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Emerging Ireland off to strong start with first win in South Africa

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Emerging Ireland head coach Simon Easterby was delighted with the nature of their winning start to their tour of South Africa.

Zac Ward, Darragh Murray, Cormac Izuchukwu, Stephen Smyth and Gus McCarthy all crossed the whitewash, in a 36-points to 24 win over the Pumas.

As the Irish Examiner reports, The first of three games to be played by the side in the southern hemisphere – meetings with Western Force and The Cheetahs will ftllow on October 6th and October 9th respectively.

Having survived an early spell of pressure from Pumas, Emerging Ireland eventually established a foothold inside the opposition half.

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