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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Millennium Stadium, Cardiff · 19 September 2015Head-to-head
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Ireland won by 43 points.Half-time 29–0 · Tries 7–1 · IRE 1 yellow card · CAN 1 yellow card

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9′14′182528356668737645107Attacks938Ball won157120363016612842341563354930%Own 2257%Own half56%Opp half83%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
IRE15314
CAN16129
← Canada 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.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
18′IrelandTry, Sean O'Brien, converted8–0
25′IrelandTry, Iain Henderson, converted15–0
28′IrelandTry, Johnny Sexton, conversion missed22–0
35′IrelandTry, Dave Kearney, converted27–0
66′IrelandTry, Sean Cronin, converted34–0
68′CanadaTry, DTH Van Der Merwe, converted36–5
73′IrelandTry, Rob Kearney, converted41–7
76′IrelandTry, Jared Payne, converted48–7
9′CanadaPenalty goal missed
14′IrelandPenalty goal scored
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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013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′1 IRE card · 1 CAN card
18′Sean O'Brien25′Iain Henderson28′Johnny Sexton35′Dave Kearney66′Sean Cronin68′DTH Van Der Merwe73′Rob Kearney76′Jared Payne
IRE

Team stats

CAN
56%Possession44%
57%Territory43%
147Carries124
732Metres gained477
14Clean breaks3
29Defenders beaten14
212Passes136
5Offloads7
153Tackles made161
14Tackles missed29
110/113Rucks won89/94
10/10Lineouts won12/17
8/8Scrums won4/4
5/5Mauls won3/3
10Turnovers won3
11Penalties conceded8
43Kicks from hand24
319Kick metres264
Goal kicking
IRE conversions 6/7, penalties 1/1 · CAN conversions 1/1, penalties 0/1. 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.

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Jack McGrathProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3Mike RossProp
  4. 4Iain HendersonSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Peter O'MahonyFlanker
  7. 7Sean O'BrienFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Conor MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Johnny SextonFly-half
  11. 11Keith EarlsWing
  12. 12Luke FitzgeraldCentre
  13. 13Jared PayneCentre
  14. 14Dave KearneyWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Sean CroninBench
  17. 17Cian HealyBench
  18. 18Nathan WhiteBench
  19. 19Donnacha RyanBench
  20. 20Chris HenryBench
  21. 21Eoin ReddanBench
  22. 22Ian MadiganBench
  23. 23Simon ZeboBench

Canada

  1. 1Hubert BuydensProp
  2. 2Ray BarkwillHooker
  3. 3Doug WooldridgeProp
  4. 4Brett BeukeboomSecond row
  5. 5Jamie CudmoreSecond row
  6. 6Kyle GilmourFlanker
  7. 7John MoonlightFlanker
  8. 8Aaron CarpenterNumber 8
  9. 9Gordon McRorieScrum-half
  10. 10Nathan HirayamaFly-half
  11. 11DTH Van Der MerweWing
  12. 12Nick BlevinsCentre
  13. 13Ciaran HearnCentre
  14. 14Jeff HasslerWing
  15. 15Matt EvansFull-back
  16. 16Benoit PifferoBench
  17. 17Djustice Duru-SearsBench
  18. 18Andrew TiedemannBench
  19. 19Jebb SinclairBench
  20. 20Richard ThorpeBench
  21. 21Phil MackBench
  22. 22Liam UnderwoodBench
  23. 23Conor TrainorBench

Match officials

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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.