2025 Ireland rugby union tour of Georgia and Portugal

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	P W D L
Total	02 02 00 00
Test match	02 02 00 00
Opponent	P W D L
Georgia	1 1 0 0
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.

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.

Date	Venue	Home	Score	Away	Source
5 July 2025	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi	Georgia	5–34	Ireland	[6]
12 July 2025	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon	Portugal	7–106	Ireland

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

• Caps and clubs as of first match on tour (12 July)

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

5 July 2025 21:00 GET (UTC+4)

Georgia	5–34	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)

FB 15 Davit Niniashvili RW 14 Aka Tabutsadze OC 13 Demur Tapladze  61' IC 12 Giorgi Kveseladze LW 11 Alexander Todua FH 10 Luka Matkava SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze N8 8 Tornike Jalaghonia  55' OF 7 Beka Saghinadze (c) BF 6 Luka Ivanishvili  78' RL 5 Lado Chachanidze LL 4 Mikheil Babunashvili TP 3 Irakli Aptsiauri  55' HK 2 Vano Karkadze  55' LP 1 Giorgi Akhaladze  55' Substitutions: HK 16 Irakli Kvatadze  55' PR 17 Giorgi Tetrashvili  55' PR 18 Beka Gigashvili  55' LK 19 Giorgi Javakhia  78' FL 20 Ilia Spanderashvili  55' SH 21 Mikheil Alania FH 22 Tedo Abzhandadze CE 23 Tornike Kakhoidze  61' Coach: Richard Cockerill

FB 15 Jimmy O'Brien RW 14 Tommy O'Brien OC 13 Jamie Osborne IC 12 Stuart McCloskey  78' LW 11 Jacob Stockdale  37' FH 10 Sam Prendergast  71' SH 9 Craig Casey (c)  71' N8 8 Gavin Coombes  66' OF 7 Nick Timoney BF 6 Ryan Baird RL 5 Darragh Murray LL 4 Cormac Izuchukwu  62' TP 3 Tom Clarkson  69' HK 2 Gus McCarthy  59' LP 1 Jack Boyle  59' Substitutions: HK 16 Tom Stewart  59' PR 17 Michael Milne  59' PR 18 Jack Aungier  69' LK 19 Thomas Ahern  62' FL 20 Max Deegan  66' SH 21 Ben Murphy  71' FH 22 Jack Crowley  71' WG 23 Calvin Nash  36' Coach: Paul O'Connell

Notes:

• Thomas Ahern, Jack Aungier, Michael Milne, Ben Murphy, Darragh Murray, Tommy O'Brien (all Ireland) made their international debuts.
• This was the first time that Georgia has hosted Ireland.

12 July 2025 19:00 WEST (UTC+01)

Portugal	7–106	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)

FB 15 Nuno Sousa Guedes RW 14 Simão Bento OC 13 Vincent Pinto IC 12 Tomás Appleton (c)  22' LW 11 Manuel Cardoso Pinto FH 10 Hugo Aubry SH 9 Hugo Camacho  52' N8 8 Diego Pinheiro  64' OF 7 Nicolas Martins BF 6 David Wallis RL 5 Pedro Ferreira  61' LL 4 António Rebelo de Andrade  50' TP 3 Diogo Hasse Ferreira  40' HK 2 Luka Begic  40' LP 1 David Costa  57' Substitutions: PR 16 Abel da Cunha  40' HK 17 Pedro Santiago Lopes  40' PR 18 Martim Souto  57' LK 19 Guilherme Costa  50' FL 20 Francisco Almeida  35' FL 21 Vasco Baptista  64' SH 22 António Campos  52' CE 23 Gabriel Aviragnet  22'  35' Coach: Simon Mannix

FB 15 Jimmy O'Brien RW 14 Tommy O'Brien  52' OC 13 Hugh Gavin IC 12 Stuart McCloskey  52' LW 11 Shayne Bolton FH 10 Jack Crowley SH 9 Craig Casey (c)  62' N8 8 Cian Prendergast OF 7 Alex Kendellen BF 6 Ryan Baird  52' RL 5 Darragh Murray  61' LL 4 Thomas Ahern TP 3 Tom Clarkson  52' HK 2 Gus McCarthy  52' LP 1 Jack Boyle  52' Substitutions: HK 16 Tom Stewart  52' PR 17 Michael Milne  52' PR 18 Tom O'Toole  52' LK 19 Cormac Izuchukwu  61' FL 20 Max Deegan  52' SH 21 Ben Murphy  62' FH 22 Ciarán Frawley  52' WG 23 Calvin Nash  52' Coach: Paul O'Connell

Notes:

• Francisco Almeida, Guilherme Costa (both Portugal), Shayne Bolton, Hugh Gavin and Alex Kendellen (all Ireland) made their international debuts.
• Portugal suffered their biggest defeat, which had previously been their 108–13 loss to New Zealand during the 2007 Rugby World Cup; the last time they had conceded more than 100 points in a test match,
• Ireland set a new record for their biggest win, surpassing their record held since 2000 against the United States when they won 83–3.
• This was the first time Ireland had scored more than 100 points in a game.

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