| ARGENTINA 30 | V | IRELAND 15 | |||||
| COMPETITION: World Cup, Pool D Updated 23.11.2007 | |||||||
| VENUE: Park des Princess, Paris | DATE: 30 September, 2007 | SPECTATORS: | |||||
| REFEREE: Paul Honiss (New Zealand) | HALFTIME: 18-10 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Borges, Agulla | TRIES: O'Driscoll, Murphy | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: F.Contepomi | CONVERSIONS: O'Gara | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: F.Contepomi (3) | PENALTY GOALS: O'Gara | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: Hernández (3) | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Ignacio Corleto | Stade Français, France | 15 | Geordan Murphy | Leicester, England | ||
| 14 | Lucas Borges | Stade Français, France | 14 | Shane Horgan | Leinster | ||
| 13 | Manuel Contepomi (22) | Newman | 13 | Brian O'Driscoll (Capt.) | Leinster | ||
| 12 | Felipe Contepomi | Leinster, Ireland | 12 | Gordon D'Arcy | Leinster | ||
| 11 | Horacio Agulla | Hindu Club | 11 | Denis Hickie (22) | Leinster | ||
| 10 | Juan Martín Hernández | Stade Français, France | 10 | Ronan O'Gara | Munster | ||
| 9 | Agustin Pichot (Capt.) | Stade Français, France | 9 | Eion Redden (20) | London Wasps, England | ||
| 8 | Gonzalo Longo | Clermont Auvergne | 8 | Denis Leamy | Munster | ||
| 7 | Juan Fernández Lobbe | Sale Sharks, England | 7 | David Wallace (19) | Munster | ||
| 6 | Lucas Ostiglia (19) | Agen, France | 6 | Simon Easterby | Llanelly, Wales | ||
| 5 | Patricio Albacete | Stade Toulousain | 5 | Paul O'Connell | Munster | ||
| 4 | Ignacio Fernández Lobbe (18) | Sale Sharks, England | 4 | Donncha O'Callaghan (18) | Munster | ||
| 3 | Martin Scelzo (17) | Clermont Auvergne | 3 | John Hayes | Munster | ||
| 2 | Mario Ledesma (16) | Clermont Auvergne | 2 | Jerry Flannery (16) | Munster | ||
| 1 | Rodrigo Roncero | Stade Français, France | 1 | Marcus Horan | Munster | ||
| 16 | Alberto Vernet Basualdo (2) | Asociación Alumni | 16 | Rory Best (2) | Ulster | ||
| 17 | Omar Hasan (3) | Toulouse, France | 17 | Bryan Young | Ulster | ||
| 18 | Rimas Álvarez Kairelis (4) | Perpignan, France | 18 | Malcolm O'Kelly (4) | Leinster | ||
| 19 | Martín Durand (6) | Montpellier, France | 19 | Niel Best (7) | Ulster | ||
| 20 | Nicolás Fernández Miranda | Bayonne, France | 20 | Isaac Boss (9) | Ulster | ||
| 21 | Federico Todeschini | Montpellier, France | 21 | Patrick Wallace | Ulster | ||
| 22 | Hernán Senillosa (13) | Hindu Club | 22 | Gavin Duffy (11) | Connacht | ||
| COACH: Marcelo Loffreda | COACH: Eddie O'Sullivan | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES With this loss Ireland, for the first time in their Rugby World Cup history, failed to move beyond the pool stages. Sources http://sport.independent.co.uk/rugby_union/world_cup_news/article3015335.ece http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/irish/7018298.stm |
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