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Full time8 November 2008
Ireland
55–0
Canada
Thomond Park, Limerick, Ireland · Tour 2008Head-to-head

Ireland won by 55 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’TIreland try · Keith Earls5–0
  2. 4’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara7–0
  3. 8’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara10–0
  4. 14’TIreland try · Rob Kearney15–0
  5. 15’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara17–0
  6. 29’TIreland try · Jamie Heaslip22–0
  7. 30’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara24–0
  8. 33’TIreland try · Rob Kearney29–0
  9. 34’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara31–0
  10. 41’TIreland try · Tommy Bowe36–0
  11. 42’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara38–0
  12. 64’TIreland try · David Wallace43–0
  13. 65’CIreland conversion · Paddy Wallace45–0
  14. 74’TIreland try · Alan Quinlan50–0
  15. 83’TIreland try · Tommy Bowe55–0

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Jerry FlanneryHooker
  3. 3Tony BuckleyProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Stephen FerrisFlanker
  7. 7Shane JenningsFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Eoin ReddanScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Rob KearneyWing
  12. 12Luke FitzgeraldCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Keith EarlsFull-back
  16. 16Rory BestBench
  17. 17John HayesBench
  18. 18Alan QuinlanBench
  19. 19David WallaceBench
  20. 20Peter StringerBench
  21. 21Paddy WallaceBench
  22. 22Shane HorganBench

Canada

  1. 1Kevin TkachukProp
  2. 2Pat RiordanHooker
  3. 3Jon ThielProp
  4. 4Mike BurakSecond row
  5. 5Josh JacksonSecond row
  6. 6Sean-Michael StephenFlanker
  7. 7Adam KleebergerFlanker
  8. 8Aaron CarpenterNumber 8
  9. 9Ed FairhurstScrum-half
  10. 10Ander MonroFly-half
  11. 11Justin Mensah-CokerWing
  12. 12Ryan SmithCentre
  13. 13Bryn KeysCentre
  14. 14Ciaran HearnWing
  15. 15James PritchardFull-back
  16. 16Mike PletchBench
  17. 17Frank WalshBench
  18. 18Tyler HotsonBench
  19. 19Jebb SinclairBench
  20. 20Morgan WilliamsBench
  21. 21Matt EvansBench
  22. 22Phil MackenzieBench

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Context

All-time, Ireland 8–0 Canada, 1 drawn in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland going in
Canada going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.