# 2009 Ireland rugby union tour of North America

Ireland toured North America in May 2009, playing a Test match against Canada and the United States. Ireland won both matches, despite most of their first string players away on the 2009 Lions tour to South Africa.

## Matches

* 23 May 2009 14:00 PTZ (UTC-07)
| Canada | 6–25 | Ireland |
| Pen: Pritchard (2/2) 38', 43' | Report | Try: Murphy 18' c Whitten 63' c Buckley 69' m Con: Keatley (2/3) Pen: Keatley (2/3) 57', 61' |
* Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia Attendance: 7,280 Referee: Chris White (England)
Team details :
| FB | 15 | Pritchard |
| RW | 14 | Dean van Camp |
| OC | 13 | Ciaran Hearn |
| IC | 12 | Ryan Smith |
| LW | 11 | D. T. H. van der Merwe |
| FH | 10 | Dave Spicer |
| SH | 9 | Ed Fairhurst |
| N8 | 8 | Aaron Carpenter |
| OF | 7 | Adam Kleeberger |
| BF | 6 | Chauncey O'Toole |
| RL | 5 | Mike Burak |
| LL | 4 | Tyler Hotson |
| TP | 3 | Scott Franklin |
| HK | 2 | Pat Riordan (c) |
| LP | 1 | Kevin Tkachuk |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Andrew Tiedemann |
| LK | 17 | Luke Tait |
| LK | 18 | Jebb Sinclair |
| FL | 19 | Nanyak Dala |
| FL | 20 | Sean-Michael Stephen |
| SH | 21 | Phil Mack |
| FH | 22 | Ander Monro |
| Coach: ||
| Kieran Crowley ||
| FB | 15 | Gavin Duffy |
| RW | 14 | Barry Murphy |
| OC | 13 | Darren Cave |
| IC | 12 | Ian Whitten |
| LW | 11 | Ian Dowling |
| FH | 10 | Ian Keatley |
| SH | 9 | Peter Stringer |
| N8 | 8 | Denis Leamy |
| OF | 7 | Niall Ronan |
| BF | 6 | John Muldoon |
| RL | 5 | Mick O'Driscoll |
| LL | 4 | Bob Casey |
| TP | 3 | Tony Buckley |
| HK | 2 | Rory Best (c) |
| LP | 1 | Tom Court |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Seán Cronin |
| PR | 17 | Mike Ross |
| LK | 18 | Ryan Caldwell |
| FL | 19 | Donnacha Ryan |
| SH | 20 | Eoin Reddan |
| FH | 21 | Niall O'Connor |
| FB | 22 | Denis Hurley |
| Coach: ||
| Declan Kidney ||
* 31 May 2009 13:00 PTZ (UTC-07)
| United States | 10–27 | Ireland |
| Try: Suniula 65' c Con: Malifa (1/1) Drop: Malifa (1/1) 63' | Report | Try: Casey 13' m Whitten 40'+2' m Penalty try 53' c Best 70' c Con: Keatley (2/4) Pen: Keatley (1/2) 24' |
* Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara, California Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Chris White (England)
Team details :
| FB | 15 | Chris Wyles |
| RW | 14 | Kevin Swiryn |
| OC | 13 | Junior Sifa |
| IC | 12 | Roland Suniula |
| LW | 11 | Justin Boyd |
| FH | 10 | Mike Hercus (c) |
| SH | 9 | Mike Petri |
| N8 | 8 | Nic Johnson |
| OF | 7 | Peter Dahl |
| BF | 6 | Louis Stanfill |
| RL | 5 | Hayden Smith |
| LL | 4 | John van der Giessen |
| TP | 3 | Will Johnson |
| HK | 2 | Chris Biller |
| LP | 1 | Mike MacDonald |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Joe Welch |
| PR | 17 | Mate Moeakiola |
| LK | 18 | Courtney McKay |
| N8 | 19 | JJ Gagiano |
| SH | 20 | Tim Usasz |
| FH | 21 | Ata Malifa |
| CE | 22 | Alipate Tuilevuka |
| Coach: ||
| Eddie O'Sullivan ||
| FB | 15 | Gavin Duffy |
| RW | 14 | Barry Murphy |
| OC | 13 | Darren Cave |
| IC | 12 | Ian Whitten |
| LW | 11 | Ian Dowling |
| FH | 10 | Ian Keatley |
| SH | 9 | Peter Stringer |
| N8 | 8 | Denis Leamy |
| OF | 7 | Niall Ronan |
| BF | 6 | John Muldoon |
| RL | 5 | Mick O'Driscoll |
| LL | 4 | Bob Casey |
| TP | 3 | Mike Ross |
| HK | 2 | Rory Best (c) |
| LP | 1 | Tony Buckley |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Seán Cronin |
| PR | 17 | Tom Court |
| LK | 18 | Ryan Caldwell |
| LK | 19 | Donnacha Ryan |
| SH | 20 | Eoin Reddan |
| FH | 21 | Niall O'Connor |
| FB | 22 | Denis Hurley |
| Coach: ||
| Declan Kidney ||

## Touring party

Ireland named their 25-man tour squad on 17 May 2009, which included 13 previously uncapped players.
* Manager: Declan Kidney
* Captain: Rory Best
* Rory Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
* Tony Buckley (Shannon RFC/Munster)
* Ryan Caldwell (Dungannon RFC/Ulster)
* Bob Casey (London Irish)
* Tom Court (Malone RFC/Ulster)
* Sean Cronin (Buccaneers RFC/Connacht)
* Ian Dowling (Shannon RFC/Munster)
* Gavin Duffy (Galwegians RFC/Connacht)
* Chris Henry (Ballymena RFC/Ulster)
* Denis Hurley (Cork Constitution/Munster)
* Ian Keatley (Galwegians RFC/Connacht)
* Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster)
* Keith Matthews (Buccaneers RFC/Connacht)
* John Muldoon (Galwegians RFC/Connacht)
* Barry Murphy (UL Bohemians/Munster)
* Niall O'Connor (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
* Mick O'Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster)
* Eoin Reddan (London Wasps)
* Niall Ronan (Shannon RFC/Munster)
* Mike Ross (Harlequins RFC
* Donnacha Ryan (Shannon RFC/Munster)
* Peter Stringer (Shannon RFC/Munster)
* Ian Whitten (Ballymena RFC/Ulster)
* Bryan Young (Ballymena RFC/Ulster)