Rugby World Cup - Wellington, 8 October 2011, 18:00 local, 05:00 GMT
Ireland (3) 10 - 22 (10) Wales (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
2 0 - 5

Try for Wales!!!! Shane Williams gets across the line and what a great start for Wales

3 0 - 7

Priestland - conversion

23 3 - 7

Penalty to Ireland!!! O'Gara slots the penalty from in front of the posts - and Ireland are on the board

27 3 - 10

Penalty for Wales!!!! Leigh Halfpenny kicks a superb penalty from near the halfway line to give Wales the seven point advantage

44 8 - 10

Try for Ireland!!!! The try is awarded by TMO De Santis - that was touch and go but he's given the benefit of the doubt to Earls despite good work from Mike Phillips

45 10 - 10

O'Gara - conversion

50 10 - 15

Absolute brilliance from Phillips there as he dots the ball down in the corner while in mid-air - great play from the scrum-half. Priestland misses the extras

63 10 - 20

Try for Wales !!!! Jonathan Davies darts over for Wales who takes advantage of slack tackling from Ireland

65 10 - 22

Priestland - conversion

Timeline

Time Ireland  Score  Wales
0 start of first half start of first half
2 0 - 5 SM Williams - try
3 0 - 7 Priestland - conversion
23 O'Gara - penalty goal 3 - 7
27 3 - 10 Halfpenny - penalty goal
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
BS Davies - sub on
Charteris - sub off
44 Earls - try 8 - 10
45 O'Gara - conversion 10 - 10
50 10 - 15 Phillips - try
55 Reddan - sub on
O'Gara - sub off
Murray - sub off
Sexton - sub on
63 10 - 20 JJV Davies - try
65 10 - 22 Priestland - conversion
71 Earls - sub off
Trimble - sub on
74 Heaslip - sub off
Ryan - sub on
Ferris - sub off
Leamy - sub on
77 Priestland - sub off
Hook - sub on
80 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result Wales won by a margin of 12 points
 
Ground name Westpac Stadium, Wellington (neutral venue)
Attendance 35787
 
Referee CP Joubert (South Africa)
 
Ireland Test debuts none
Wales Test debuts none

Teams

Ireland Wales
Tries Earls (44) Tries SM Williams (2), Phillips (50), JJV Davies (63)
Cons O'Gara (45) Cons Priestland (3, 65)
Pens O'Gara (23) Pens Halfpenny (27)

Match stats

Ireland   Wales
1 Tries 3
1 from 1 Conversion goals 2 from 3
1 from 1 Penalty goals 1 from 3
100.0% Kick at goal success 50.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
30 Kicks from hand 34
169 Passes 118
136 Runs 95
351 Metres run with ball 293
Attacking
58% Possession 42%
62% Territory 38%
1 Clean breaks 2
8 Defenders beaten 11
10 Offloads 0
126 from 130 (96.9%) Rucks won 85 from 92 (92.4%)
4 from 4 (100.0%) Mauls won 3 from 3 (100.0%)
14 Turnovers conceded 9
Defensive
100/11 Tackles made/missed 150/8
90.1% Tackling success rate 94.9%
Set pieces
3 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 5 won, 1 lost (83.3%)
16 won, 1 lost (94.1%) Lineouts on own throw 7 won, 2 lost (77.8%)
Discipline
8 Penalties conceded 8
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 4/5/11 82 0 4 3 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Bowe 0/1 0 2/3/11 53 0 2 1 1 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
C O'Driscoll 0/0 0 3/9/8 25 0 0 1 4 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
C D'Arcy 0/0 0 0/5/5 28 1 1 0 1 6/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Earls 1/0 5 1/2/10 58 0 0 1 2 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH O'Gara 0/0 5 7/20/4 18 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
SH Murray 0/0 0 4/66/5 10 0 0 1 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Healy 0/0 0 0/1/12 8 0 0 1 0 9/2 0/0 2 0/0
H Best 0/0 0 0/1/8 7 0 0 1 0 12/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Ross 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
L O'Callaghan 0/0 0 0/3/2 3 0 0 0 1 5/1 4/0 1 0/0
L O'Connell 0/0 0 0/2/10 10 0 0 0 0 7/0 6/2 1 0/0
F Ferris 0/0 0 0/5/10 12 0 1 0 0 12/1 1/0 0 0/0
F O'Brien 0/0 0 0/4/22 24 0 0 0 0 10/2 1/0 1 0/0
N8 Heaslip 0/0 0 0/3/7 8 0 0 0 2 7/0 3/0 1 0/0
(F) Ryan 0/0 0 0/0/3 4 0 0 0 0 1/0 1/0 0 0/0
(N8) Leamy 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Reddan 0/0 0 2/29/2 1 0 0 1 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Sexton 0/0 0 2/10/2 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Trimble 0/0 0 0/0/2 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

Wales stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Halfpenny 0/1 3 5/4/10 53 0 2 0 1 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
W North 0/0 0 0/1/5 10 0 2 0 1 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
C JJV Davies 1/0 5 1/3/7 46 1 2 0 1 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Roberts 0/0 0 0/5/9 31 0 1 0 0 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
W SM Williams 1/0 5 2/4/10 60 0 0 0 2 6/2 0/0 2 0/0
FH Priestland 0/0 4 15/21/2 4 0 0 0 0 10/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH Phillips 1/0 5 5/69/7 41 1 4 0 1 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Jenkins 0/0 0 0/1/2 8 0 0 0 0 8/0 1/1 0 0/0
H Bennett 0/0 0 1/5/4 3 0 0 0 1 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
P AR Jones 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Charteris 0/0 0 0/0/4 2 0 0 0 0 14/0 0/0 1 0/0
L AW Jones 0/0 0 0/2/12 12 0 0 0 0 10/1 4/0 0 0/0
F Lydiate 0/0 0 0/2/9 4 0 0 0 1 24/0 1/0 1 0/0
F Warburton 0/0 0 0/0/4 0 0 0 0 0 18/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Faletau 0/0 0 0/1/6 17 0 0 0 0 13/0 1/0 1 0/0
(L) BS Davies 0/0 0 0/0/4 2 0 0 0 1 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Hook 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

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