| IRELAND 17 | V | ARGENTINA 3 | |||||
| COMPETITION: Updated 23.12.2008 | |||||||
| VENUE: Croke Park, Dublin | DATE: 22 November 2008 | SPECTATORS: 68,352 | |||||
| REFEREE: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand) | HALFTIME: 3-3 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Bowe | TRIES: | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: | CONVERSIONS: | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: O'Gara (3) | PENALTY GOALS: Fernandez | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: O'Gara | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Geordan Murphy | Leicester RFC, England | 15 | Horacio Agulla | Dax, France | ||
| 14 | Thomas Bowe | Ulster | 14 | Francisco Leonelli (22) | Saracens, England | ||
| 13 | Brian O'Driscoll (Capt.) | Leinster | 13 | Federico Aramburu | Perpignan, France | ||
| 12 | Luke Fitzgerald | Leinster | 12 | Miguel Avramovic | Montauban, France | ||
| 11 | Robert Kearney | Leinster | 11 | Rafael Carballo | Castres Olympique, France | ||
| 10 | Ronan O'Gara | Munster | 10 | Santiago Fernandez | Hindu | ||
| 9 | Tomas O'Leary | Munster | 9 | Nicolás Vergallo (20) | Dax, France | ||
| 8 | James Heaslip | Leinster | 8 | Juan Manuel Leguizamón | London Irish, England | ||
| 7 | David Wallace (19) | Munster | 7 | Juan Fernández Lobbe (Capt.) | Sale Sharks, England | ||
| 6 | Stephan Ferris | Ulster | 6 | Martín Durand | Champagnat | ||
| 5 | Paul O'Connell | Munster | 5 | Patricio Albacete | Stade Toulousian, France | ||
| 4 | Donncha O'Callaghan | Munster | 4 | Rimas Álvarez Kairelis (18) | Perpignan, France | ||
| 3 | John Hayes | Munster | 3 | Juan Pablo Orlandi (17) | Rovigo, Italy | ||
| 2 | Jeremy Flannery (16) | Munster | 2 | Mario Ledesma | Clermont-Ferrand, France | ||
| 1 | Marcus Horan | Munster | 1 | Rodrigo Roncero | Stade Francais, France | ||
| 16 | Rory Best (2) | Ulster | 16 | Alberto Basualdo | Toulouse, France | ||
| 17 | Anthony Buckley | Munster | 17 | Marcos Ayerza (3) | Leicester Tigers, England | ||
| 18 | Malcolm O'Kelly | Leinster | 18 | Esteban Lozada (4) | Toulon, France | ||
| 19 | Donncha Ryan (7) | Munster | 19 | Alvaro Galindo | Racing Metro, France | ||
| 20 | Eion Redden | London Wasps RFC, England | 20 | Agustín Figuerola (9) | Club Atletico San Isidro | ||
| 21 | Patrick Wallace | Ulster | 21 | M.Camuzzo | |||
| 22 | Keith Earls | Munster | 22 | Bernardo Stortoni (14) | Glasgow Warriors, Scotland | ||
| HEAD COACH: Declan Kidney | HEAD COACH: Santiago Phelan | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES Juan Martín Hernández, because of injury, was replaced after selection by Fernandez. Fernandez's penalty was his first points for Argentina. Ryan was playing his first test for Ireland, whilst O'Callaghan was playing his 50th. Yellow Card: Roncero (79) Sources http://www.itsrugby.fr/modules/site/game_test.php?id=48332&menu=D http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/irish/7743766.stm |
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