Fiji tour - Dublin, 21 November 2009, 17:15 local, 17:15 GMT
Ireland (13) 41 - 6 (3) Fiji (FT)

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Timeline

Time Ireland  Score  Fiji
0 start of first half start of first half
9 Sexton - penalty goal 3 - 0
18 Earls - try
Sexton - conversion		 10 - 0
27 10 - 3 Little - penalty goal
40 Sexton - penalty goal
end of first half		 13 - 3 end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
Nakarawa - sub on
Rawaqa - sub off
43 O'Brien - sub on
Leamy - sub off		 13 - 6 Little - penalty goal
45 O'Driscoll - try
Sexton - conversion		 20 - 6
52 Nagusa - sub on
Ligairi - sub off
59 O'Leary - sub on
Reddan - sub off
60 Buckley - sub on
Hayes - sub off
62 Earls - try 25 - 6
63 Sexton - conversion 27 - 6
65 Ledua - sub on
Dewes - sub on
Veikoso - sub off
Tarogi - sub off
67 Trimble - sub on
O'Driscoll - sub off
Kearney - try		 32 - 6
68 Sexton - conversion 34 - 6
69 Volau - sub on
Qera - sub off
72 O'Callaghan - sub on
O'Connell - sub off
Cronin - sub on
Flannery - sub off
74 Wallace - sub on
Kearney - sub off
76 Horgan - try 39 - 6
77 Sexton - conversion 41 - 6
79 Matavesi - sub on
Baikeinuku - sub off
80+1 end of second half end of second half
81 start of half start of half

Notes

 
Result Ireland won by a margin of 35 points
 
Ground name Royal Dublin Society, Dublin
Attendance 17427
 
Referee M Jonker (South Africa)
 
Ireland Test debuts SM Cronin, SK O'Brien, JJ Sexton
Fiji Test debuts none

Teams

Ireland Fiji
Tries Earls (18, 62), O'Driscoll (45), Kearney (67), Horgan (76) Tries none
Cons Sexton (18, 45, 63, 68, 77) Cons none
Pens Sexton (9, 40) Pens Little (27, 43)
    Team
15 FB
Rob Kearney
14 W
Shane Horgan
13 C
Brian O'Driscoll (c)
12 C
Gordon D'Arcy
11 W
Keith Earls
10 FH
Johnny Sexton
9 SH
Eoin Reddan
1 P
Tom Court
2 H
Jerry Flannery
3 P
John Hayes
4 L
Leo Cullen
5 L
Paul O'Connell
6 F
Stephen Ferris
7 F
Denis Leamy
8 N8
Jamie Heaslip
    Replacements
16 H
Sean Cronin
17 P
Tony Buckley
18 L
Donncha O'Callaghan
19 F
Sean O'Brien
20 SH
Tomas O'Leary
21 FB
Paddy Wallace
22 C
Andrew Trimble
    Team
15 FB
Norman Ligairi
14 W
Vereniki Goneva
13 C
Gaby Lovobalavu
12 C
Seremaia Baikeinuku (c)
11 W
Nasoni Rokobiau
10 FH
Nicky Little
9 SH
Moses Rauluni
1 P
Aisake Tarogi
2 H
Vili Veikoso
3 P
Viliame Seuseu
4 L
Wame Lewaravu
5 L
Ifereimi Rawaqa
6 F
Apo Satala
7 F
Akapusi Qera
8 N8
Asaeli Boko
    Replacements
16 P
Sireli Ledua
17 H
Graham Dewes
18 L
Leone Nakarawa
19 F
Malakai Volau
20
Waisale Vatuvoka
21 C
Josh Matavesi
22 FB
Timoci Nagusa

Match stats

Ireland   Fiji
5 Tries 0
5 from 5 Conversion goals 0 from 0
2 from 2 Penalty goals 2 from 3
100.0% Kick at goal success 67.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
20 Kicks from hand 20
102 Passes 100
64 Runs 98
428 Metres run with ball 186
Attacking
45% (33%/59%) Possession (1H/2H) 55% (67%/41%)
6 Clean breaks 1
11 Defenders beaten 6
12 Offloads 6
39 from 40 (97.5%) Rucks won 92 from 93 (98.9%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
14 Turnovers conceded 13
Defensive
101/6 Tackles made/missed 44/12
94.0% Tackling success rate 79.0%
Set pieces
15 won, 1 lost (93.8%) Scrums on own feed 10 won, 1 lost (90.9%)
6 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 13 won, 2 lost (86.7%)
Discipline
0 Penalties conceded 0
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 1/0 5 6/4/6 73 1 3 2 2 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Horgan 1/0 5 1/2/5 34 0 0 1 2 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
C O'Driscoll 1/0 5 1/7/3 51 1 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C D'Arcy 0/2 0 0/7/6 33 1 1 1 2 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Earls 2/0 10 0/3/7 33 1 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH Sexton 0/0 16 9/12/4 48 2 3 0 2 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Reddan 0/1 0 3/23/1 14 0 0 0 2 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Court 0/0 0 0/1/2 4 0 1 0 0 11/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Flannery 0/0 0 0/2/3 10 0 1 1 0 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Hayes 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Cullen 0/0 0 0/2/0 0 0 0 0 0 12/0 2/0 1 0/0
L O'Connell 0/0 0 0/0/3 7 0 0 0 0 8/1 2/0 0 0/0
F Ferris 0/0 0 0/5/5 26 0 0 2 0 11/1 1/0 0 0/0
F Leamy 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Heaslip 0/0 0 0/7/10 51 0 1 1 0 6/0 1/0 1 0/0
(H) Cronin 0/0 0 0/1/1 7 0 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Buckley 0/0 0 0/4/3 0 0 0 2 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) O'Callaghan 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
(F) O'Brien 0/0 0 0/1/2 13 0 1 0 2 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
(SH) O'Leary 0/0 0 0/17/1 3 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Wallace 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Trimble 0/0 0 0/1/2 21 0 0 1 1 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

Fiji stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Ligairi 0/0 0 4/1/2 27 0 2 0 0 1/3 0/0 0 0/0
W Goneva 0/0 0 1/0/2 6 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Lovobalavu 0/0 0 1/1/7 15 0 0 1 1 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
C Baikeinuku 0/0 0 0/1/15 18 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Rokobiau 0/0 0 2/2/0 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Little 0/0 6 7/26/5 0 0 0 1 2 5/2 0/0 1 0/0
SH Rauluni 0/0 0 4/61/8 8 0 0 1 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Tarogi 0/0 0 0/0/2 4 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Veikoso 0/0 0 0/0/4 6 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/1 1 0/0
P Seuseu 0/0 0 0/1/4 7 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Lewaravu 0/0 0 0/1/8 6 0 0 1 3 3/0 4/0 0 0/0
L Rawaqa 0/0 0 0/0/3 11 0 0 0 0 1/0 4/0 0 0/0
F Satala 0/0 0 0/1/10 13 0 0 0 2 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Qera 0/0 0 0/0/6 4 0 0 0 0 7/3 0/0 2 0/0
N8 Boko 0/0 0 0/3/7 9 0 0 0 2 4/0 1/0 0 0/0
(P) Ledua 0/0 0 0/0/4 6 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Dewes 0/0 0 0/0/3 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Nakarawa 0/0 0 1/1/3 25 1 2 1 1 2/0 3/0 0 0/0
(F) Volau 0/0 0 0/0/2 8 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
(C) Matavesi 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Nagusa 0/0 0 0/1/3 13 0 2 1 0 1/0 0/0 1 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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