WRWC2017: Ireland Dig Deep for Day 1 Win

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Ireland had to dig deep to scrape a 19 – 17 win against Australia in the thrilling WRWC2017 Pool C game at UCD Bowl, Dublin on Wednesday evening.

Ireland’s tries came from Larissa Muldoon, in the first half, with replacements Ciara Griffin and Sophie Spence crossing in the second. Crucially, Nora Stapleton landed two conversions to give Ireland the win.

We’d said in our preview, “Ireland to boss it up front and come away with a win“. And that’s pretty much how it worked out, but my goodness it was close. Ireland owe this win to the outstanding line out work of Marie Louise Reilly and a couple of wayward conversions by the Australians.

Ireland (7) 19

TRY: Larissa Muldoon, Ciara Griffin, Sophie Spence

CON: Nora Stapleton (2)

Australia (5) 17

TRY: Mahalia . . .

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