RWC2015: Wales 21 Ireland 35

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We start our World Cup coverage here with Ireland’s first warm up match, against Wales, as they start the cull of 14 players from the 45 player training squad. As always, it will be coverage with a decidedly Ulster bias. 🙂

There are currently 11 Ulster players in the training squad with seven getting a run out in yesterday’s match as shown below.

Ireland World Cup Warm Up MatchesPlayerWales (1)ScotlandWales (2)EnglandTommy Bowe-   Darren Cave80   Craig Gilroy-   Paddy Jackson80   Jared Payne-   Andrew Trimble35   Rory Best25   Iain Henderson50   Chris Henry25 (YC)   Rob Herring-   Dan Tuohy30   

 

The match itself was too one sided for Ireland to gleam much out of the experience. The Irish are more advanced in their preparations than the Welsh and their greater experience at this level, particularly in the pack, made it one way traffic for much of the game.

Tries from Jamie Heaslip, Darren Cave and Keith Earls, in the first half hour, set the . . .

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