Canada tour - Limerick, 8 November 2008, 17:15 local, 17:15 GMT
Ireland (38) 55 - 0 (0) Canada (FT)

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Timeline

Time Ireland  Score  Canada
0 start of first half start of first half
2 Earls - try 5 - 0
3 O'Gara - conversion 7 - 0
6 O'Gara - penalty goal 10 - 0
13 Kearney - try 15 - 0
14 O'Gara - conversion 17 - 0
30 Heaslip - try 22 - 0
31 O'Gara - conversion 24 - 0
35 Kearney - try 29 - 0
36 O'Gara - conversion 31 - 0
40+3 Bowe - try 36 - 0
40+4 O'Gara - conversion
end of first half		 38 - 0 end of first half
40+6
40 start of second half
Best - sub on
Flannery - sub off
Buckley - sub off
Hayes - sub on		 start of second half
45 Stephen - sub off
Sinclair - sub on
55 Reddan - sub off
Stringer - sub on
56 Quinlan - sub on
O'Connell - sub off
PR Wallace - sub on
O'Gara - sub off
58 DP Wallace - sub on
Heaslip - sub off
61 Pritchard - sub off
MacKenzie - sub on
62 Horgan - sub on
O'Driscoll - sub off
65 Evans - sub on
Monro - sub off
67 DP Wallace - try 43 - 0
68 PR Wallace - conversion 45 - 0
70 Buckley - sub on
Horan - sub off		 Tkachuk - sub off
Walsh - sub on
73 Hotson - sub on
Burak - sub off
75 Pletch - sub on
Riordan - sub off
80 Quinlan - try 50 - 0
80+6 Bowe - try
end of second half
end of half		 55 - 0 end of second half
end of half
0
86 Bowe - try 55 - 0

Notes

 
Result Ireland won by a margin of 55 points
 
Ground name Thomond Park, Limerick
Attendance 21500
 
Referee CD Berdos (France)
 
Ireland Test debuts KG Earls
Canada Test debuts MC Evans, CP Hearn, F Walsh

Teams

Ireland Canada
Tries Earls (2), Kearney (13, 35), Heaslip (30), Bowe (40, 80), DP Wallace (67), Quinlan (80) Tries none
Cons O'Gara (3, 14, 31, 36, 40), PR Wallace (68) Cons none
Pens O'Gara (6) Pens none
    Team
15 FB
Keith Earls
14 W
Tommy Bowe
13 C
Brian O'Driscoll (c)
12 C
Luke Fitzgerald
11 W
Rob Kearney
10 FH
Ronan O'Gara
9 SH
Eoin Reddan
1 P
Marcus Horan
2 H
Jerry Flannery
3 P
Tony Buckley
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
Rory Best
17 P
John Hayes
18 L
Alan Quinlan
19 N8
David Wallace
20 SH
Peter Stringer
21 FH
Paddy Wallace
22 C
Shane Horgan
    Team
15 FB
James Pritchard
14 W
Ciaran Hearn
13 C
Bryn Keys
12 C
Ryan Smith
11 W
Justin Mensah-Coker
10 FH
Ander Monro
9 SH
Ed Fairhurst
1 P
Kevin Tkachuk
2 H
Pat Riordan (c)
3 P
Jon Thiel
4 L
Mike Burak
5 L
Josh Jackson
6 F
Sean-Michael Stephen
7 F
Adam Kleeberger
8 N8
Aaron Carpenter
    Replacements
16 H
Mike Pletch
17 P
Frank Walsh
18 L
Tyler Hotson
19 F
Jebb Sinclair
20
Morgan Williams
21 FH
Matt Evans
22 FB
Phil MacKenzie

Match stats

Ireland   Canada
8 Tries 0
6 from 8 Conversion goals 0 from 0
1 from 1 Penalty goals 0 from 0
77.8% Kick at goal success 0.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
53 Kicks from hand 46
0 Passes 0
101 Runs 37
506 Metres run with ball 104
Attacking
6 Clean breaks 0
9 Defenders beaten 1
4 Offloads 0
80 from 81 (98.8%) Rucks won 34 from 40 (85.0%)
6 from 6 (100.0%) Mauls won 1 from 1 (100.0%)
20 Turnovers conceded 13
Defensive
60/1 Tackles made/missed 106/10
98.4% Tackling success rate 91.4%
Set pieces
6 won, 1 lost (85.7%) Scrums on own feed 13 won, 3 lost (81.2%)
12 won, 2 lost (85.7%) Lineouts on own throw 9 won, 2 lost (81.8%)
Discipline
8 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 Earls 1/1 5 5/0/5 44 1 2 1 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Bowe 2/1 10 1/0/14 100 1 2 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C O'Driscoll 0/0 0 3/0/4 10 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Fitzgerald 0/1 0 1/0/6 30 1 1 0 1 6/0 0/0 2 0/0
W Kearney 2/1 10 9/0/9 70 0 0 0 2 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH O'Gara 0/0 13 14/0/2 3 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Reddan 0/1 0 5/0/3 1 0 0 2 3 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Horan 0/0 0 0/0/4 13 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Flannery 0/0 0 0/0/3 11 0 1 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Buckley 0/0 0 0/0/3 0 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
L O'Callaghan 0/0 0 0/0/3 4 0 0 0 0 4/0 1/0 2 0/0
L O'Connell 0/0 0 0/0/6 12 0 0 0 1 3/0 2/1 0 0/0
F Ferris 0/0 0 1/0/9 31 0 2 0 0 7/0 2/0 0 0/0
F Jennings 0/0 0 1/0/6 4 0 0 0 2 7/0 1/0 0 0/0
N8 Heaslip 1/0 5 0/0/8 70 1 0 0 2 2/0 2/0 0 0/0
(H) Best 0/0 0 0/0/5 4 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Hayes 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Quinlan 1/0 5 0/0/2 5 0 0 0 2 2/0 4/0 1 0/0
(N8) DP Wallace 1/0 5 0/0/4 62 1 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Stringer 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 2 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) PR Wallace 0/0 2 5/0/2 4 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Horgan 0/1 0 2/0/3 28 1 1 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

Can stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Pritchard 0/0 0 6/0/0 0 0 0 0 2 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Hearn 0/0 0 5/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Keys 0/0 0 2/0/1 0 0 0 0 1 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Smith 0/0 0 0/0/5 6 0 0 0 1 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Mensah-Coker 0/0 0 6/0/4 22 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH Monro 0/0 0 10/0/1 20 0 0 0 2 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Fairhurst 0/0 0 7/0/3 2 0 0 0 2 8/2 0/0 2 0/0
P Tkachuk 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 8/1 0/0 1 0/0
H Riordan 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Thiel 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Burak 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 2/0 0 0/0
L Jackson 0/0 0 0/0/3 5 0 0 0 1 8/0 1/0 0 0/0
F Stephen 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 6/1 1/0 0 0/0
F Kleeberger 0/0 0 0/0/2 10 0 0 0 0 16/0 3/0 0 0/0
N8 Carpenter 0/0 0 1/0/10 30 0 1 0 2 9/0 0/0 2 0/0
(H) Pletch 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Walsh 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Hotson 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Sinclair 0/0 0 0/0/2 8 0 0 0 0 6/1 1/0 0 0/0
(FH) Evans 0/0 0 5/0/0 0 0 0 0 2 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) MacKenzie 0/0 0 0/0/0 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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