RWC 2015: Ireland open with seven-try victory

Ireland claimed an impressive 50-7 bonus point win in their World Cup opener against Canada in Cardiff on Saturday.

Tries from Sean O’Brien, Iain Henderson, Jonathan Sexton, Dave Kearney, Sean Cronin, Rob Kearney and Jared Payne combined to set the tone for Ireland’s campaign.

Joe Schmidt’s men put demons to rest from their tournament warm-up encounter with England by leading 29-0 at the interval, after Canada captain Jamie Cudmore went to the sin-bin.

Sexton converted an early penalty opportunity before powerhouse O’Brien went over for a maul try, minutes after Cudmore left the pitch. Ulster’s Henderson, who put in an excellent performance up-front, crashed over for the next score with the support of Rory Best, Sexton added the extras for both efforts.

O’Brien and Sexton were in the action again with the back-rower providing an inside pass for his fly-half to go over in the left corner. The bonus point came soon after with a break from Luke Fitzgerald . . .

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