2018 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia

2018 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia
Coach(es)Joe Schmidt
Tour captain(s)Rory Best
Peter O'Mahony
Top test point scorer(s)Johnny Sexton (31)
Top test try scorer(s)
Eight players
Summary
P W D L
Total
3 2 0 1
Test match
3 2 0 1
Opponent
P W D L
 Australia
3 2 0 1
Tour chronology
Previous tourJapan 2017
Next tourNew Zealand 2022

In June 2018, Ireland played a three-test series against Australia as part of the 2018 June rugby union tests. It was the first time Ireland had played a test series against Australia in Australia since 2010. The series was part of the sixth year of the global rugby calendar established by World Rugby, which would run through to 2019.[1]

Fixtures

Date Venue Home Score Away
9 June 2018 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Australia  18–9  Ireland
16 June 2018 AAMI Park, Melbourne Australia  21–26  Ireland
23 June 2018 Allianz Stadium, Sydney Australia  16–20  Ireland

Squads

Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 9 June, the first test match of the tour.

Ireland

On 23 May 2018, Joe Schmidt named a 32-man squad for the 2018 June rugby union tests.[2]

On 31 May, tour captain Rory Best was ruled out of the test series with a hamstring injury. Munster's Niall Scannell was called-up to replace him, with Peter O'Mahony and Johnny Sexton sharing the captaincy duties for the tour.[3]

Dave Kilcoyne trained with the squad as injury cover for Cian Healy ahead of the third test, whilst Will Addison also trained with the team, though neither player was officially added to the touring squad.[4]

Coaching team:

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Rory Best (c) Hooker (1982-08-15)15 August 1982 (aged 35) 111 Ulster
Seán Cronin Hooker (1986-05-06)6 May 1986 (aged 32) 61 Leinster
Rob Herring Hooker (1990-08-27)27 August 1990 (aged 27) 3 Ulster
Niall Scannell Hooker (1992-04-08)8 April 1992 (aged 26) 7 Munster
Tadhg Furlong Prop (1992-11-14)14 November 1992 (aged 25) 23 Leinster
Cian Healy Prop (1987-10-07)7 October 1987 (aged 30) 78 Leinster
Jack McGrath Prop (1989-10-11)11 October 1989 (aged 28) 47 Leinster
Andrew Porter Prop (1996-01-16)16 January 1996 (aged 22) 7 Leinster
John Ryan Prop (1988-08-02)2 August 1988 (aged 29) 13 Munster
Tadhg Beirne Lock (1992-01-08)8 January 1992 (aged 26) 0 Scarlets
Iain Henderson Lock (1992-02-21)21 February 1992 (aged 26) 38 Ulster
Quinn Roux Lock (1990-10-30)30 October 1990 (aged 27) 5 Connacht
James Ryan Lock (1996-07-24)24 July 1996 (aged 21) 8 Leinster
Devin Toner Lock (1986-06-29)29 June 1986 (aged 31) 58 Leinster
Dan Leavy Flanker (1994-05-23)23 May 1994 (aged 24) 9 Leinster
Jordi Murphy Flanker (1991-04-22)22 April 1991 (aged 27) 20 Leinster
Peter O'Mahony (vc) Flanker (1989-09-17)17 September 1989 (aged 28) 47 Munster
Jack Conan Number 8 (1992-07-29)29 July 1992 (aged 25) 7 Leinster
CJ Stander Number 8 (1990-04-05)5 April 1990 (aged 28) 23 Munster
John Cooney Scrum-half (1990-05-01)1 May 1990 (aged 28) 1 Ulster
Kieran Marmion Scrum-half (1992-02-11)11 February 1992 (aged 26) 21 Connacht
Conor Murray Scrum-half (1989-04-20)20 April 1989 (aged 29) 64 Munster
Ross Byrne Fly-half (1995-04-08)8 April 1995 (aged 23) 0 Leinster
Joey Carbery Fly-half (1995-11-01)1 November 1995 (aged 22) 10 Leinster
Johnny Sexton (vc) Fly-half (1985-07-11)11 July 1985 (aged 32) 73 Leinster
Bundee Aki Centre (1990-04-07)7 April 1990 (aged 28) 7 Connacht
Robbie Henshaw Centre (1993-06-12)12 June 1993 (aged 24) 33 Leinster
Garry Ringrose Centre (1995-01-26)26 January 1995 (aged 23) 13 Leinster
Andrew Conway Wing (1991-07-11)11 July 1991 (aged 26) 6 Munster
Keith Earls Wing (1987-10-02)2 October 1987 (aged 30) 67 Munster
Jacob Stockdale Wing (1996-04-06)6 April 1996 (aged 22) 9 Ulster
Rob Kearney Fullback (1986-03-26)26 March 1986 (aged 32) 83 Leinster
Jordan Larmour Fullback (1997-06-10)10 June 1997 (aged 20) 3 Leinster

Australia

On 30 May 2018, Michael Cheika named a 32-man squad for the three-test series against Ireland.[5]

On 3 June, Pete Samu was added to the squad after New Zealand Rugby agreed to release the flanker, who plays for Crusaders in New Zealand, for the test series.[6] On the same day however, hooker Jordan Uelese was ruled out of the series with a knee injury sustained playing for Melbourne Rebels.[7] Tolu Latu was called-up to the squad to replace Uelese.[8]

On 18 June, Jake Gordon was called-up to replace the injured Will Genia.[9]

Coaching team:

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Franchise/province
Folau Fainga'a Hooker (1995-05-05)5 May 1995 (aged 23) 0 Brumbies
Brandon Paenga-Amosa Hooker (1995-12-25)25 December 1995 (aged 22) 0 Queensland Reds
Tolu Latu Hooker (1993-02-23)23 February 1993 (aged 25) 4 Waratahs
Jordan Uelese Hooker (1997-01-24)24 January 1997 (aged 21) 2 Melbourne Rebels
Allan Alaalatoa Prop (1994-01-28)28 January 1994 (aged 24) 22 Brumbies
Sekope Kepu Prop (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 32) 91 Waratahs
Tom Robertson Prop (1994-08-28)28 August 1994 (aged 23) 18 Waratahs
Scott Sio Prop (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 43 Brumbies
Taniela Tupou Prop (1996-05-10) 10 May 1996 1 Queensland Reds
Rory Arnold Lock (1990-07-01)1 July 1990 (aged 27) 15 Brumbies
Adam Coleman Lock (1991-10-07)7 October 1991 (aged 26) 20 Melbourne Rebels
Rob Simmons Lock (1989-04-19)19 April 1989 (aged 29) 82 Waratahs
Izack Rodda Lock (1996-08-20)20 August 1996 (aged 21) 4 Queensland Reds
Lukhan Tui Lock (1996-09-19)19 September 1996 (aged 21) 4 Queensland Reds
Ned Hanigan Flanker (1995-04-11)11 April 1995 (aged 23) 12 Waratahs
Michael Hooper (c) Flanker (1991-10-29)29 October 1991 (aged 26) 79 Waratahs
David Pocock Flanker (1988-04-23)23 April 1988 (aged 30) 66 Brumbies
Peter Samu Flanker (1991-12-17)17 December 1991 (aged 26) 0 Crusaders
Caleb Timu Number 8 (1994-02-22)22 February 1994 (aged 24) 0 Queensland Reds
Will Genia Scrum-half (1988-01-17)17 January 1988 (aged 30) 88 Melbourne Rebels
Jake Gordon Scrum-half (1993-07-06)6 July 1993 (aged 24) 0 Waratahs
Nick Phipps Scrum-half (1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 29) 61 Waratahs
Joe Powell Scrum-half (1994-04-11)11 April 1994 (aged 24) 3 Brumbies
Bernard Foley Fly-half (1989-09-08)8 September 1989 (aged 28) 55 Waratahs
Kurtley Beale Centre (1989-01-06)6 January 1989 (aged 29) 71 Waratahs
Samu Kerevi Centre (1993-09-27)27 September 1993 (aged 24) 18 Queensland Reds
Tevita Kuridrani Centre (1991-03-31)31 March 1991 (aged 27) 58 Brumbies
Sefa Naivalu Centre (1992-01-07)7 January 1992 (aged 26) 7 Melbourne Rebels
Curtis Rona Centre (1992-05-26)26 May 1992 (aged 26) 3 Waratahs
Dane Haylett-Petty Wing (1989-06-18)18 June 1989 (aged 28) 18 Melbourne Rebels
Reece Hodge Wing (1994-08-26)26 August 1994 (aged 23) 24 Melbourne Rebels
Marika Koroibete Wing (1992-07-26)26 July 1992 (aged 25) 8 Melbourne Rebels
Tom Banks Fullback (1994-06-18)18 June 1994 (aged 23) 0 Brumbies
Israel Folau Fullback (1989-04-03)3 April 1989 (aged 29) 62 Waratahs
Jack Maddocks Fullback (1997-02-05)5 February 1997 (aged 21) 0 Melbourne Rebels

Matches

First test

9 June 2018
20:05 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia 18–9 Ireland
Try: Foley 33' m
Pocock 71' c
Con: Foley (1/2) 73'
Pen: Foley (2/2) 2', 69'		Report[10]Pen: Carbery (3/3) 13', 25', 55'
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane[11]
Attendance: 46,273
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
FB 15 Israel Folau
RW 14 Dane Haylett-Petty  62'
OC 13 Samu Kerevi
IC 12 Kurtley Beale
LW 11 Marika Koroibete
FH 10 Bernard Foley
SH 9 Will Genia  73'
N8 8 Caleb Timu  48'  58'  62'
OF 7 Michael Hooper (c)
BF 6 David Pocock  73'
RL 5 Adam Coleman
LL 4 Izack Rodda  54'
TP 3 Sekope Kepu  55'
HK 2 Brandon Paenga-Amosa  55'
LP 1 Scott Sio  62'
Replacements:
HK 16 Tolu Latu  55'
PR 17 Tom Robertson  62'
PR 18 Taniela Tupou  55'
LK 19 Rob Simmons  54'
LK 20 Lukhan Tui  73'
FL 21 Pete Samu  48'  58'  62'
SH 22 Nick Phipps  73'
WG 23 Reece Hodge  62'
Coach:
Michael Cheika
FB 15 Rob Kearney
RW 14 Keith Earls  24'
OC 13 Robbie Henshaw
IC 12 Bundee Aki
LW 11 Jacob Stockdale
FH 10 Joey Carbery  56'
SH 9 Conor Murray  77'
N8 8 CJ Stander
OF 7 Jordi Murphy
BF 6 Peter O'Mahony (c)  68'
RL 5 Iain Henderson  64'
LL 4 James Ryan
TP 3 John Ryan  47'
HK 2 Rob Herring  56'
LP 1 Jack McGrath  47'
Replacements:
HK 16 Seán Cronin  56'
PR 17 Cian Healy  47'
PR 18 Tadhg Furlong  47'
LK 19 Quinn Roux  64'
N8 20 Jack Conan  68'
SH 21 Kieran Marmion  77'
FH 22 Johnny Sexton  56'
FB 23 Jordan Larmour  24'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt

Man of the Match:
Will Genia (Australia)[10]

Touch judges:
Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Paul Williams (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

Notes:

Second test

16 June 2018
20:05 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia 21–26 Ireland
Try: Beale 1' c
Penalty try 25'
Tupou 77' c
Con: Foley (2/2) 2', 77'		Report[13]Try: Conway 6' c
Furlong 53' c
Con: Sexton (2/2) 7', 55'
Pen: Sexton (4/5) 12', 16', 21', 65'
AAMI Park, Melbourne[11]
Attendance: 29,018
Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand)
FB 15 Israel Folau
RW 14 Dane Haylett-Petty
OC 13 Samu Kerevi
IC 12 Kurtley Beale  63'
LW 11 Marika Koroibete 6' to 16'
FH 10 Bernard Foley
SH 9 Will Genia  26'
N8 8 Caleb Timu  40'
OF 7 Michael Hooper (c)
BF 6 David Pocock
RL 5 Adam Coleman  42'
LL 4 Izack Rodda  55'
TP 3 Sekope Kepu  50'
HK 2 Brandon Paenga-Amosa  40'
LP 1 Scott Sio  71'
Replacements:
HK 16 Tolu Latu  40'
PR 17 Tom Robertson  71'
PR 18 Taniela Tupou  50'
LK 19 Rob Simmons  42'
LK 20 Lukhan Tui  40'
FL 21 Pete Samu  55'
SH 22 Nick Phipps  26'
WG 23 Reece Hodge  63'
Coach:
Michael Cheika
FB 15 Rob Kearney
RW 14 Andrew Conway  14'
OC 13 Garry Ringrose
IC 12 Robbie Henshaw
LW 11 Keith Earls
FH 10 Johnny Sexton  78'
SH 9 Conor Murray
N8 8 CJ Stander
OF 7 Dan Leavy  31'  38'  40'
BF 6 Peter O'Mahony (c)  63'
RL 5 James Ryan
LL 4 Devin Toner  75'
TP 3 Tadhg Furlong  71'
HK 2 Niall Scannell  48'
LP 1 Cian Healy 26' to 36'  45'
Replacements:
HK 16 Rob Herring  48'
PR 17 Jack McGrath 76' to 80'  31'  38'  45'
PR 18 Andrew Porter  71'
LK 19 Tadhg Beirne  63'
FL 20 Jordi Murphy  40'
SH 21 John Cooney  78'
FH 22 Joey Carbery  75'
FB 23 Jordan Larmour  14'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt

Man of the Match:
Tadhg Furlong (Ireland)[13]

Touch judges:
Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
Television match official:
Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

Notes:

  • Tadhg Beirne (Ireland) made his international debut.[13]
  • This was Ireland's first win against Australia in Australia since their 9–3 victory in Sydney in 1979.[13]

Third test

23 June 2018
20:05 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia 16–20 Ireland
Try: Koroibete 53' c
Con: Foley (1/1) 55'
Pen: Foley (3/4) 12', 21', 39'		Report[14]Try: Stander 43' m
Pen: Sexton (5/5) 8', 29', 34', 40'+2, 78'
Allianz Stadium, Sydney[11]
Attendance: 44,085
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)
FB 15 Israel Folau 30' to 40'
RW 14 Dane Haylett-Petty
OC 13 Samu Kerevi
IC 12 Kurtley Beale
LW 11 Marika Koroibete  68'
FH 10 Bernard Foley
SH 9 Nick Phipps  60'
N8 8 David Pocock
OF 7 Michael Hooper (c)  15'
BF 6 Lukhan Tui
RL 5 Adam Coleman  44'
LL 4 Izack Rodda  71'
TP 3 Sekope Kepu  55'
HK 2 Brandon Paenga-Amosa  40'
LP 1 Scott Sio  60'
Replacements:
HK 16 Tolu Latu  40'
PR 17 Tom Robertson  60'
PR 18 Taniela Tupou  55'
LK 19 Rob Simmons  44'
FL 20 Ned Hanigan  71'
FL 21 Pete Samu  15'
SH 22 Joe Powell  60'
WG 23 Reece Hodge  68'
Coach:
Michael Cheika
FB 15 Rob Kearney  57'
RW 14 Keith Earls
OC 13 Robbie Henshaw
IC 12 Bundee Aki
LW 11 Jacob Stockdale 20' to 30'
FH 10 Johnny Sexton
SH 9 Conor Murray
N8 8 Jack Conan  68'
OF 7 Peter O'Mahony (c)  30'
BF 6 CJ Stander
RL 5 James Ryan
LL 4 Devin Toner
TP 3 Tadhg Furlong  66'
HK 2 Niall Scannell  55'
LP 1 Jack McGrath  55'
Replacements:
HK 16 Rob Herring  55'
PR 17 Cian Healy  55'
PR 18 John Ryan  66'
LK 19 Tadhg Beirne  68'
FL 20 Jordi Murphy  30'
SH 21 Kieran Marmion
FH 22 Ross Byrne
FB 23 Jordan Larmour  57'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt

Man of the Match:
CJ Stander (Ireland)[14]

Touch judges:
Paul Williams (New Zealand)
Cam Stone (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

Notes:

Statistics

Key

  • Con: Conversions
  • Pen: Penalties
  • DG: Drop goals
  • Pts: Points

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Ireland Squad Named For Summer Tour To Australia". Irish Rugby. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Rory Best ruled out of Ireland's tour of Australia with hamstring injury". The42. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Kilcoyne links up with Ireland in Sydney after Addison joined camp last week". The42. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Cheika names June Series squad with room for one more". Rugby AU. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Samu released to play for Wallabies". Rugby AU. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Season over for Uelese after rupturing ACL". Rugby AU. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Latu named as Uelese's Wallabies replacement". Rugby AU. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Gordon joins Wallabies, Genia to miss six weeks". Rugby AU. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  10. ^ a b "First Blood To Wallabies As Ireland's Winning Streak Comes To An End". Irish Rugby. 9 June 2018. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
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  12. ^ "Australia 18-9 Ireland: Tourists' 12-game winning run comes to an end". BBC Sport. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
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  14. ^ a b c d "Schmidt Praises Character Of Players As Ireland Claim Historic Series Win". Irish Rugby. 23 June 2018. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
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