Ireland vs. Scotland (5-14)
Ireland took on the hosts and from the onset the Irish played hard throughout. After initially falling a goal behind the Irish immediately tied the game up. The first quarter was a see-saw battle with Ireland and Scotland having equal possession and good looks. The Scot’s however were clinical in their finishing while the Irish missing a number of chances to keep pace. The second quarter the Scottish team scored 4-5 unanswered goals to take a hold of the game and any chance of a comeback looked unlikely. The Irish fought hard and showed great pride in the second half scoring 4 goals to Scotland’s 6.
The final ended up 14-5 to Scotland in a hard contested match. Ireland misses and Scotland’s foot speed proved to be the main differences in the game.
Paddy O’Leary was named game captain against Scotland
Ireland’s Scorers: Gibson (2), O’Leary (1), Kennedy (1), and Caulfield (1)
Ireland vs. France (14-2)
The third day of the trip proved to be more fruitful as Ireland took to the French with poise and precision. Ireland got out to a commanding first half lead of 9-1. The Irish rotated through personnel and all 23 members of the 23 man roster seeing plenty of field time. The Irish had 8 different scorers with Lubsy and Gibson leading the way with 3 a piece. Lusby earned his first international hattrick and was clinical in his finishing.
Conor Walsh was named the game Captain against France.
Scorers: Lusby (3), Gibson (3), O’Leary (2), Bodie (2), Caulfield (1), Jordan (1), Edwards (1), Devine (1)