The Southern Hemisphere test season is upon is with 3 games taking place today starting with the All Blacks who host the Irish.
Recent results:
2010: New Zealand won 38-18 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin
2010: New Zealand won 66-28 at New Plymouth
2008: New Zealand won 22-3 at Croke Park, Dublin
2008: New Zealand won 21-11 at Westpac Trust, Wellington
2006: New Zealand won 27-17 at Eden Park, Auckland
2006: New Zealand won 34-23 at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
2005: New Zealand won 45-7 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin
2002: New Zealand won 40-8 at Eden Park, Auckland
2002: New Zealand won 15-6 at Carisbrook, Dunedin
2001: New Zealand won 40-29 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin
New Zealand: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Zac Guildford, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Daniel Carter, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (captain), 6 Victor Vito, 5 Samuel Whitelock, 4 Brodie Retallick, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Replacements: 16 Hikawera Elliot, 17 Ben Franks, 18 Ali Williams, 19 Adam Thomson, 20 Piri Weepu, 21 Aaron Cruden, 22 Ben Smith.
Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Fergus McFadden, 13 Brian O’Driscoll (captain), 12 Keith Earls, 11 Simon Zebo, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Sean O’Brien, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 Donnacha Ryan, 4 Dan Touhy, 3 Declan Fitzpatrick, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Ronan Loughney, 18 Donncha O’Callaghan, 19 Kevin McLaughlin, 20 Eoin Reddan, 21 Ronan O’Gara, 22 Darren Cave.
Date: Saturday, June 9
Kick-off: 19.35 (07.35 GMT)
Venue: Eden Park, Auckland
Expected weather conditions: 70% chance of rain with a high of 16°C, dropping to 11°C.
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant referees: Jaco Peyper (South Africa), James Leckie (Australia)
TMO: Matt Goddard (Australia)
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June 9th, 2012 at 9:33 am
Go Ireland!
June 9th, 2012 at 10:21 am
Ok…I’m shutting this off.
If ireland were the iraqi soccer team they would be executed at dawn.
Beyond dire. Why did they even make the trip.
On another note I want to thank a great american – Rupert Murdoch for making these tours available in the states.
Can’t wait for the big game in the morning.
June 9th, 2012 at 10:26 am
Reply to Americano @ 10:21 am:
You watching it on DirectTV?
I know the Yanks pay Foxsports for the honour (as they do for S15)?
June 9th, 2012 at 10:37 am
Yeah Direct TV. Southern Hem Rugby ( all anzac countries home games – even Currie Cup) tours, Tri-Nations – or whatever its called now, and every S15 is free. If you pay for soccer channel you get the northern hem stuff.
Saves us from NBA or baseball till football comes back.
June 9th, 2012 at 11:09 am
We better lift our game otherwise we are going to kak
June 9th, 2012 at 11:14 am
Throwing the ball skew in the line out, phht no good
The Kiwis get the luck dont they. Yep you make your luck.