Ireland into last four of Bowl
January 28, 2001
Ireland recovered from 12 points down against Chinese Taipei to qualify for The Irish, who had missed out on a place in the secondary event,the Plate , after losing their final group game to Russia yesterday, looked set for a surprise defeat in Mar del Plata.
But after falling 19-7 behind, Ireland scored three unanswered tries in the
Taipei snatched an early lead when Chen-Fu Chen intercepted a pass virtually But Ireland replied with one of the best tries of the third World Cup, which featured a mammoth schedule of 60 group matches, as they launched an attack from inside their own goal area.
Skipper James Topping broke to the halfway line where Derek Hegarty made
Ireland made a hash of the restart, however, and Chih-Ming Pan regained the Ireland reduced the deficit when Dungannon's Jan Cunnigham forced his way over, and then Ferris scored but his missed conversion left his side still two points short.
With the seconds ticking away, Topping rounded off a flowing attack with the |
Communication error please reload the page.