Team: | Ireland |
Destination: | New Zealand and Australia |
Yearstart: | 2008 |
Manager: | Michael Bradley |
Captain: | Brian O'Driscoll |
Top Test Point Scorer: | Dan Carter (11) |
Top Test Try Scorer: | 6 players tied with 1 try |
Matchplayed: | 2 |
Matchwon: | 0 |
Matchdraw: | 0 |
Matchlost: | 2 |
Testplayed: | 2 |
Testwon: | 0 |
Testdraw: | 0 |
Testlost: | 2 |
Played1: | 1 |
Won1: | 0 |
Draw1: | 0 |
Lost1: | 1 |
Played2: | 1 |
Won2: | 0 |
Draw2: | 0 |
Lost2: | 1 |
Previous: | Argentina 2007 |
See main article: 2008 mid-year rugby union tests.
The 2008 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia was a series of matches played in June 2008 in New Zealand and Australia by Ireland national rugby union team.
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Mils Muliaina | FB | 15 | FB | Rob Kearney | |||||
Anthony Tuitavake | W | 14 | W | Shane Horgan | |||||
Conrad Smith | C | 13 | C | Brian O'Driscoll (capt.) | |||||
Ma'a Nonu | C | 12 | C | Paddy Wallace | |||||
Sitiveni Sivivatu | W | 11 | W | Tommy Bowe | |||||
Dan Carter | FH | 10 | FH | Ronan O'Gara | |||||
Andy Ellis | SH | 9 | SH | Eoin Reddan | |||||
Jerome Kaino | N8 | 8 | N8 | Jamie Heaslip | |||||
F | 7 | F | David Wallace | ||||||
Rodney So'oialo | F | 6 | F | Denis Leamy | |||||
Ali Williams | L | 5 | L | Paul O'Connell | |||||
Brad Thorn | L | 4 | L | Donncha O'Callaghan | |||||
John Afoa | P | 3 | P | John Hayes | |||||
Andrew Hore | H | 2 | H | Jerry Flannery | |||||
Neemia Tialata | P | 1 | P | Marcus Horan | |||||
Replacements | |||||||||
Keven Mealamu | H | 16 | H | ||||||
John Schwalger | P | 17 | P | ||||||
Anthony Boric | 18 | Mick O'Driscoll | |||||||
Adam Thomson | F | 19 | N8 | ||||||
Jimmy Cowan | 20 | SH | |||||||
Stephen Donald | 21 | FB | |||||||
Leon MacDonald | P | 22 | Girvan Dempsey | ||||||
Coaches | |||||||||
Graham Henry |
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Cameron Shepherd | FB | 15 | FB | Rob Kearney | |||||
Peter Hynes | W | 14 | W | ||||||
C | 13 | C | Brian O'Driscoll (capt.) | ||||||
Berrick Barnes | C | 12 | C | Paddy Wallace | |||||
Lote Tuqiri | W | 11 | W | Tommy Bowe | |||||
Matt Giteau | FH | 10 | FH | Ronan O'Gara | |||||
Luke Burgess | SH | 9 | SH | ||||||
Wycliff Palu | N8 | 8 | N8 | Jamie Heaslip | |||||
George Smith | F | 7 | F | ||||||
Rocky Elsom | F | 6 | F | Denis Leamy | |||||
Nathan Sharpe | L | 5 | L | Paul O'Connell | |||||
James Horwill | L | 4 | L | Donncha O'Callaghan | |||||
Matt Dunning | P | 3 | P | ||||||
Stephen Moore | H | 2 | H | ||||||
Benn Robinson | P | 1 | P | ||||||
Replacements | |||||||||
Adam Freier | H | 16 | H | ||||||
Al Baxter | P | 17 | P | ||||||
Dean Mumm | L | 18 | Mick O'Driscoll | ||||||
Phil Waugh | N8 | 19 | F | ||||||
Sam Cordingley | SH | 20 | SH | ||||||
Ryan Cross | 21 | W | |||||||
Adam Ashley-Cooper | 22 | C | |||||||
Coaches | |||||||||
Robbie Deans |