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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · Otago Stadium, Dunedin · 2 October 2011Head-to-head
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Ireland won by 30 points.Half-time 9–6 · Tries 3–0

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4752802640Attacks719Ball won687819241824252116939181339%Own 2247%Own half81%Opp half64%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
IRE530
ITA928
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
IRE3/35/60
ITA0/02/30
← Italy 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
47′IrelandTry, Brian O'Driscoll, converted17–6
52′IrelandTry, Keith Earls, converted24–6
80′IrelandTry, Keith Earls, converted34–6
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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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′
47′Brian O'Driscoll52′Keith Earls80′Keith Earls
IRE

Team stats

ITA
59%Possession41%
60%Territory40%
97Carries51
418Metres gained162
8Defenders beaten0
148Passes66
53Tackles made92
0Tackles missed8
74/76Rucks won42/45
10/10Lineouts won13/13
1/1Mauls won6/7
12Penalties conceded12
Goal kicking
IRE conversions 3/3, penalties 5/6 · ITA conversions 0/0, penalties 2/3. 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. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3Mike RossProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Stephen FerrisFlanker
  7. 7Sean O'BrienFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Conor MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Keith EarlsWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Sean CroninBench
  17. 17Tom CourtBench
  18. 18Donnacha RyanBench
  19. 19Denis LeamyBench
  20. 20Eoin ReddanBench
  21. 21Johnny SextonBench
  22. 22Andrew TrimbleBench

Italy

  1. 1Salvatore PeruginiProp
  2. 2Leonardo GhiraldiniHooker
  3. 3Martin CastrogiovanniProp
  4. 4Quintin GeldenhuysSecond row
  5. 5Cornelius Van ZylSecond row
  6. 6Alessandro ZanniFlanker
  7. 7Mauro BergamascoFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Fabio SemenzatoScrum-half
  10. 10Luciano OrqueraFly-half
  11. 11Mirco BergamascoWing
  12. 12Gonzalo GarciaCentre
  13. 13Gonzalo CanaleCentre
  14. 14Tommaso BenvenutiWing
  15. 15Andrea MasiFull-back
  16. 16Fabio OngaroBench
  17. 17Andrea Lo CiceroBench
  18. 18Marco BortolamiBench
  19. 19Paul DerbyshireBench
  20. 20Edoardo GoriBench
  21. 21Riccardo BocchinoBench
  22. 22Luke McLeanBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Ireland 35–4 Italy in 39 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland going in
Italy 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.