Rugby World Cup , Pool C - New Plymouth, 11 September 2011, 18:00 local, 06:00 GMT
Ireland (10) 22 - 10 (0) United States of America (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
15 3 - 0

Sexton puts Ireland on the scoreboard with his third attempt at the posts

39 8 - 0

Tommy Bowe profits from good work from Sexton and he dives under the posts

40 10 - 0

Sexton - conversion

53 10 - 3

Paterson puts O'Sullivan's side on the board with a well struck penalty

55 15 - 3

Rory Best crashes over to stretch Ireland's lead from close range - good work from Kidney's forwards there

59 20 - 3

Great work from Brian O'Driscoll puts Bowe away for his second try of the game

60 22 - 3

Great work from Brian O'Driscoll puts Bowe away for his second try of the game

80 22 - 8

Paul Emerick intercepts - runs away - and the Eagles have their try

80+1 22 - 10

Malifa - conversion

Timeline

Time Ireland  Score  United States of America
0 start of first half start of first half
15 Sexton - penalty goal 3 - 0
39 Bowe - try 8 - 0
40 Sexton - conversion
end of first half		 10 - 0 end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
50 Murray - sub off
Reddan - sub on
O'Gara - sub on
Sexton - sub off
53 10 - 3 Paterson - penalty goal
55 Best - try 15 - 3
59 Bowe - try 20 - 3
60 O'Gara - conversion 22 - 3 AN Suniula - sub off
Malifa - sub on
61 Jennings - sub off
Leamy - sub on
Best - sub off
Flannery - sub on
62 MacDonald - sub off
Moeakiola - sub on
64 Buckley - sub on
Court - sub off
67 Murphy - sub off
Trimble - sub on		 Petri - sub off
Usasz - sub on
68 Thiel - sub off
Biller - sub on
80 22 - 8 Emerick - try
80+1 end of second half
end of half		 22 - 10 Malifa - conversion
end of second half
end of half

Notes

 
Result Ireland won by a margin of 12 points
Rugby World Cup points Ireland 4, United States of America 0
 
Ground name Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth (neutral venue)
Attendance 20823
 
Referee CP Joubert (South Africa)
 
Ireland Test debuts none
United States of America Test debuts none

Teams

Ireland United States of America
Tries Bowe (39, 59), Best (55) Tries Emerick (80)
Cons Sexton (40), O'Gara (60) Cons Malifa (80)
Pens Sexton (15) Pens Paterson (53)
    Team
15 FB
Geordan Murphy
14 W
Tommy Bowe
13 C
Brian O'Driscoll (c)
12 C
Gordon D'Arcy
11 W
Keith Earls
10 FH
Johnny Sexton
9 SH
Conor Murray
1 P
Tom Court
2 H
Rory Best
3 P
Mike Ross
4 L
Donncha O'Callaghan
5 L
Paul O'Connell
6 F
Stephen Ferris
7 F
Shane Jennings
8 N8
Jamie Heaslip
    Replacements
16 H
Jerry Flannery
17 P
Tony Buckley
18
Donnacha Ryan
19 F
Denis Leamy
20 SH
Eoin Reddan
21 FH
Ronan O'Gara
22 FB
Andrew Trimble
    Team
15 FB
Blaine Scully
14 W
Taku Ngwenya
13 C
Paul Emerick
12 C
Andrew Suniula
11 W
James Paterson
10 FH
Roland Suniula
9 SH
Mike Petri
1 P
Mike MacDonald
2 H
Phil Thiel
3 P
Shawn Pittman
4 L
John van der Giessen
5 L
Hayden Smith
6 F
Louis Stanfill
7 F
Todd Clever (c)
8 N8
Nic Johnson
    Replacements
16 H
Chris Biller
17 P
Mate Moeakiola
18
Scott LaValla
19
Pat Danahy
20 SH
Tim Usasz
21 FH
Nese Malifa
22
Colin Hawley

Match stats

Ireland   United States of America
3 Tries 1
3 from 4 Conversion goals 1 from 1
1 from 5 Penalty goals 1 from 2
44.4% Kick at goal success 66.7%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
24 Kicks from hand 27
111 Passes 80
93 Runs 50
302 Metres run with ball 158
Attacking
59% Possession 41%
63% Territory 37%
2 Clean breaks 1
8 Defenders beaten 3
1 Offloads 0
85 from 89 (95.5%) Rucks won 56 from 59 (94.9%)
8 from 9 (88.9%) Mauls won 1 from 1 (100.0%)
15 Turnovers conceded 6
Defensive
71/3 Tackles made/missed 94/8
96.0% Tackling success rate 92.2%
Set pieces
5 won, 1 lost (83.3%) Scrums on own feed 5 won, 2 lost (71.4%)
17 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 12 won, 3 lost (80.0%)
Discipline
9 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 Murphy 0/0 0 1/4/4 30 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Bowe 2/0 10 1/3/4 22 0 1 0 4 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
C O'Driscoll 0/1 0 2/9/3 19 1 0 0 1 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
C D'Arcy 0/0 0 0/4/6 27 0 0 0 3 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Earls 0/0 0 0/5/4 35 1 1 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Sexton 0/1 5 7/11/4 24 0 3 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Murray 0/0 0 3/45/8 25 0 0 0 2 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Court 0/0 0 0/1/2 3 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 2 0/0
H Best 1/0 5 0/1/9 24 0 1 0 1 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Ross 0/0 0 0/0/5 6 0 0 0 0 3/0 1/0 1 0/0
L O'Callaghan 0/0 0 0/2/6 5 0 0 0 0 5/0 2/1 1 0/0
L O'Connell 0/0 0 0/2/11 13 0 0 1 1 6/0 8/1 0 0/0
F Ferris 0/0 0 0/1/11 39 0 0 0 0 4/0 1/0 1 0/0
F Jennings 0/0 0 1/1/3 0 0 0 0 0 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Heaslip 0/0 0 0/4/6 18 0 1 0 0 4/1 5/0 1 0/0
(H) Flannery 0/0 0 0/1/1 4 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Buckley 0/0 0 0/0/2 4 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Leamy 0/0 0 0/0/2 4 0 1 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Reddan 0/0 0 1/13/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) O'Gara 0/0 4 2/4/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Trimble 0/0 0 1/0/0 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

USA stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Scully 0/0 0 2/1/2 15 0 1 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Ngwenya 0/0 0 0/0/3 19 0 1 0 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Emerick 1/0 5 1/0/6 78 1 1 0 0 4/0 0/0 2 0/0
C AN Suniula 0/0 0 1/8/6 6 0 0 0 1 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Paterson 0/0 3 0/1/2 4 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH R Suniula 0/0 0 5/13/2 0 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Petri 0/0 0 9/36/0 0 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
P MacDonald 0/0 0 0/2/5 12 0 0 0 0 5/2 0/0 1 0/0
H Thiel 0/0 0 0/2/2 0 0 0 0 0 7/1 0/0 2 0/0
P Pittman 0/0 0 0/2/3 3 0 0 0 0 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
L van der Giessen 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 7/0 4/0 1 0/0
L Smith 0/0 0 0/0/3 1 0 0 0 1 7/0 4/0 1 0/0
F Stanfill 0/0 0 0/0/2 9 0 0 0 1 11/0 4/1 0 0/0
F Clever 0/0 0 0/4/9 10 0 0 0 1 11/1 0/0 3 0/0
N8 Johnson 0/0 0 0/2/3 1 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Biller 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Moeakiola 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(SH) Usasz 0/0 0 1/3/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Malifa 0/0 2 1/5/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 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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