2005 Ireland rugby union tour of Japan

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 and 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.

Contents 1 Matches 2 Touring Party 2.1 Backs 2.2 Forwards 3 See also 4 References

Matches

Scores and results list Ireland's points tally first.

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue
Japan	44	12	12/06/2005	Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Japan	47	18	19/06/2005	Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo

Touring Party

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

Backs

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

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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See also

v • d • e Ireland national rugby union team tours Canada 1899 • South America 1952 • South Africa 1961 • Australia 1967• Argentina 1970 • New Zealand and Fiji 1976 • Australia 1979 • Japan 1985•South Africa 1981• France 1988 • North America 1989 • Namibia 1991 • New Zealand 1992 • Australia 1994 • South Africa 1998 • Australia 1999 • The Americas 2000 •New Zealand 2002 • The South Seas 2003 • South Africa 2004 •Japan 2005 • New Zealand and Australia 2006 • Argentina 2007 • New Zealand and Australia 2008 •

References

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