| AUSTRALIA 18 | V | IRELAND 12 | |||||
| COMPETITION: Lansdowne Cup Updated 17.08.2008 | |||||||
| VENUE: Telstra Dome, Melbourne | DATE: 14 June 2008 | SPECTATORS: 41,478 | |||||
| REFEREE: C.Berdos (France) | HALFTIME: 15-7 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Barnes, Horwill | TRIES: Leamy, O'Driscoll | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Giteau | CONVERSIONS: O'Gara | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Giteau (2) | PENALTY GOALS: | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Cameron Shepherd | WA Western Force | 15 | Robert Kearney | Leinster | ||
| 14 | Peter Hynes | Queensland Reds | 14 | Shane Horgan (21) | Leinster | ||
| 13 | Stirling Mortlock (Capt.) | ACT Brumbies | 13 | Brian O'Driscoll (Capt.) (22) | Leinster | ||
| 12 | Berrick Barnes | Queensland Reds | 12 | Patrick Wallace | Ulster | ||
| 11 | Lote Tuqiri | NSW Waratahs | 11 | Thomas Bowe | Ulster | ||
| 10 | Matthew Giteau | WA Western Force | 10 | Ronan O'Gara | Munster | ||
| 9 | Luke Burgess | NSW Waratahs | 9 | Peter Stringer (20) | Munster | ||
| 8 | Wycliff Palu (19) | NSW Waratahs | 8 | James Heaslip | Leinster | ||
| 7 | George Smith | ACT Brumbies | 7 | Shane Jennings (19) | Leinster | ||
| 6 | Rocky Elsom | NSW Waratahs | 6 | Denis Leamy | Munster | ||
| 5 | Nathan Sharpe (18) | WA Western Force | 5 | Paul O'Connell | Munster | ||
| 4 | James Horwill | Queensland Reds | 4 | Donncha O'Callaghan | Munster | ||
| 3 | Matthew Dunning (17) | NSW Waratahs | 3 | John Hayes (17) (1) | Munster | ||
| 2 | Stephen Moore (16) | Queensland Reds | 2 | Rory Best (16) | Ulster | ||
| 1 | Benn Robinson | NSW Waratahs | 1 | Marcus Horan (3) | Munster | ||
| 16 | Adam Freier (2) | NSW Waratahs | 16 | Jeremy Flannery (2) | Munster | ||
| 17 | Alistair Baxter (3) | NSW Waratahs | 17 | Anthony Buckley (3) | Munster | ||
| 18 | Dean Mumm (5) | NSW Waratahs | 18 | Michael O'Driscoll | Munster | ||
| 19 | Philip Waugh (8) | NSW Waratahs | 19 | Stephan Ferris (7) | Ulster | ||
| 20 | Samuel Cordingley | ACT Brumbies | 20 | Eion Redden (9) | London Wasps, England | ||
| 21 | Ryan Cross | WA Western Force | 21 | Geordan Murphy (14) | Leicester, England | ||
| 22 | Adam Ashley-Cooper | ACT Brumbies | 22 | Girvan Dempsey (13) | Leinster | ||
| HEAD COACH: Robbie Deans | HEAD COACH: Michael Bradley (Stand in) | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES Australia gained the Lansdowne Cup, the symbol of Irish-Australian rugby, for the first time since 2006. New Zealander Deans became the first non-Australian to coach the Wallabies. Burgess, Hynes and Mumm were making their test debuts for Australia. Baxter played his 50th test for Australia. Horwill's try was his first for Australia. Sources http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/australia-18-ireland-12-odriscolls-heroics-not-enough-as-irish-go-down-fighting-847388.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/irish/7454648.stm |
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