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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua · 25 September 2011Head-to-head
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Ireland won by 50 points.Half-time 36–0 · Tries 9–2 · RUS 1 yellow card

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1013383941485059657379238Attacks74Ball won14110928321766351221331453474%Own 2256%Own half74%Opp half90%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
IRE4810
RUS14839
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
IRE7/91/10
RUS1/20/00
← Russia attack · Ireland attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
10′IrelandTry, Fergus McFadden, converted8–0
13′IrelandTry, Sean O'Brien, converted15–0
38′IrelandTry, Isaac Boss, converted22–0
39′IrelandTry, Keith Earls, converted29–0
41′IrelandTry, Andrew Trimble, conversion missed36–0
48′IrelandTry, Keith Earls, converted41–0
50′RussiaTry, Vasily Artemyev, converted43–5
59′RussiaTry, Denis Simplikevich, conversion missed43–12
65′IrelandTry, Rob Kearney, converted48–12
73′IrelandTry, Shane Jennings, converted55–12
79′IrelandTry, Tony Buckley, conversion missed62–12
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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018355370HT0′20′40′60′80′1 RUS card
10′Fergus McFadden13′Sean O'Brien38′Isaac Boss39′Keith Earls41′Andrew Trimble48′Keith Earls50′Vasily Artemyev59′Denis Simplikevich65′Rob Kearney73′Shane Jennings79′Tony Buckley
IRE

Team stats

RUS
69%Possession31%
73%Territory27%
161Carries48
976Metres gained293
37Defenders beaten10
205Passes61
48Tackles made148
10Tackles missed39
105/107Rucks won34/36
11/12Lineouts won13/19
4/4Mauls won4/4
10Penalties conceded12
Goal kicking
IRE conversions 7/9, penalties 1/1 · RUS conversions 1/2, penalties 0/0. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Cian HealyProp
  2. 2Sean CroninHooker
  3. 3Tony BuckleyProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Leo CullenSecond row
  6. 6Donnacha RyanFlanker
  7. 7Sean O'BrienFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Isaac BossScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Andrew TrimbleWing
  12. 12Paddy WallaceCentre
  13. 13Keith EarlsCentre
  14. 14Fergus McFaddenWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Rory BestBench
  17. 17Mike RossBench
  18. 18Denis LeamyBench
  19. 19Shane JenningsBench
  20. 20Eoin ReddanBench
  21. 21Johnny SextonBench
  22. 22Geordan MurphyBench

Russia

  1. 1Sergey PopovProp
  2. 2Valery TsnobiladzeHooker
  3. 3Alexander KhrokinProp
  4. 4Denis AntonovSecond row
  5. 5Adam ByrnesSecond row
  6. 6Artem FatakhovFlanker
  7. 7Andrey GarbuzovFlanker
  8. 8Viktor GresevNumber 8
  9. 9Alexander IaniushkinScrum-half
  10. 10Konstantin RachkovFly-half
  11. 11Vladimir OstroushkoWing
  12. 12Sergey TrishinCentre
  13. 13Andrey KuzinCentre
  14. 14Denis SimplikevichWing
  15. 15Vasily ArtemyevFull-back
  16. 16Evgeny MatveevBench
  17. 17Ivan PrishchepenkoBench
  18. 18Alexey TravkinBench
  19. 19Alexander VoytovBench
  20. 20Andrey BykanovBench
  21. 21Mikhail SidorovBench
  22. 22Mikhail BabaevBench

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Context

All-time, Ireland 3–0 Russia in 3 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland going in
Russia 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.