Ireland A 31-0 Argentina Jaguars

Friday, 27 November 2009 21:34

Ireland A blitzed to a 31-0 victory over Argentina Jaguars in crisp conditions in the first ever rugby international at the Tallaght Stadium tonight.

First half tries from Ryan Caldwell and Ian Dowling saw the hosts take a 12-0 half-time lead and they failed to let up on the restart.

The 4,016 in attendance saw an inspirational second half display from Leicester winger John Murphy, who broke through for tries in the 53rd and 58th minutes.

Connacht hooker John Fogarty was Ireland's other try scorer, in a game which saw Michael Bradley's charges fail to show any mercy to Argentina throughout.

Ireland team:

15 - Felix Jones (Shannon/Munster)
14 - Ian Dowling (Shannon/Munster)
13 - Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
12 - Keith Matthews (Buccaneers/Connacht)
11 - Johne Murphy (Leicester)
10 - Ian Humphreys (Ballymena/Ulster)
9 - Isaac Boss (Ballymena/Ulster)
1 - Brett Wilkinson (Galwegians/Connacht)
2 - John Fogarty (De La Salle Palmerston/Leinster)
3 - Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
4 - Ryan Cauldwell (Dungannon/Ulster)
5 - Mick O'Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster) Captain
6 - Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
7 - Niall Ronan (Shannon/Munster)
8 - John Muldoon (Buccaneers/Connacht)

Replacements:

16 - Andy Kyriacou (Malone/Ulster)
17 - Bryan Young (Ballymena/Ulster)
18 - Ed O'Donoghue (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
19 - Chris Henry (Ballymena/Ulster)
20 - Frank Murphy (Buccaneers/Connacht)
21 - Ian Keatley (Galwegians/Connacht)
22 - Denis Hurley (Cork Constitution/Munster)