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Craig HillIreland Defeat Australia In World Cup Sevens
March 7th 2009 04:49
The Australian Men’s team has lost the second of its three Pool D matches at the IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai, going down 24-21 to Ireland after conceding a try inside the final minute.
Australia opened its campaign yesterday with a 24-12 victory over Portugal.
However, the loss to Ireland leaves the Australians needing to win their final preliminary match early tomorrow morning (Sydney time) to have a chance of staying in the race for the World Cup title.
The Australians made a nightmare start, conceding two tries in the opening two minutes.
After turning over the kickoff, Australia fell behind when Felix Jones crossed for Ireland’s first try at the 22 second mark.
Paul Marshall scored the second for Ireland to give them a 12-0 advantage and when Brian Carney also joined the try scorer’s list on three minutes, Australia was trailing 17-0.
Henry Vanderglas scored a late first half try and Richard Kingi’s conversion reduced the halftime deficit to 17-7.
After the break the Australians were dominant with Luke Morahan and Damon Murphy scoring tries and Kingi converting both to put the Australians ahead 21-17 with four minutes remaining.
The Australians negotiated three of those minutes with solid defence but with less than 60 seconds remaining Gary Brown scored for Ireland and the Tom Gleeson conversion gave his side a three point margin they held to the finish.
IRELAND 24 (Felix Jones, Paul Marshall, Brian Carney, Gary Brown tries; Tom Gleeson 2 conversions) def AUSTRALIA 21 (Henry Vanderglas, Luke Morahan, Damon Murphy tries; Richard Kingi 3 conversions).
Australia opened its campaign yesterday with a 24-12 victory over Portugal.
However, the loss to Ireland leaves the Australians needing to win their final preliminary match early tomorrow morning (Sydney time) to have a chance of staying in the race for the World Cup title.
The Australians made a nightmare start, conceding two tries in the opening two minutes.
After turning over the kickoff, Australia fell behind when Felix Jones crossed for Ireland’s first try at the 22 second mark.
Paul Marshall scored the second for Ireland to give them a 12-0 advantage and when Brian Carney also joined the try scorer’s list on three minutes, Australia was trailing 17-0.
Henry Vanderglas scored a late first half try and Richard Kingi’s conversion reduced the halftime deficit to 17-7.
After the break the Australians were dominant with Luke Morahan and Damon Murphy scoring tries and Kingi converting both to put the Australians ahead 21-17 with four minutes remaining.
The Australians negotiated three of those minutes with solid defence but with less than 60 seconds remaining Gary Brown scored for Ireland and the Tom Gleeson conversion gave his side a three point margin they held to the finish.
IRELAND 24 (Felix Jones, Paul Marshall, Brian Carney, Gary Brown tries; Tom Gleeson 2 conversions) def AUSTRALIA 21 (Henry Vanderglas, Luke Morahan, Damon Murphy tries; Richard Kingi 3 conversions).
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