2025 Ireland rugby union tour of Georgia and Portugal

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2025 Ireland rugby union tour of Georgia and Portugal
Coach(es) Paul O'Connell
Tour captain(s) Craig Casey
Top test point scorer(s) Jack Crowley (24)
Top test try scorer(s) Tommy O'Brien (4)
Summary
PWDL
Total
2200
Test match
2200
Opponent
PWDL
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
1 1 0 0
Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
1 1 0 0
Tour chronology
Previous tour South Africa 2024

As part of the 2025 July internationals, Ireland rugby union team faced Georgia and Portugal.

Contents

This was the first time Georgia hosted Ireland in a test match, and the first time Ireland and Portugal have faced each other. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

This was Ireland's first tour to a Tier 2 nation since their 2017 tour to Japan, and their first in Europe since 1988.

The tour coincided with the 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, meaning the Irish squad was without 15 of their senior players, and coaching team of Andy Farrell, Simon Easterby, John Fogarty and Andrew Goodman.

Fixtures

DateVenueHomeScoreAwaySource
5 July 2025 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg5–34IRFU flag.svg  Ireland [6]
12 July 2025 Estádio Nacional, Lisbon Portugal  Flag of Portugal (official).svg7–106IRFU flag.svg  Ireland

Squad

On 4 June, Ireland named 32-player squad for their July internationals against Georgia and Portugal. [7]

Player Position Date of birth (age)CapsClub/province
Gus McCarthy Hooker (2003-07-23)23 July 2003 (aged 21)4 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Stephen Smyth Hooker (2004-08-01)1 August 2004 (aged 20)0 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Tom Stewart Hooker (2001-01-11)11 January 2001 (aged 24)2 IRFU flag.svg Ulster
Jack Aungier Prop (1998-11-20)20 November 1998 (aged 26)0 IRFU flag.svg Connacht
Jack Boyle Prop (2002-03-10)10 March 2002 (aged 23)2 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Tom Clarkson Prop (2000-02-22)22 February 2000 (aged 25)6 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Paddy McCarthy Prop (2003-05-28)28 May 2003 (aged 22)0 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Michael Milne Prop (1999-02-05)5 February 1999 (aged 26)0 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Tom O'Toole Prop (1998-09-23)23 September 1998 (aged 26)16 IRFU flag.svg Ulster
Scott Wilson Prop (2002-08-06)6 August 2002 (aged 22)0 IRFU flag.svg Ulster [8]
Thomas Ahern Lock (2000-02-22)22 February 2000 (aged 25)0 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Ryan Baird Lock (1999-07-26)26 July 1999 (aged 25)27 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Cormac Izuchukwu Lock (2000-01-28)28 January 2000 (aged 25)1 IRFU flag.svg Ulster
Darragh Murray Lock (2001-07-04)4 July 2001 (aged 24)0 IRFU flag.svg Connacht
Gavin Coombes Back row (1997-12-11)11 December 1997 (aged 27)2 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Max Deegan Back row (1996-10-01)1 October 1996 (aged 28)2 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Alex Kendellen Back row (2001-03-03)3 March 2001 (aged 24)0 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Cian Prendergast Back row (2000-02-23)23 February 2000 (aged 25)4 IRFU flag.svg Connacht
Nick Timoney Back row (1995-08-01)1 August 1995 (aged 29)3 IRFU flag.svg Ulster
Craig Casey (c) Scrum-half (1999-04-19)19 April 1999 (aged 26)18 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Nathan Doak Scrum-half (2001-12-17)17 December 2001 (aged 23)0 IRFU flag.svg Ulster
Ben Murphy Scrum-half (2001-04-23)23 April 2001 (aged 24)0 IRFU flag.svg Connacht
Jack Crowley Fly-half (2000-01-13)13 January 2000 (aged 25)24 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Ciarán Frawley Fly-half (1997-12-04)4 December 1997 (aged 27)8 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Sam Prendergast Fly-half (2003-02-12)12 February 2003 (aged 22)8 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Hugh Gavin Centre (2004-01-10)10 January 2004 (aged 21)0 IRFU flag.svg Connacht
Stuart McCloskey Centre (1992-08-06)6 August 1992 (aged 32)19 IRFU flag.svg Ulster
Tommy O'Brien Centre (1998-05-28)28 May 1998 (aged 27)0 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Jamie Osborne Centre (2001-11-16)16 November 2001 (aged 23)7 IRFU flag.svg Leinster
Shayne Bolton Wing (2000-06-29)29 June 2000 (aged 25)0 IRFU flag.svg Connacht
Calvin Nash Wing (1997-08-08)8 August 1997 (aged 27)10 IRFU flag.svg Munster
Jacob Stockdale Wing (1996-04-03)3 April 1996 (aged 29)38 IRFU flag.svg Ulster
Jimmy O'Brien Fullback (1996-11-27)27 November 1996 (aged 28)8 IRFU flag.svg Leinster

Matches

Georgia

5 July 2025
21:00 GET (UTC+4)
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg5–34IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Try: Jalaghonia 40+5' m Report Try: T. O'Brien (2) 2' c, 8' c
Casey 41' c
Timoney 70' c
Con: Prendergast (4/4) 3', 9', 42', 71'
Pen: Prendergast (2/2) 45', 62'
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
FB15 Davit Niniashvili
RW14 Aka Tabutsadze
OC13 Demur Tapladze Sub off.svg 61'
IC12 Giorgi Kveseladze
LW11 Alexander Todua
FH10 Luka Matkava
SH9 Vasil Lobzhanidze
N88 Tornike Jalaghonia Sub off.svg 55'
OF7 Beka Saghinadze (c)
BF6 Luka Ivanishvili Sub off.svg 78'
RL5 Lado Chachanidze
LL4 Mikheil Babunashvili
TP3 Irakli Aptsiauri Sub off.svg 55'
HK2 Vano Karkadze Sub off.svg 55'
LP1 Giorgi Akhaladze Sub off.svg 55'
Substitutions:
HK16 Irakli Kvatadze Sub on.svg 55'
PR17 Giorgi Tetrashvili Sub on.svg 55'
PR18 Beka Gigashvili Sub on.svg 55'
LK19 Giorgi Javakhia Sub on.svg 78'
FL20 Ilia Spanderashvili Sub on.svg 55'
SH21 Mikheil Alania
FH22 Tedo Abzhandadze
CE23 Tornike Kakhoidze Sub on.svg 61'
Coach:
Flag of England.svg Richard Cockerill
FB15 Jimmy O'Brien
RW14 Tommy O'Brien
OC13 Jamie Osborne
IC12 Stuart McCloskey Yellow card.svg 78'
LW11 Jacob Stockdale Sub off.svg 37'
FH10 Sam Prendergast Sub off.svg 71'
SH9 Craig Casey (c)Sub off.svg 71'
N88 Gavin Coombes Sub off.svg 66'
OF7 Nick Timoney
BF6 Ryan Baird
RL5 Darragh Murray
LL4 Cormac Izuchukwu Sub off.svg 62'
TP3 Tom Clarkson Sub off.svg 69'
HK2 Gus McCarthy Sub off.svg 59'
LP1 Jack Boyle Sub off.svg 59'
Substitutions:
HK16 Tom Stewart Sub on.svg 59'
PR17 Michael Milne Sub on.svg 59'
PR18 Jack Aungier Sub on.svg 69'
LK19 Thomas Ahern Sub on.svg 62'
FL20 Max Deegan Sub on.svg 66'
SH21 Ben Murphy Sub on.svg 71'
FH22 Jack Crowley Sub on.svg 71'
WG23 Calvin Nash Sub on.svg 36'
Coach:
IRFU flag.svg Paul O'Connell

Assistant referees:
Adam Leal (England)
Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
Television match official:
Matteo Liperini (Italy)

Notes:

Portugal

12 July 2025
19:00 WEST (UTC+01)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal (official).svg7–106IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Try: Martins 53' c
Con: Aubry (1/1) 54'		 Report Try: McCloskey 1' c
Gavin (2) 9' c, 40+2' c
T. O'Brien (2) 11' c, 24' c
Bolton (2) 13' c, 36' m
Clarkson 32' c
Casey 42' c
Prendergast (2) 51' m, 60' c
Nash 56' m
Frawley 58' c
Kendellen 73' c
Murphy 79' c
Penalty try 80+1'
Con: Crowley (12/15) 2', 10', 12', 14', 25', 33', 40+2', 43', 59', 61', 74', 80'
Estádio Nacional, Lisbon [3] [2]
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Adam Leal (England)
FB15 Nuno Sousa Guedes
RW14 Simão Bento
OC13 Vincent Pinto
IC12 Tomás Appleton (c)Sub off.svg 22'
LW11 Manuel Cardoso Pinto
FH10 Hugo Aubry
SH9 Hugo Camacho Sub off.svg 52'
N88 Diego Pinheiro Sub off.svg 64'
OF7 Nicolas Martins
BF6 David Wallis
RL5 Pedro Ferreira Sub off.svg 61'
LL4 António Rebelo de Andrade Sub off.svg 50'
TP3 Diogo Hasse Ferreira Sub off.svg 40'
HK2 Luka Begic Sub off.svg 40'
LP1 David Costa Sub off.svg 57'
Substitutions:
PR16 Abel da Cunha Sub on.svg 40'
HK17 Pedro Santiago Lopes Sub on.svg 40'
PR18 Martim Souto Sub on.svg 57'
LK19 Guilherme Costa Sub on.svg 50'
FL20 Francisco Almeida Sub on.svg 35'
FL21 Vasco Baptista Sub on.svg 64'
SH22 António Campos Sub on.svg 52'
CE23 Gabriel Aviragnet Sub on.svg 22'Sub off.svg 35'
Coach:
Flag of New Zealand.svg Simon Mannix
FB15 Jimmy O'Brien
RW14 Tommy O'Brien Sub off.svg 52'
OC13 Hugh Gavin
IC12 Stuart McCloskey Sub off.svg 52'
LW11 Shayne Bolton
FH10 Jack Crowley
SH9 Craig Casey (c)Sub off.svg 62'
N88 Cian Prendergast
OF7 Alex Kendellen
BF6 Ryan Baird Sub off.svg 52'
RL5 Darragh Murray Sub off.svg 61'
LL4 Thomas Ahern
TP3 Tom Clarkson Sub off.svg 52'
HK2 Gus McCarthy Sub off.svg 52'
LP1 Jack Boyle Sub off.svg 52'
Substitutions:
HK16 Tom Stewart Sub on.svg 52'
PR17 Michael Milne Sub on.svg 52'
PR18 Tom O'Toole Sub on.svg 52'
LK19 Cormac Izuchukwu Sub on.svg 61'
FL20 Max Deegan Sub on.svg 52'
SH21 Ben Murphy Sub on.svg 62'
FH22 Ciarán Frawley Sub on.svg 52'
WG23 Calvin Nash Sub on.svg 52'
Coach:
IRFU flag.svg Paul O'Connell

Assistant referees:
Anthony Woodthorpe (England)
Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
Television match official:
Matteo Liperini (Italy)

Notes:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ექვსი ერის 24-გზის გამარჯვებული თბილისში! - ირლანდიასთან 5 ივლისს "მიხეილ მესხზე"". 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Ireland Coaching Team Confirmed For Summer Tour". 2 April 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Portugal rugby team to face Ireland". 11 February 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Ireland set to tour Georgia and Romania during 2025 Lions tour". independent.ie. 11 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Ireland to play first ever Test match against Portugal in 2025". rugbypass.com. 11 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "Georgia 5 FT 34 Ireland". ESPN. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  7. ↑ Ireland Men’s Squad Named For Summer Tour
  8. ↑ "Ulster's Scott Wilson joins Ireland squad for summer tour", The42.ie, 1 July 2025
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