Rugby: Ireland U21 book place in World Cup with Italy win

Ireland booked a place in the IRB World Cup in South Africa later this year with a facile victory over Italy in the Galway Sportsground in this U-21 international which saw the Irish run in nine tries.

Fri, 22 Mar, 2002 - 16:59

Ireland U21 60, Italy U21 14 (full-time)

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Courts Rugby Heathrow Place: South Africa Place: Galway Sportsground Place: Ballymena Place: Wales Person: Ciaran Fitzgerald¹s Person: Brian O¹Riordan Person: Italians Person: Neil McMillan Person: Eoghan Hickey Person: Denis Leamy Person: Michele Rizzo Person: Hickey Person: Matt McCullough Person: Diego Sacca Person: Vincenzo Zullo Person: Bryan Young Person: Scott Young Person: O¹Riordan Person: Barry Lynn Person: B. O¹Riordan Person: E Hickey Person: S Young Person: B Young Person: M McCullough Person: D Leamy Person: N McMillan Person: M Rizzo Person: D Sacca Person: V. Zullo Person: M McPhail Person: G Duffy Person: C Person: C McPhilips Person: B Person: J Lyne Person: K Corrigan Person: S Keogh Person: R Wilson Person: S Philips Person: R Best Person: Corrigan Person: F Murphy Person: J Norton Person: M Carroll Person: Keogh Person: C Hartigan Person: Garryowen Person: McMillan Person: B Lynn Person: C Gaudillo Person: M Barbini Person: G Canale Person: V Zullo Person: P Travagli Person: C Russo Person: M Pietrosanti Person: Frassinella Person: L Ferraro Person: G Intoppa Person: Rizzo Person: N Bezzati Person: Petrarca Person: Pegoretti Person: S Picone Person: S Accorsi Person: Mirano Person: Canale Person: F Tripodi Person: L¹Aquila Person: Phil Fear Event: IRB World Cup Organisation: Ireland U21 Organisation: Italy Organisation: Ireland Organisation: UCD Organisation: Irish Organisation: Wales Organisation: England Organisation: Scotland Organisation: St Mary¹s College Organisation: UCC¹s Organisation: Ireland¹s Organisation: Ballymena¹s Organisation: St Mary¹s Organisation: Ballymena Organisation: UL Organisation: Bohemians Organisation: Galwegians Organisation: UCC Organisation: Lansdowne Organisation: Dublin University Organisation: Saracens Organisation: Newcastle Organisation: O¹Riordan Organisation: Blackrock College Organisation: O¹Sullivan Organisation: L¹Aquila Organisation: Sannio Organisation: Livorno Organisation: Petrarca Organisation: Benetton Organisation: Viadana Organisation: Roma Organisation: Bresolin Organisation: Mogliano Organisation: Cus Firenze

<p>TEAM UPDATE: JJ Hanrahan is set to miss Munster’s opening home game of the URC season this Saturday after failing a Head Injury Assessment in the round-one victory at Scarlets. Pic: ©INPHO/Ben Brady</p>

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