Brace For Butler In Nations Cup
18th June 2014 By Munster Rugby
Still to concede a try in their Nations Cup campaign, Emerging Ireland enjoyed a seven try victory over Uruguay earlier this afternoon with Paddy Butler scoring a brace of tries.
Dan McFarland's men established control of the scoreboard early on with first half tries from Craig Gilroy, Michael Kearney and Paddy Butler, the Munster number 8 crashing over on the end of a well worked Irish maul.
JJ Hanrahan converted two tries and kicked a penalty for a 22-3 interval lead at the Stadionul National Arcul de Triumf in Bucharest.
A hand injury unfortunately forced Sean Dougall off the field in the 12th minute, only to be replaced by his new Munster team-mate Robin Copeland, who went to blindside with Tommy O'Donnell at openside.
Butler bagged his second try and the bonus point after only 52 minutes by scoring from the base of a scrum, and having notched up a penalty try thanks to Uruguayan ill-discipline, Billy Holland also touched down, finishing off a slick three-man move.
The South Americans exerted some late pressure in the Irish 22 before the table toppers, who face hosts Romania in their final game on Sunday, passed the half-century mark with a Paul Marshall try and a last-minute penalty from fellow replacement Ian Keatley.
IRB Nations Cup 2014
Venue: Romania
Match 3:
Romania v Emerging Ireland
Sunday June 22nd, 2014
Stadionul National Arcul de Triumf. KO 17:00
(all times are local to where the game is being played)
