2010 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia

2010 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia
Coach(es): Declan Kidney
Tour captain(s): Brian O'Driscoll
Top point scorer(s): Jonathan Sexton (40)
Top try scorer(s): 5 players with 1 try
Top test point scorer(s): Jonathan Sexton (17)
Top test try scorer(s): 4 players with 1 try
Type P W D L
Total: 3 0 0 3
Test match: 2 0 0 2
Opp. P W D L
 Australia 1 0 0 1
 New Zealand 1 0 0 1
Statistics against Test match opponents
Previous tour: Canada & USA 2009
Next tour: New Zealand 2012

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.





Matches

Saturday 12 June 2010
New Zealand  66–28 Ireland 
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)
Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: England Wayne Barnes
Friday 18 June 2010
New Zealand Māori 31–28 Ireland XV Ireland
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)
Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: South Africa Mark Lawrence
Saturday 26 June 2010
Australia  22–15 Ireland 
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'
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 45,498
Referee: New Zealand Bryce Lawrence

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.


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

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

Coaching and management

Position Name
Head Coach Declan Kidney
Team Manager Paul McNaughton

See also