2010 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia

Ireland toured New Zealand and Australia in June 2010, playing a Test match against the All Blacks and the Wallabies. They also played the New Zealand Māori in Rotorua.

Contents 1 Matches 2 Touring squad 3 Coaching and Management Team 4 See also

Matches

Saturday June 12, 2010	New Zealand	66 – 28	Ireland	Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Wayne Barnes
	Try: Smith (2) 10', 47' Read 21' Franks 27' Cowan (2) 30', 33' Whitelock (2) 50', 78' Tialata 65' Con: Carter (7/7) Weepu (2/2) Pen: Carter (1/1)		Try: Dan Tuohy 36' O'Driscoll 54' Bowe 60' D'Arcy 75' Con: O'Gara (3/3) Sexton (1/1)

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Friday June 18, 2010	New Zealand Māori	31 - 28	Ireland XV	Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Mark Lawrence
	Try: Gear Sweeney Lowe Con: McAlister (1/3) Ripia (1/1) Pen: McAlister (3/3) Ripia (1/1)		Try: Wallace Con: Sexton (1/1) Pen:Sexton (7/8)

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Saturday June 26, 2010	Australia	22 - 15	Ireland	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Attendance: 45,498 Referee: Bryce Lawrence
	Try: Burgess 17' Cooper 39' Pen: Adam Ashley-Cooper (2) 12', 33' Matt Giteau (2) 52', 61'		Pen: Sexton (5) 2', 9', 22', 29', 35'

Touring squad

Ireland named a 34-man squad for their tour to New Zealand and Australia in June 2010. Rory Best and Paul O'Connell were both ruled out due to injury and replaced by John Fogarty and Ed O'Donoghue. Kevin McLaughlin was also ruled out and was replaced by Niall Ronan. Keith Earls had to pull out of the squad and was replaced by Gavin Duffy. Fergus McFadden was ruled out of the tour and was replaced by Johne Murphy. Damien Varley was called up to the squad as cover for Jerry Flannery.

• Caps updated before tour.

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by the International Rugby Board.

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Sean Cronin Hooker 6 May 1986 (1986-05-06) (age 25) 2 Connacht Jerry Flannery Hooker 17 October 1978 (1978-10-17) (age 33) 36 Munster John Fogarty Hooker 18 October 1977 (1977-10-18) (age 34) 0 Munster Damien Varley Hooker 29 October 1983 (1983-10-29) (age 28) 0 Munster Tony Buckley Prop 8 August 1980 (1980-08-08) (age 31) 17 Munster Tom Court Prop 6 November 1980 (1980-11-06) (age 31) 7 Ulster John Hayes Prop 2 November 1973 (1973-11-02) (age 38) 102 Munster Cian Healy Prop 7 October 1987 (1987-10-07) (age 24) 7 Leinster Marcus Horan Prop 9 September 1977 (1977-09-09) (age 34) 66 Munster Donncha O'Callaghan Lock 24 March 1979 (1979-03-24) (age 32) 61 Munster Ed O'Donoghue Lock 24 June 1982 (1982-06-24) (age 29) 0 Ulster Mick O'Driscoll Lock 8 October 1978 (1978-10-08) (age 33) 17 Munster Dan Tuohy Lock 18 June 1985 (1985-06-18) (age 26) 0 Ulster Shane Jennings Flanker 8 July 1981 (1981-07-08) (age 30) 7 Leinster John Muldoon Flanker 30 November 1982 (1982-11-30) (age 29) 2 Connacht Niall Ronan Flanker 14 September 1982 (1982-09-14) (age 29) 2 Munster David Wallace Flanker 8 July 1976 (1976-07-08) (age 35) 62 Munster Jamie Heaslip Number 8 15 December 1983 (1983-12-15) (age 28) 26 Leinster Chris Henry Number 8 17 October 1984 (1984-10-17) (age 27) 0 Ulster Tomas O'Leary Scrum-half 20 October 1983 (1983-10-20) (age 28) 16 Munster Eoin Reddan Scrum-half 20 November 1980 (1980-11-20) (age 31) 20 Leinster Peter Stringer Scrum-half 13 December 1977 (1977-12-13) (age 34) 91 Munster Ronan O'Gara Fly-half 7 March 1977 (1977-03-07) (age 35) 98 Munster Jonathan Sexton Fly-half 11 July 1985 (1985-07-11) (age 26) 6 Leinster Gordon D'Arcy Centre 10 February 1980 (1980-02-10) (age 32) 48 Leinster Gavin Duffy Centre 18 September 1981 (1981-09-18) (age 30) 10 Connacht Brian O'Driscoll (c) Centre 21 January 1979 (1979-01-21) (age 33) 101 Leinster Paddy Wallace Centre 27 August 1979 (1979-08-27) (age 32) 21 Ulster Tommy Bowe Wing 22 February 1984 (1984-02-22) (age 28) 30 Ospreys Shane Horgan Wing 18 July 1978 (1978-07-18) (age 33) 65 Leinster Johne Murphy Wing 10 November 1984 (1984-11-10) (age 27) 0 Munster Andrew Trimble Wing 20 October 1984 (1984-10-20) (age 27) 27 Ulster Rob Kearney Fullback 26 March 1986 (1986-03-26) (age 25) 23 Leinster Geordan Murphy Fullback 19 April 1978 (1978-04-19) (age 33) 66 Leicester

Coaching and Management Team

Position	Name	Nationality
Head Coach	Declan Kidney	Ireland
Team Manager	Paul McNaughton	Ireland
Baggage Master	Patrick 'Rala' O'Reilly	Ireland
Forwards Coach	Gert Smal	South Africa
Backs Coach	Alan Gaffney	Australia
Defence Coach	Les Kiss	Australia
Kicking Coach	Mark Tainton	England

See also

• History of rugby union matches between Ireland and Australia
• History of rugby union matches between Ireland and New Zealand

Ireland national rugby union team tours Canada 1899 • South America 1952 • South Africa 1961 • Australia 1967• Argentina 1970 • New Zealand and Fiji 1976 • Australia 1979 • South Africa 1981• Japan 1985 • France 1988 • North America 1989 • Namibia 1991 • New Zealand 1992 • Australia 1994 • South Africa 1998 • Australia 1999 • The Americas 2000 •New Zealand 2002 • The South Seas 2003 • South Africa 2004 •Japan 2005 • New Zealand and Australia 2006 • Argentina 2007 • New Zealand and Australia 2008 • New Zealand and Australia 2010 • New Zealand 2012 •