2005 Ireland rugby union tour of Japan

2005 Ireland rugby union tour of Japan
2005 Ireland rugby union tour of Japan
Manager	Niall O'Donovan
Tour captain(s)	David Humphreys
Top test point scorer(s)	David Humphreys (25)
Top test try scorer(s)	Frankie Sheahan (3)
Summary
P	W
Total
02	02
Test match
02	02
Opponent
P	W
Japan
2	2
Tour chronology
Previous tour	South Africa 2004
Next tour	New Zealand & Australia 2006

2005 Ireland rugby union tour of Japan. Eleven Ireland players, including their captain Brian O'Driscoll, plus their coach Eddie O'Sullivan were included in the British & Irish Lions squad for their tour of New Zealand. As a result, the Ireland squad for this tour featured nine previously uncapped players and an interim coach.

Touring party[]

Manager: Niall O'Donovan
Assistant Manager: Michael Bradley
Assistant Manager: Mark McCall
Captain: David Humphreys

Backs[]

(*) = international test debuts

Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
Kieran Campbell (Dungannon RFC/Ulster) (*)
Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College RFC/Leinster)
Gavin Duffy (NEC Harlequins)
Anthony Horgan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
David Humphreys (Dungannon RFC/Ulster)

Kieran Lewis (St. Mary's College RFC/Leinster) (*)
Conor McPhillips (St. Mary's College RFC/Connacht)
Kevin Maggs (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
David Quinlan (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster) (*)
Peter Stringer (Shannon RFC/Munster)
Paddy Wallace (Ballymena RFC/Ulster)

Forwards[]

(*) = international test debuts

Simon Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
Reggie Corrigan (Greystones RFC/Leinster)
Leo Cullen (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster)
Simon Easterby (Llanelli RFC)
Trevor Hogan (Shannon RFC/Munster) (*)
Marcus Horan (Shannon RFC/Munster)
Bernard Jackman (Clontarf RFC/Connacht) (*)

Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Eric Miller (Terenure College RFC/Leinster)
Matt McCullough (Ballymena RFC/Ulster) (*)
Johnny O'Connor (London Wasps)
Frankie Sheahan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster)
Roger Wilson (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) (*)

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Matches[]

12 June 2005

Japan	12–44	Ireland
Pen: Morita 4	Report^[2]	Try: Best, Bowe Maggs, Sheahan Con: Humphreys, Staunton 2 Pen: Humphreys 2, Staunton 4

Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Nigel Owens

Japan: 15., 14.Daisuke Ohata , 13.Reuben Parkinson, 12.Yukio Motoki, 11., 10.Kyohei Morita, 9.Wataru Murata, 8.Takuro Miuchi (capt.), 7., 6.Hare Makiri, 5., 4.Takanori Kumagae, 3.Ryo Yamamura, 2., 1.Hiroshi Takahashi, – replacements: 17.Kenji Kasai, 18., 19.Hitoshi Ono, 20., 21., 22.Teppei Tomioka – No entry : 16.
Ireland: 15.Girvan Dempsey, 14.Tommy Bowe, 13.Gavin Duffy, 12.Kevin Maggs, 11.Anthony Horgan, 10.David Humphreys (capt.), 9.Peter Stringer, 8.Roger Wilson, 7.Johnny O'Connor, 6.Alan Quinlan, 5.Matt McCullough, 4.Leo Cullen, 3.Simon Best, 2.Frankie Sheahan, 1.Marcus Horan, – replacements: 16.Bernard Jackman, 17.Reggie Corrigan, 18.Trevor Hogan, 19.Eric Miller, 20.Kieran Campbell, 21.Jeremy Staunton, 22.David Quinlan

19 June 2005

Japan	18–47	Ireland
Try: Ohata 2 Con: Hirose Pen: Hirose 2	Report^[3]	Try: Dempsey, Duffy 2 Humphreys, Sheahan 2 Wallace Con: Humphreys 6

Chichibu, Tokyo
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Nigel Whitehouse

Japan: 15., 14.Daisuke Ohata, 13.Reuben Parkinson, 12.Yukio Motoki, 11.Hirotoki Onozawa, 10.Keiji Hirose, 9.Wataru Murata, 8., 7., 6.Hare Makiri, 5.Takanori Kumagae, 4.Hajime Kiso, 3.Ryo Yamamura, 2., 1. , – replacements: 16., 17.Kenji Kasai, 18., 19.Takeomi Ito, 20., 21.Teppei Tomioka, 22.Ayumu Goromaru
Ireland: 15.Girvan Dempsey, 14.Tommy Bowe, 13.Gavin Duffy, 12.David Quinlan, 11.Anthony Horgan, 10.David Humphreys (capt.), 9.Peter Stringer, 8.Eric Miller, 7.David Wallace, 6.Denis Leamy, 5.Matt McCullough, 4.Leo Cullen, 3.Simon Best, 2.Frankie Sheahan, 1.Marcus Horan, – replacements: 16.Bernard Jackman, 17.Reggie Corrigan, 18.Trevor Hogan, 19.Alan Quinlan, 20.Kieran Campbell, 21.Jeremy Staunton, 22.Kieran Lewis

References[]

^ "www.irishrugby.ie". Archived from the original on 20 November 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
^ "Ireland Claim Four-Try Win Over Japan". Ireland Rugby. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
^ "Ireland End Season On Winning Note". Irish Rugby. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[1] "www.irishrugby.ie". Archived from the original on 20 November 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2008.

[JPN_IRE_05_1st_test-2] "Ireland Claim Four-Try Win Over Japan". Ireland Rugby. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[IRE_JAP_05_2nd_test-3] "Ireland End Season On Winning Note". Irish Rugby. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

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