2013 Ireland rugby union tour of Canada and United States

In June 2013, Ireland toured North America, playing test matches against Canada and the United States. The tour was part of the second year of the global rugby calendar established by World Rugby (known as the International Rugby Board prior to November 2014), which will run until 2019, with Ireland helping to expand Test opportunities for Tier 2 nations in 2013.

2013 Ireland rugby union tour of Canada and United States
Coach(es)	Les Kiss
Tour captain(s)	Peter O'Mahony
Top test point scorer(s)	Ian Madigan (21)
Top test try scorer(s)	Fergus McFadden (3)
Summary	P W D L
Total	02 02 00 00
Test match	02 02 00 00
Opponent	P W D L
Canada	1 1 0 0
United States	1 1 0 0
Tour chronology
Previous tour	New Zealand 2012
Next tour	Argentina 2014

Fixtures

Date	Venue	Home	Score	Away
8 June 2013	BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston	United States	12–15	Ireland
15 June 2013	BMO Field, Toronto	Canada	14–40	Ireland

Matches

United States

8 June 2013 19:30 CDT (UTC-5)

United States	12–15	Ireland
Pen: Wyles (4/5) 25', 32', 57', 65'	Report[1]	Pen: Madigan (5/7) 9', 17', 30', 39', 53'

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston Attendance: 20,181 Referee: Francisco Pastrana (Argentina)

FB 15 Chris Wyles RW 14 Luke Hume  61' OC 13 Seamus Kelly IC 12 Andrew Suniula LW 11 Takudzwa Ngwenya FH 10 Toby L'Estrange SH 9 Mike Petri N8 8 Todd Clever (c) 52' to 62' OF 7 Scott LaValla BF 6 Samu Manoa RL 5 Louis Stanfill LL 4 Brian Doyle 12' to 25' TP 3 Eric Fry HK 2 Chris Biller LP 1 Shawn Pittman Replacements: HK 16 Zach Fenoglio PR 17 Nicholas Wallace PR 18 Phil Thiel LK 19 Peter Dahl  12'  25' FL 20 John Quill SH 21 Robbie Shaw WG 22 James Paterson  61' FH 23 Adam Siddall Coach: Mike Tolkin

FB 15 Robbie Henshaw RW 14 Fergus McFadden 35' to 40' OC 13 Darren Cave IC 12 Stuart Olding LW 11 Simon Zebo FH 10 Ian Madigan SH 9 Isaac Boss  71' N8 8 Peter O'Mahony (c) OF 7 Chris Henry 51' to 58'  76' BF 6 Iain Henderson RL 5 Devin Toner LL 4 Mike McCarthy  76' TP 3 Mike Ross  54' HK 2 Richardt Strauss  76' LP 1 Dave Kilcoyne  58' Replacements: HK 16 Mike Sherry  76' PR 17 Jamie Hagan  54' PR 18 Tom Court  58' LK 19 Dan Tuohy  76' FL 20 Tommy O'Donnell  51'  58'  76' SH 21 Paul Marshall  71' FH 22 Paddy Jackson WG 23 Felix Jones  35'  40' Coach: Les Kiss

Man of the Match: Ian Madigan (Ireland) Touch judges: Bryan Arciero (Canada) Chris Assmus (Canada)

Notes:

• This match set a record attendance for a United States home game.^[2]

Canada

15 June 2013 20:00 EDT (UTC-04)

Canada	14–40	Ireland
Try: Ardron 46' m Pen: Pritchard (3/3) 6', 17', 24'	Report[3]	Try: Trimble 9' c McFadden (3) 27' m, 58' c, 80+1' c Cave 54' c O'Donnell 67' c Con: Madigan (3/4) 11', 55', 59' Jackson (2/2) 68', 80+2'

BMO Field, Toronto Attendance: 20,396 Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)

FB 15 Connor Braid  61' RW 14 James Pritchard OC 13 Ciaran Hearn IC 12 Harry Jones LW 11 Taylor Paris FH 10 Nathan Hirayama SH 9 Phil Mack  55' N8 8 Aaron Carpenter (c)  79' OF 7 John Moonlight  61' BF 6 Tyler Ardron RL 5 Tyler Hotson  69' LL 4 Jebb Sinclair TP 3 Jason Marshall  72' HK 2 Ray Barkwill  54' LP 1 Hubert Buydens  72' Replacements: HK 16 Ryan Hamilton  54' PR 17 Andrew Tiedemann  72' PR 18 Doug Wooldridge  72' LK 19 Jon Phelan  69' FL 20 Nanyak Dala  61' SH 21 Sean White  55' CE 22 Nick Blevins  79' CE 23 Pat Parfrey  61' Coach: Kieran Crowley

FB 15 Felix Jones RW 14 Fergus McFadden OC 13 Darren Cave  72' IC 12 James Downey LW 11 Andrew Trimble FH 10 Ian Madigan  61' SH 9 Isaac Boss  57' N8 8 Peter O'Mahony (c) OF 7 Tommy O'Donnell BF 6 Kevin McLaughlin  71' RL 5 Devin Toner LL 4 Dan Tuohy  71' TP 3 Mike Ross  61' HK 2 Richardt Strauss  65' LP 1 Tom Court  65' Replacements: HK 16 Seán Cronin  65' PR 17 Dave Kilcoyne  65' PR 18 Declan Fitzpatrick  61' LK 19 Mike McCarthy  71' FL 20 Chris Henry  71' SH 21 Paul Marshall  57' FH 22 Paddy Jackson  61' FB 23 Robbie Henshaw  72' Coach: Les Kiss

Man of the Match: Fergus McFadden (Ireland) Touch judges: Nick Ricono (United States) Ed Gardner (United States)

Notes:

• This match set a record attendance for a rugby match on Canadian soil.^[4]

Touring squad

Caps and ages are to first test date, 8 June

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Rory Best	Hooker	(1982-08-15)15 August 1982 (aged 30)	67	Ulster
Seán Cronin	Hooker	(1986-05-06)6 May 1986 (aged 27)	26	Leinster
Mike Sherry	Hooker	(1988-06-18)18 June 1988 (aged 24)	0	Munster
Richardt Strauss	Hooker	(1986-01-29)29 January 1986 (aged 27)	2	Leinster
Tom Court	Prop	(1980-11-06)6 November 1980 (aged 32)	30	Ulster
Declan Fitzpatrick	Prop	(1983-06-12)12 June 1983 (aged 29)	4	Ulster
Jamie Hagan	Prop	(1987-04-05)5 April 1987 (aged 26)	0	Leinster
Dave Kilcoyne	Prop	(1988-12-14)14 December 1988 (aged 24)	6	Munster
Mike Ross	Prop	(1979-12-21)21 December 1979 (aged 33)	29	Leinster
Mike McCarthy	Lock	(1981-11-27)27 November 1981 (aged 31)	10	Connacht
Devin Toner	Lock	(1986-06-29)29 June 1986 (aged 26)	5	Leinster
Dan Tuohy	Lock	(1985-06-18)18 June 1985 (aged 27)	5	Ulster
Iain Henderson	Flanker	(1992-02-21)21 February 1992 (aged 21)	5	Ulster
Chris Henry	Flanker	(1984-10-17)17 October 1984 (aged 28)	6	Ulster
Kevin McLaughlin	Flanker	(1984-09-20)20 September 1984 (aged 28)	5	Leinster
Tommy O'Donnell	Flanker	(1987-06-21)21 June 1987 (aged 25)	0	Munster
Peter O'Mahony (c)	Flanker	(1989-09-17)17 September 1989 (aged 23)	14	Munster
Isaac Boss	Scrum-half	(1980-04-09)9 April 1980 (aged 33)	15	Leinster
Kieran Marmion	Scrum-half	(1992-02-11)11 February 1992 (aged 21)	0	Connacht
Paul Marshall	Scrum-half	(1985-06-26)26 June 1985 (aged 27)	1	Ulster
Paddy Jackson	Fly-half	(1992-01-05)5 January 1992 (aged 21)	3	Ulster
Ian Madigan	Fly-half	(1989-03-21)21 March 1989 (aged 24)	2	Leinster
Darren Cave	Centre	(1987-04-05)5 April 1987 (aged 26)	3	Ulster
Fergus McFadden	Centre	(1986-06-17)17 June 1986 (aged 26)	17	Leinster
Stuart Olding	Centre	(1993-03-11)11 March 1993 (aged 20)	0	Ulster
Andrew Trimble	Wing	(1984-10-20)20 October 1984 (aged 28)	49	Ulster
Simon Zebo	Wing	(1990-03-16)16 March 1990 (aged 23)	5	Munster
Robbie Henshaw	Fullback	(1993-06-12)12 June 1993 (aged 19)	0	Connacht
Felix Jones	Fullback	(1987-08-05)5 August 1987 (aged 25)	3	Munster

Notes

Pre tour and post 2013 Six Nations Championship, the then head coach Declan Kidney, was sacked from his role as head coach of Ireland.^[5] Leinster's head coach Joe Schmidt was named as Kidney's replacement, but will be unable to fill the role for Ireland's Summer Tour.^[6] Therefore, assistant head coach Les Kiss, was named as interim head coach for the Summer Tour to Canada and United States.^[7]

The initial squad was named on 19 May 2014, with Rory Best as captain. It was a significantly weaker squad due to a number of regular Irish players in the British & Irish Lions squad for their 2013 tour to Australia. The squad then lost their original captain, Rory Best, on 26 May, due to a call to the Lions squad. Peter O'Mahony was named as his replacement in terms of captaincy, and Seán Cronin filled the void left in the hookers. Ahead of the test against Canada, Ireland then lost Simon Zebo to the Lions. Zebo who has started in the test against the United States, was not replaced.^[8]