Ireland’s Joy Neville scored two tries to secure Ireland’s first victory in the 2010 Women’s World Cup.
Ireland
TRY: Joy Neville (2), Niamh Briggs, Tania Rosser
CON: Niamh Briggs
USA
TRY: Jamie Burke, Vanesha McGee
CON: Mel Kanuk
Neville scored early in the first half to give Ireland a 5 – 0 lead.
The USA replied with a try by Jamie Burke, converted by Mel Kanuk to go 5 – 7 in the lead but a yellow card for USA prop Douglas handed the initiative back to Ireland who took advantage to score an unconverted try by Niamh Briggs late in the first half to regain the lead by 10 – 7.
Neville added her second early in the second period and Ireland gained the bonus point with a try by Tania Rosser, converted by Briggs, taking the score to 22 – 7 . . .
You will need to log in or register to read the rest of this article. If you have not already registered you can click here to register.
In 2022 we added 102,631 new images in 510 galleries with a gallery breakdown of 263 Rugby, 217 Hockey and 30 Athletics. Your registration and subscription will help us to continue.
Thanks.
Corrections, comments or questions?