Ireland pulled clear of hosts Canada with four tries in the closing half hour as they earned a 40-14 victory at the BMO Stadium on Saturday night. Check out some photos from the Toronto tussle.
The Ireland Under-20 team, sponsored by PwC, to face tournament hosts France in Tuesday's 5th-8th place play-off at the IRB Junior World Championship has been named.
Fergus McFadden's desire to play international rugby on a regular basis was encapsulated by his last-minute try against Canada. The game was well won but Ireland wanted a sixth and final try and the in-form winger was only too happy to deliver, taking Paul Marshall's pass off a scrum and handing off Sean White to crash over in the left corner.
Ireland bid farewell to the 2013 international season with a runaway victory over Canada, with a new captain and interim head coach presiding over a successful summer tour which saw six players make the step up to Test rugby.
From an Irish point of view, and with all due respect to what has gone before, RWC 2003, starts on Sunday with the game against Argentina and the team to play the Pumas will be on this site
From an Irish point of view, and with all due respect to what has gone before, RWC 2003, starts on Sunday with the game against Argentina and the team to play the Pumas will be on this site in the early hours of the morning.