Ireland Score 106 Against Portugal In Record Win

Summer circuit 2nd Test

Portugal (0) 7

Tries: Martins Cons: Aubry

Ireland (54) 106

Tries: McCloskey, Gavin 2, T O'Brien 2, Bolton 2, Clarkson, Casey, Prendergast 2, Frawley, Nash, Kendellen, Murphy, Penalty try Cons: Crowley 13

Ireland secured their grounds Test triumph pinch a 106-7 triumph successful their first ever capped world against Portugal astatine nan Estadio Nacional do Jamor.

The visitors to Lisbon, whose erstwhile biggest triumph was an 83-3 triumph complete nan USA successful June 2000, group caller marks for points, tries and winning margin.

Without their ample British and Irish Lions contingent, Ireland's interim caput coach Paul O'Connell gave debuts to Alex Kendellen, Hugh Gavin and Shayne Bolton pinch nan second brace each crossing doubly among nan visitor's 8 first-half tries.

Kendellen would past people his ain Test front pinch 1 of nan 8 Ireland scored aft nan turn.

Portugal sewage their only people done flanker Nicholas Martins successful nan 2nd half, though they did person an earlier effort chalked disconnected by nan tv lucifer charismatic (TMO) earlier connection betwixt nan referee and his off-field adjunct grounded meaning location were nary replay reviews successful spot for nan last hour.

After past week's triumph complete Georgia, Ireland vanished their two-Test summertime circuit pinch a brace of wins and will adjacent beryllium successful action erstwhile they meet New Zealand successful Chicago connected 1 November.

Portugal impressed astatine nan 2023 World Cup erstwhile they hit Fiji and drew pinch Georgia successful their first clip astatine nan tourney since 2007.

This type of Os Lobos, however, vanished only 4th successful Rugby Europe aft defeats to Spain and Romania and ne'er looked competitory against superior opposition.

Despite being without 17 players who are connected Lions duty, arsenic good arsenic their caput coach Andy Farrell who is starring nan visitors successful Australia, nan visitors dominated from commencement to finish.

They took nan lead pinch little than a infinitesimal connected nan timepiece erstwhile Stuart McCloskey collapsed complete from adjacent scope aft immoderate neat involvements from Jack Crowley.

That proved to beryllium nan first of 8 first-half tries pinch debutants Shayne Bolton and Hugh Gavin some crossing doubly successful nan opening 40 minutes.

Tommy O'Brien, who scored a brace of tries during his ain debut against Georgia past week, besides scored doubly successful nan first half pinch tight-head Tom Clarkson nan different subordinate to spell over.

The nonaccomplishment of nan TMO, successful a crippled played successful beforehand of less than 10,000 supporters, came only aft Portugal had a people chalked disconnected erstwhile Vincent Pinto's walk to Nuno Guedes was judged to person gone forward.

A difficult half for nan hosts was made each nan tougher erstwhile they mislaid some skipper Tomas Appleton and his replacement Gabriel Avriagnet to injury, forcing backmost statement Francisco Almeida into a domiciled connected nan wing.

After 8 successful nan first half, Ireland would people 8 aft nan move too.

Their first aft nan restart came conscionable 90 seconds into nan half erstwhile skipper Craig Casey marked a crisp capacity by scampering betwixt nan posts.

Cian Prendergast, who missed retired done unwellness against Georgia, collapsed complete aft a short line-out move pinch half an hr to go, while Martins' consequence progressive a neat speech of passes.

Replacements Calvin Nash and Ciaran Frawley were nan adjacent players crossed earlier Prendergast matched his Connacht team-mates Bolton and Gavin successful scoring twice.

It was debutant Kendellen whose people edged Ireland past their erstwhile grounds separator of triumph while Ben Murphy became nan 3rd replacement connected nan scoresheet earlier a last-play punishment effort rounded retired nan immense rout.

Portugal: Guedes; Bento, V. Pinto, Appleton (capt), M. Pinto; Aubry, Camacho; D. Costa, Begic, D. Ferreira, De Andrade, P. Ferreira, De Carvalho, Martins, Ruiz

Replacements: D'Cunha, Lopes, Souto, G. Costa, Almeida, Baptista, Campos, Avriagnet.

Ireland: J O'Brien; T O'Brien, Gavin, McCloskey, Bolton; Crowley, Casey (capt); Boyle, McCarthy, Clarkson, T Ahern, Murray, Baird, Kendellen, Prendergast.

Replacements: Stewart, Milne, O'Toole, Izuchukwu, Deegan, Murphy, Frawley, Nash.