato 43 giocatori per l’inizio della preparazione, alla fine prenderanno l’aereo in 30.
Questi i 43 nomi

Trequarti:
Isaac Boss (Terenure College/Leinster)
Tommy Bowe (Ospreys)
Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Gavin Duffy (Galwegians/Connacht)
Keith Earls (Thomond/Munster)
Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Felix Jones (Shannon/Munster)
Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Geordan Murphy (Leicester)
Conor Murray (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster)
Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Tomas O’Leary (Dolphin/Munster)
Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Jonathan Sexton (St.Mary’s College/Leinster)
Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster)
Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster)
Avanti:
Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
Tony Buckley (Sale Sharks)
Tom Court (Malone/Ulster)
Sean Cronin (Leinster)
Leo Cullen (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Stephen Ferris (Dungannon/Ulster)
Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster)
John Hayes (Bruff/Munster)
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster)
Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster)
Shane Jennings (St.Mary’s College/Leinster)
Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Mike McCarthy (Buccaneers/Connacht)
Kevin McLaughlin (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)
Sean O’Brien (Clontarf/Leinster)
Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Paul O’Connell (Young Munster/Munster)
Mick O’Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Michael Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
Damien Varley (Garryown/Munster)
David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster)
Brett Wilkinson (Galwegians/Connacht)