Rugby World Cup , Pool C - Dunedin, 2 October 2011, 20:30 local, 07:30 GMT
Ireland (9) 36 - 6 (6) Italy (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
6 3 - 0

Penalty for Ireland!!!! O'Gara starts the scoreboard ticking over with a very well struck penalty

10 3 - 3

Bergamasco gets Italy's first points on the board with a lazy strike

16 6 - 3

O'Gara adds the three to edge Ireland in front

20 6 - 6

Bergamasco draws the game level with another accurate strike

34

Penalty for Ireland!!! O'Gara knocks over another penalty and Ireland have the edge on their opponents

34 9 - 6

Penalty for Ireland!!! O'Gara knocks over another penalty and Ireland have the edge on their opponents

42 12 - 6

Penalty for Ireland!!!! O'Gara knocks over his fourth penalty of the game to give Ireland a six point cushion

47 17 - 6

Try for Ireland !!!! Brilliant try from Ireland as Tommy Bowe makes an incisive break before offloading to BOD who crashes over under the posts - very clinical

48 19 - 6

O'Gara - conversion

51 24 - 6

Try for Ireland!!! Ferris shifts the ball wide and it's Earls on the end as the utility back dives over for the second score of the match - O'Gara adds the extras - this game is getting beyond Italy now

52 26 - 6

O'Gara - conversion

69 29 - 6

Sexton oozes confidence as he slots the three points

79 34 - 6

Try for Ireland!!!! Birthday boy Earls capitalises on good work from Trimble to go crashing into the corner - brilliant play from Trimble to carve up the Italian defence to unleash Earls - Sexton nails the extras from the touchline - brilliant nudge

80+1 36 - 6

Sexton - conversion

Timeline

Time Ireland  Score  Italy
0 start of first half start of first half
6 O'Gara - penalty goal 3 - 0
10 3 - 3 M Bergamasco - penalty goal
16 O'Gara - penalty goal 6 - 3
20 6 - 6 M Bergamasco - penalty goal
34 O'Gara - penalty goal 9 - 6 Lo Cicero Vaina - sub on
Castrogiovanni - sub off
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
Bocchino - sub on
Orquera - sub off
42 O'Gara - penalty goal 12 - 6
47 O'Driscoll - try 17 - 6
48 O'Gara - conversion 19 - 6 M Bergamasco - sub off
Derbyshire - sub on
51 Earls - try 24 - 6
52 O'Gara - conversion 26 - 6
53 Best - sub off
Cronin - sub on
56 Semenzato - sub off
Gori - sub on
58 O'Connell - sub off
Ryan - sub on
61 van Zyl - sub off
Bortolami - sub on
66 Sexton - sub on
O'Gara - sub off		 Ongaro - sub on
Ghiraldini - sub off
69 Sexton - penalty goal 29 - 6
72 Ferris - sub off
Leamy - sub on
Court - sub on
Healy - sub off
73 Murray - sub off
Reddan - sub on
74 O'Driscoll - sub off
Trimble - sub on
76 McLean - sub on
Parisse - sub off
79 Earls - try 34 - 6
80+1 Sexton - conversion
end of second half
end of half		 36 - 6 end of second half
end of half
0
81 Sexton - conversion 36 - 6

Notes

 
Result Ireland won by a margin of 30 points
Rugby World Cup points Ireland 4, Italy 0
 
Ground name Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin (neutral venue)
Attendance 28027
 
Referee JI Kaplan (South Africa)
 
Ireland Test debuts none
Italy Test debuts none

Teams

Ireland Italy
Tries O'Driscoll (47), Earls (51, 79) Tries none
Cons O'Gara (48, 52), Sexton (80) Cons none
Pens O'Gara (6, 16, 34, 42), Sexton (69) Pens M Bergamasco (10, 20)
    Team
15 FB
Rob Kearney
14 W
Tommy Bowe
13 C
Brian O'Driscoll (c)
12 C
Gordon D'Arcy
11 W
Keith Earls
10 FH
Ronan O'Gara
9 SH
Conor Murray
1 P
Cian Healy
2 H
Rory Best
3 P
Mike Ross
4 L
Donncha O'Callaghan
5 L
Paul O'Connell
6 F
Stephen Ferris
7 F
Sean O'Brien
8 N8
Jamie Heaslip
    Replacements
16 H
Sean Cronin
17 P
Tom Court
18 L
Donnacha Ryan
19 F
Denis Leamy
20 SH
Eoin Reddan
21 FH
Johnny Sexton
22 C
Andrew Trimble
    Team
15 FB
Andrea Masi
14 W
Tommaso Benvenuti
13 C
Gonzalo Canale
12 C
Gonzalo Garcia
11 W
Mirco Bergamasco
10 FH
Luciano Orquera
9 SH
Fabio Semenzato
1 P
Salvatore Perugini
2 H
Leonardo Ghiraldini
3 P
Martin Castrogiovanni
4 L
Quintin Geldenhuys
5 L
Cornelius van Zyl
6 F
Alessandro Zanni
7 F
Mauro Bergamasco
8 N8
Sergio Parisse (c)
    Replacements
16 H
Fabio Ongaro
17 P
Andrea Lo Cicero Vaina
18 L
Marco Bortolami
19 F
Paul Derbyshire
20 SH
Edoardo Gori
21 FH
Riccardo Bocchino
22 N8
Luke McLean

Match stats

Ireland   Italy
3 Tries 0
3 from 3 Conversion goals 0 from 0
5 from 6 Penalty goals 2 from 3
88.9% Kick at goal success 66.7%
0 (1 missed) Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
25 Kicks from hand 20
127 Passes 60
97 Runs 51
436 Metres run with ball 164
Attacking
59% Possession 41%
60% Territory 40%
4 Clean breaks 0
7 Defenders beaten 0
10 Offloads 1
74 from 76 (97.4%) Rucks won 41 from 44 (93.2%)
1 from 1 (100.0%) Mauls won 6 from 7 (85.7%)
12 Turnovers conceded 10
Defensive
53/0 Tackles made/missed 103/7
100.0% Tackling success rate 93.6%
Set pieces
5 won, 1 lost (83.3%) Scrums on own feed 7 won, 3 lost (70.0%)
10 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 12 won, 2 lost (85.7%)
Discipline
14 Penalties conceded 13
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Ire stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Kearney 0/0 0 1/3/9 46 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Bowe 0/1 0 3/7/6 32 0 0 1 2 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
C O'Driscoll 1/0 5 3/2/3 25 1 0 1 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C D'Arcy 0/0 0 0/6/9 46 1 2 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Earls 2/0 10 1/3/9 69 0 0 1 2 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH O'Gara 0/0 16 4/30/4 11 0 0 1 0 2/0 0/0 2 0/0
SH Murray 0/0 0 2/64/5 27 0 0 0 3 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Healy 0/0 0 1/0/4 20 1 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 3 0/0
H Best 0/0 0 0/0/4 5 0 0 1 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Ross 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
L O'Callaghan 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 1 0 6/0 3/0 3 0/0
L O'Connell 0/0 0 0/3/8 8 0 0 0 1 1/0 1/0 1 0/0
F Ferris 0/1 0 0/1/11 55 0 0 2 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
F O'Brien 0/0 0 1/1/15 51 0 4 2 2 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Heaslip 0/0 0 0/4/4 14 0 0 0 0 1/0 4/0 0 0/0
(H) Cronin 0/0 0 0/0/2 2 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/1 1 0/0
(P) Court 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Ryan 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 2/0 0 0/0
(F) Leamy 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Reddan 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(FH) Sexton 0/0 5 3/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Trimble 0/1 0 0/0/1 25 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Italy stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Masi 0/0 0 3/1/6 46 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Benvenuti 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Canale 0/0 0 1/2/3 12 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Garcia 0/0 0 0/3/4 18 0 0 0 2 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
W M Bergamasco 0/0 6 1/0/1 0 0 0 0 2 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Orquera 0/0 0 0/6/1 0 0 0 1 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Semenzato 0/0 0 4/18/1 8 0 0 0 0 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Perugini 0/0 0 0/1/1 1 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 2 0/0
H Ghiraldini 0/0 0 1/0/2 12 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Castrogiovanni 0/0 0 0/1/4 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Geldenhuys 0/0 0 0/0/3 7 0 0 0 2 12/1 0/0 2 0/0
L van Zyl 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 10/0 0/0 1 0/0
F Zanni 0/0 0 0/1/4 6 0 0 0 1 7/1 4/0 0 0/0
F M Bergamasco 0/0 0 0/0/2 13 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 2 0/0
N8 Parisse 0/0 0 0/3/8 28 0 0 0 1 7/1 5/0 0 0/0
(H) Ongaro 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Lo Cicero Vaina 0/0 0 0/0/3 10 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 2 0/0
(L) Bortolami 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 4/0 0 0/0
(F) Derbyshire 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Gori 0/0 0 1/15/1 2 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Bocchino 0/0 0 2/6/0 0 0 0 0 0 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) McLean 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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