2000 Ireland rugby union tour of the Americas explained

Team:	Argentina
Yearstart:	2000
Destination:	Australia
Coach:	Warren Gatland
Captain:	Keith Wood
Top Test Point Scorer:	Ronan O'Gara (25)
Top Test Try Scorer:	Mike Mullins (3)
Matchplayed:	3
Matchwon:	1
Matchdraw:	1
Matchlost:	1
Testplayed:	3
Testwon:	1
Testdraw:	1
Testlost:	1
Played1:	1
Won1:	0
Draw1:	0
Lost1:	1
Played2:	1
Won2:	1
Draw2:	0
Lost2:	0
Played3:	1
Won3:	0
Draw3:	1
Lost3:	0
Previous:	Australia 1999
Next:	New Zealand 2002

2000 Ireland rugby union tour of the Americas. The 2000 Ireland national rugby union team summer tour saw them play three Test matches against Argentina, the United States and Canada. The touring party included two sets of brothers – Simon and Guy Easterby and David and Paul Wallace.^[1] The second Test against the United States remains Ireland's biggest win to date. It also saw Ireland score their most points (83) and their most tries (13) in a single match.^[2] In the same game Mike Mullins scored a hat-trick of tries.^[3] The tour saw several Ireland players making their senior debuts. David Wallace and Peter McKenna both featured against Argentina. However, while Wallace would on go to become an established international and a British Lion, it proved to be the first and last senior cap for McKenna.^[4] ^[5] Geordan Murphy, Guy Easterby, Tyrone Howe and Frankie Sheahan all made their senior Ireland debuts against the United States. Murphy and Easterby celebrated the occasion by scoring two tries each.^[6]

Touring party

Manager: Warren Gatland
Assistant Manager: Eddie O'Sullivan
Captain: Keith Wood

Backs

Forwards

Match details

Complete list of matches played by Ireland in the Americas:^[7] ^[8] ^[9]

Argentina

Argentina: Ignacio Corleto; Octavio Bartolucci, Eduardo Simone (Felipe Contepomi), Juan Fernández Miranda, Diego Albanese; Gonzalo Quesada, Agustín Pichot (capt); Gonzalo Longo, Rolando Martín, Santiago Phelan, Ignacio Fernández Lobbe, Alejandro Allub, Martín Scelzo, Federico Méndez, Mauricio Reggiardo. Coach: Marcelo Loffreda
Ireland: P. McKenna (36' M. Mullins); S. Horgan, R. Henderson, K. Maggs, J. Bishop; D. Humphreys, (R. O'Gara), P. Stringer; A. Foley (A. Ward), D. Wallace, S. Easterby; M. O'Kelly, M. Galwey; J. Hayes, K. Wood (capt), P. Clohessy. Coach: W. Gatland

Canada

Canada: W. Stanley; M. Irvine, N. Witkowski, K. Nichols, S. Fauth; S. Stewart, M. Williams; P. Murphy, R. Banks, G. Dixon; J. Tait, E. Knaggs; J. Thiel, P. Dunkley, R. Snow. Coach:
Ireland: D. Crotty; S. Horgan, M. Mullins, K. Maggs, J. Bishop; D. Humphreys, P. Stringer; A. Foley, A. Ward, S. Easterby; J. Davidson, M. Galwey; J. Hayes, K. Wood (capt), J. Fitzpatrick. Coach: W. Gatland

Notes and References

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/rugby_union/741096.stm New caps for Irish tour
https://web.archive.org/web/20081202074003/http://www.irishrugby.ie/280_13126.php Ireland statistics
Web site: www.munsterfans.com . 21 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110714133604/http://www.munsterfans.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6621&TPN=1 . 14 July 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/rugby_union/774634.stm Two new caps for Irish
https://web.archive.org/web/20071120015909/http://www.irishrugby.ie/227_7678.php?player=3858&includeref=dynamic Peter McKenna
https://www.independent.ie/sport/easterby-and-howes-green-light-26115491.html Easterby and Howe's green light
https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2000/0617/149901-rugby1/ Rugby: Gathland wary of Canada game
http://uar.com.ar/wp-content/themes/wpbootstrap/pdf/2000/2000.pdf Memoria y Balance 2000
https://web.archive.org/web/20110622101307/http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2000/06/15/current/s_text.htm Ireland could be next on list for Games