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| Saturday, 21 September, 2002, 09:46 GMT 10:46 UK Clockwatch: Russia 3-35 Ireland ![]() All the action from Krasnoyarsk as Ireland started their World Cup qualifying campaign with victory over Russia. The latest action comes first, please scroll down for earlier incidents. 80 mins: Reggie Corrigan given a yellow card following a high tackle, but the 14-man Ireland run down time to take victory. Full-time: Russia 3-35 Ireland 78 mins: Ireland take foot of the pedal as Russia charge forward and replacement fly-half Werner Pieterse rifles over a penalty. Russia 3-35 Ireland 74 mins: Irish coach Eddie O'Sullivan runs most of his bench including Shane Bryne replacing skipper Wood at hooker. 70 mins: A chip and chase by O'Driscoll almost brings Ireland's fifth try, but the Russian defence scrambles the ball clear. 66 mins: Ireland now on a roll and after yet another flowing move, Russia are penalised and O'Gara lands his third penalty. Russia 0-35 Ireland 61mins: O'Kelly claims his fourth try for Ireland following a line-out drive with O'Gara again converting. Russia 0-32 Ireland 60 mins: Russia begin to tire with Ireland continuing to dominate. 53 mins: Skipper Keith Wood crashes over after taking a pass from Kevin Maggs with O'Gara converting. Russia 0-25 Ireland 44 mins: Ireland still find Russia hard to break down as they continue to play the game inside the home side's half. 41 mins: Ireland start second half in a more determined mood, and O'Driscoll was just pulled down 15 metres short after a midfield break. 40 mins: Rachkov has a chance put Russia on the board but fails to find the accurancy from 40 metres. Half-time: Russia 0-18 Ireland 38 mins: Hickie makes a fine cover clearance as blindside flanker Viacheslav Grachev bears down on the Ireland line. 37 mins: Russia storm back unto the offensive, but a brilliant take under the high ball by Dempsey saves the danger. 32 mins: Volschenk was in trouble again with the referee after a dust-up with O'Driscoll, but Ireland fail to take advantage from a close-in line-out. 28 mins: Ireland continue their rivival with another try from Dempsey following a flowing movement started by Brian O'Driscoll. O'Gara converted from wide out. Russia 0-18 Ireland 25 mins: O'Gara again finds the target with another penalty when flanker Renier Volschenk fails to release the ball on his own 10-metre line. Russia 0-11 Ireland 24 mins: Lock Malcolm O'Kelly starts a long drive upfield for Ireland and good continuity sets up a position for O'Gara to knock over a penalty. Russia 0-8 Ireland 20 mins: Denis Hickie looked sharp in defending his line as the Russia pack drove over, and a huge punt by O'Gara relieved the danger. 18 mins: Russia pile forward again and Rachkov sees a dropped goal charged down by the alert Gary Longwell. 15 mins: Ireland break out from defence, but a promising move was spoiled by a spilled ball on the Russia ''22''. 14 mins: Ireland's line-out is failing as Russia keep up the pressure with big lock Sergei Sergeev leading his pack with venom. 10 mins: Russia are giving as good as they get in the forward exchanges with the big boot of Rachkov keeping Ireland pinned down. 7 mins: Rachkov puts over a drop goal, but referee Joel Jutge disallows the effort in preference for a penalty which the fly-half pulls wide. 4 mins: Russian fly-half Konstantin Rachkov puts in a long kick into corner to put his side on the offensive for the first time. 2 mins: Prop John Hayes features prominantly twice before Ronan O'Gara puts in a neat grubber kick for full-back Girvan Dempsey to swoop in at the corner for the opening try. Russia 0-5 Ireland 1 min: Russia kick off in front of a crowd much lower than the expected 25,000 capacity in the Centralny Stadium. Russia: A Zakarliouk; A Kuzin A Sergeev, A Korobeinikov, I Dymchenko; K Rachkov, V Motorin; O Shukailov, R Romak, J Hendriks, V Fedchenko, S Sergeev, capt, V Grachev, R Volschenk, V Zykov. Ireland: G Dempsey, J Kelly, B O'Driscoll, K Maggs, D Hickie, R O'Gara, P Stringer, R Corrigan, K Wood (capt), J Hayes, G Longwell, M O'Kelly, S Easterby, A Foley, K Gleeson. Referee: J Jutge (France). | See also: 20 Sep 02 | International 18 Sep 02 | BBC Pundits 11 Sep 02 | International Top International stories now: Links to more International stories are at the foot of the page. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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