Head-To-Head: Ireland v USA

SUMMER TOUR TEST: Saturday, June 10

USA v IRELAND, Red Bull Arena, New Jersey, 5pm local time/10pm Irish time (live eir Sport 2/Premier Sports/NBC Sports Network/IRFU Live Blog)

USA: Ben Cima (Rocky Gorge RFC); Mike Te’o (Unattached), Ryan Matyas (Old Blue of New York), Marcel Brache (Western Force), Martin Iosefo (University of Montana/USA Eagles Sevens); AJ MacGinty (Sale Sharks), Nate Augspurger (Old Blue of New York) (capt); Ben Tarr (Glendale Raptors), Peter Malcolm (Austin Huns), Chris Baumann (Austin Blacks), Nate Brakeley (New York Athletic Club), Nick Civetta (Newcastle Falcons), John Quill (Glendale Raptors), Tony Lamborn (Hawke’s Bay), David Tameilau (RC Narbonne).

Replacements: James Hilterbrand (Manly), Joe Taufete’e (Worcester Warriors), Paddy Ryan (Newcastle Falcons), Matthew Jensen (Brigham Young University), Andrew Durutalo (Ealing Trailfinders), Shaun Davies (Glendale Raptors), Will Magie (Glendale Raptors), Bryce Campbell (Glendale Raptors).

IRELAND: Tiernan O’Halloran (Buccaneers/Connacht); Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster), Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster), Luke Marshall (Ballymena/Ulster), Jacob Stockdale (Ballynahinch/Ulster); Joey Carbery (Clontarf/Leinster), Kieran Marmion (Corinthians/Connacht); Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster), Niall Scannell (Dolphin/Munster), John Ryan (Cork Constitution/Munster), Quinn Roux (Galwegians/Connacht), Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster), Rhys Ruddock (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) (capt), Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster), Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster).

Replacements: Dave Heffernan (Buccaneers/Connacht), Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster), Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster), James Ryan (UCD/Leinster), Dan Leavy (UCD/Leinster), Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster), Rory Scannell (Dolphin/Munster), Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster).

Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
Assistant Referees: Federico Anselmi (Argentina), Chris Assmus (Canada)
Television Match Official: Neil Paterson (Scotland)

Head-To-Head:

Played – 8
USA Won – 0
Ireland Won – 8

Ireland v USA: IRFU Stat Zone

Ireland v USA – Previous Results:

November 5, 1994 – Autumn Test: Ireland 26 USA 15, Lansdowne Road, Dublin
January 6, 1996 – Mid-Year Test: USA 18 Ireland 25, Life College Stadium, Atlanta
October 2, 1999 – Rugby World Cup Pool E: Ireland 53 USA 8, Lansdowne Road, Dublin
June 10, 2000 – Summer Tour: USA 3 Ireland 83, Singer Family Park, Manchester
November 20, 2004 – Autumn Test: Ireland 55 USA 6, Lansdowne Road, Dublin
May 31, 2009 – Summer Tour: USA 10 Ireland 27, Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara
September 11, 2011 – Rugby World Cup Pool C: Ireland 22 USA 10, Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
June 8, 2013 – Summer Tour: USA 12 Ireland 15, BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston

Biggest Wins:

USA: –

Ireland: Points & Margin: 83-3, 2000 Summer Tour

Individual Records In The Series:

Most Points In A Match: USA 12 (Chris Wyles 2013); Ireland 20 (Keith Wood 1999, David Humphreys 2004)

Most Tries In A Match: USA 1 (Vaea Anitoni 1994, Andre Bachelet 1994, Richard Tardits 1996, Jason Walker 1996, Kevin Dalzell 1999, Roland Suniula 2009, Paul Emerick 2011); Ireland 4 (Keith Wood 1999)

Most Appearances – Ireland v USA:

4 – Mark Williams (USA)
3 – Vaea Anitoni (USA), Jonathan Bell (Ireland), Chris Biller (USA), Tom Billups (USA), Tom Court (Ireland), David Humphreys (Ireland), Paddy Johns (Ireland), Denis Leamy (Ireland), Dan Lyle (USA), Mike MacDonald (USA), Kevin Maggs (Ireland), Eric Miller (Ireland), Geordan Murphy (Ireland), Brian O’Driscoll (Ireland), Mike Petri (USA), Mike Ross (Ireland), Louis Stanfill (USA), Richard Tardits (USA), Paul Wallace (Ireland), Keith Wood (Ireland)

Top Points Scorers – Ireland v USA:

41 – David Humphreys (Ireland)
20 – Geordan Murphy (Ireland), Keith Wood (Ireland)
18 – Ronan O’Gara (Ireland)
15 – Tommy Bowe (Ireland), Eric Elwood (Ireland), Ian Madigan (Ireland), Mike Mullins (Ireland)
13 – Alan McGowan (Ireland)
12 – Chris Wyles (USA)

Top Try Scorers – Ireland v USA:

4 – Geordan Murphy (Ireland), Keith Wood (Ireland)
3 – Tommy Bowe (Ireland), Mike Mullins (Ireland)
2 – Rory Best (Ireland), Simon Easterby (Ireland), Guy Easterby (Ireland)

USA – Form Guide From Start Of 2016 Test Season:

Won 30-22 v Canada home (Americas Rugby Championship)
Won 64-0 v Chile home (Americas Rugby Championship)
Lost 24-23 v Brazil away (Americas Rugby Championship)
Lost 29-25 v Uruguay away (Americas Rugby Championship)
Lost 24-20 v Italy home (Summer Test)
Won 25-0 v Russia home (Summer Test)
Lost 23-10 v Romania away (Autumn Tour)
Lost 20-17 v Tonga neutral (Autumn Tour)
Won 29-23 v Uruguay home (Americas Rugby Championship)
Won 51-3 v Brazil home (Americas Rugby Championship)
Won 51-34 v Canada away (Americas Rugby Championship)
Won 57-9 v Chile away (Americas Rugby Championship)

Ireland – Form Guide From Start Of The 2016 Six Nations:

Drew 16-16 v Wales home (Six Nations)
Lost 10-9 v France away (Six Nations)
Lost 21-10 v England away (Six Nations)
Won 58-15 v Italy home (Six Nations)
Won 35-25 v Scotland home (Six Nations)
Won 26-20 v South Africa away (Summer Tour)
Lost 32-26 v South Africa away (Summer Tour)
Lost 19-13 v South Africa away (Summer Tour)
Won 40-29 v New Zealand neutral (Autumn Test)
Won 52-21 v Canada home (GUINNESS Series)
Lost 21-9 v New Zealand home (GUINNESS Series)
Won 27-24 v Australia home (GUINNESS Series)
Lost 27-22 v Scotland away (Six Nations)
Won 63-10 v Italy away (Six Nations)
Won 19-9 v France home (Six Nations)
Lost 22-9 v Wales away (Six Nations)
Won 13-9 v England home (Six Nations)

USA – Most-Capped Players:

73 Todd Clever
67 Mike MacDonald
62 Luke Gross
58 Alec Parker
57 Mike Petri
56 Louis Stanfill
54 Chris Wyles
53 Paul Emerick
53 Dave Hodges
49 Kort Schubert
48 Mike Hercus
46 Vaea Anitoni

USA – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

465 Mike Hercus
286 Matt Alexander
222 Chris Wyles
144 Chris O’Brien
143 Mark Williams
130 Vaea Anitoni
128 AJ MacGinty
109 Kevin Dalzell
100 Grant Wells
85 Paul Emerick
80 Todd Clever

USA – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

26 Vaea Anitoni
17 Paul Emerick
16 Todd Clever
16 Chris Wyles
13 Takudzwa Ngwenya
10 Phillip Eloff
9 David Fee
9 Mike Hercus
9 Riaan van Zyl

Ireland – Most-Capped Players:

133 Brian O’Driscoll
128 Ronan O’Gara
108 Paul O’Connell
105 John Hayes
104 Rory Best
98 Peter Stringer
95 Jamie Heaslip
94 Donncha O’Callaghan
92 Malcolm O’Kelly
82 Gordon D’Arcy
82 Girvan Dempsey
76 Rob Kearney
72 David Humphreys
72 David Wallace
72 Geordan Murphy
71 Eoin Reddan
70 Kevin Maggs
70 Andrew Trimble
69 Tommy Bowe
69 Mike Gibson
67 Cian Healy
67 Marcus Horan

Ireland – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

1083 Ronan O’Gara
612 Jonathan Sexton
560 David Humphreys
308 Michael Kiernan
296 Eric Elwood
245 Brian O’Driscoll
217 Ollie Campbell
172 Paddy Jackson
158 Tom Kiernan
150 Tommy Bowe

Ireland – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

46 Brian O’Driscoll
30 Tommy Bowe
29 Denis Hickie
22 Keith Earls
21 Shane Horgan
19 Girvan Dempsey
18 Geordan Murphy
17 Brendan Mullin
17 Andrew Trimble
16 Ronan O’Gara
15 Kevin Maggs
15 Keith Wood
14 George Stephenson
13 Jamie Heaslip
13 Rob Kearney
12 Keith Crossan
12 David Wallace

World Rugby All-Time Top Points Scorers:

1598 Dan Carter (New Zealand)
1246 Jonny Wilkinson (1179-England, 67-Lions)
1090 Neil Jenkins (1049-Wales, 41-Lions)
1083 Ronan O’Gara (Ireland)
1010 Diego Dominguez (27-Argentina, 983-Italy)
970 Stephen Jones (917-Wales, 53-Lions)
967 Andrew Mehrtens (New Zealand)
911 Michael Lynagh (Australia)
893 Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
878 Matt Burke (Australia)
809 Chris Paterson (Scotland)

World Rugby All-Time Top Try Scorers:

67 Bryan Habana (South Africa)
64 David Campese (Australia)
60 Shane Williams (58-Wales, 2-Lions)
50 Rory Underwood (49-England, 1-Lions)
49 Doug Howlett (New Zealand)
47 Brian O’Driscoll (46-Ireland, 1-Lions)
46 Christian Cullen (New Zealand)
46 Joe Rokocoko (New Zealand)
45 Julian Savea (New Zealand)
44 Jeff Wilson (New Zealand)
41 Gareth Thomas (40-Wales, 1-Lions)
40 Chris Latham (Australia)

(Note: Daisuke Ohata scored 69 tries for Japan, but not all against major international opposition)

The ‘100 Caps’ Club:

148 Richie McCaw (New Zealand)
141 Brian O’Driscoll (133-Ireland, 8-Lions)
139 George Gregan (Australia)
134 Gethin Jenkins (129-Wales, 5-Lions)
132 Keven Mealamu (New Zealand)
130 Ronan O’Gara (128-Ireland, 2-Lions)
127 Victor Matfield (South Africa)
126 Sergio Parisse (Italy)
124 Bryan Habana (South Africa)
119 Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy)
119 Jason Leonard (114-England, 5-Lions)
118 Fabien Pelous (France)
118 Tony Woodcock (New Zealand)
117 Stephen Moore (Australia)
116 Adam Ashley-Cooper (Australia)
116 Alun Wyn Jones (110-Wales, 6-Lions)
116 Nathan Sharpe (Australia)
115 Paul O’Connell (108-Ireland, 7-Lions)
112 Marco Bortolami (Italy)
112 Dan Carter (New Zealand)
111 Philippe Sella (France)
111 John Smit (South Africa)
111 George Smith (Australia)
110 Stephen Jones (104-Wales, 6-Lions)
109 Jean de Villiers (South Africa)
109 Chris Paterson (Scotland)
108 Ross Ford (107-Scotland, 1-Lions)
107 John Hayes (105-Ireland, 2-Lions)
106 Mauro Bergamasco (Italy)
105 Sean Lamont (Scotland)
104 Rory Best (Ireland)
104 Martyn Williams (100-Wales, 4-Lions)
103 Matt Giteau (Australia)
103 Merab Kvirikashvili (Georgia)
103 Andrea Lo Cicero (Italy)
103 Ma’a Nonu (New Zealand)
103 Gareth Thomas (100-Wales, 3-Lions)
102 Stephen Larkham (Australia)
102 Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
101 David Campese (Australia)
101 Alessandro Troncon (Italy)
101 Vasco Uva (Portugal)
101 Florin Vlaicu (Romania)
100 Jamie Heaslip (95-Ireland, 5-Lions)
100 Adam Jones (95-Wales, 5-Lions)
100 Mils Muliaina (New Zealand)