'Home' crowd spurs Irish victory
Sunday 2 October 2011Brian O'Driscoll describes the atmosphere at Otago Stadium as 'better than Dublin' as the Irish set up a quarter-final clash with Wales
![]() | Key Match Stats | ![]() |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Tries | 0 |
| 3 (0) | Conversions (Missed) | 0 (0) |
| 5 (1) | Penalty goals (Missed) | 2 (1) |
| 0 (1) | Drop Goals (Missed) | 0 (0) |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 49% | Possession | 51% |
| 51% | Territory | 49% |
| 9'37'' | Actual time in opponents 22 | 6'33'' |
Team Lineups
- Cian Healy 1

- Rory Best 2

- Mike Ross 3

- Donncha O'Callaghan 4

- Paul O'Connell 5

- Stephen Ferris 6

- Sean O'Brien 7

- Jamie Heaslip 8

- Conor Murray 9

- Ronan O'Gara 10

- Keith Earls 11

- Gordon D'Arcy 12

- Brian O'Driscoll 13

- Tommy Bowe 14

- Rob Kearney 15

Replacements
Coach
Declan Kidney
1 Salvatore Perugini
2 Leonardo Ghiraldini
3 Martin Castrogiovanni
4 Quintin Geldenhuys
5 Cornelius Van Zyl
6 Alessandro Zanni
7 Mauro Bergamasco
8 Sergio Parisse
9 Fabio Semenzato
10 Luciano Orquera
11 Mirco Bergamasco
12 Gonzalo Garcia
13 Gonzalo Canale
14 Tommaso Benvenuti
15 Andrea Masi
Replacements
Coach
Nick Mallett
Match Officials
- Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (RSA)
- Touch Judge: Bryce Lawrence (NZL)
- Touch Judge: Chris Pollock (NZL)
- TV match official: Shaun Veldsman (RSA)






























