Emerging Ireland impressed on Wednesday afternoon as they ran out 12-point winners.
Played in perfect conditions, Ireland looked to exploit their opponents early and after multiple attempts of going wide and fluffing their lines, Olympic Zac Ward opened the scoring with a good finish.
Forward Harry Sheridan did his best winger impression as he danced around some Puma defenders before Stephen Smith ran in a try as the Irish outfit boasted a healthy 17-point lead. Pumas force a quick turnover after the restart and win a couple of penalties. They kick for the corner. “The three games will ask different questions of the group and that is exactly the kind of environment we want to foster and to see how the players react to a pressurised and competitive environment. We had a good pitch session on Monday afternoon and the players are itching to get out there,
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