Ireland Lacrosse Men’s National Team Roster & Match Reports ILF World Championship London Ontario 2006

Ireland Lacrosse Logo [Reference: 7]

Tournament Report

Ireland’s first World Championship with Irish based players, captained by UCD’s Michael Kennedy, saw them storm through the opening group games before losing to Australia and Japan in the knockout stages. Ireland finished 7th with a win over Germany in their last match.[32]

Final Record: 7th PlacePWLGFGAPct
Ireland7528962.714

ILF World Championship London Ontario 2006

PWLGFGAPts
Ireland44062244
Scotland4313
Italy4222
Wales4131
Hong Kong4040

Red Division Results

DateRed Division (Div 2)
14.07.06Ireland19Hong Kong4
Ireland15Italy7
Ireland16Scotland9
Ireland12Wales4
DateSecond Round (Quarter-Finals)
18.07.06Ireland5Australia1
Semi-Finals Day (5-8 Place)
20.07.06Ireland9Japan11
Finals Day (7-8 Place)
22.07.06Ireland13Germany5

Match Report

Red Division

Ireland ran out easy winners of the division, defearing Hong Kong, Italy, scotland and Wales, notching up double figures in each match while holding their opponents to single figures.[8][9]

Ireland 5 Australia 21 – 18 July 2006

Topping the Red Division saw Ireland face-off against Australia in the Quarter-Finals. With more expierence and better conditioning Australia ran out 21-5 winners, although it was not until the final quarter, when Australia ran off 12 unanswered goals, that Ireland were finally dispatched, as Ireland held them close for the first three quarters, the scores 5-2, 8-3, 9-5 at the end of each quarter. Connor O’Rourke netted two for Ireland and Tim Chryssikos, Brian Murray, and Michael Hartfolis one each for Ireland.[10]

Ireland 9 Japan 11 – 20 July 2006

Japan raced out to an early lead against Ireland, leading 3-1 after the first quarter and 8-2 at the half.It was a lead the would hang on to despite a second half Irish comebac, bringing the scores to 10-6 after three and 11-9 by the final whistle.[11]

Ireland 13 Germany 5 – 22 July 2006

Ireland played Germany for the first time since the 2001 European Championships, where Ireland debuted and lost every match, in the match for 7th Place. Ireland ran out comfortable 13-5 winners to finish off a successful tournament for the team.[11][12]

Team Roster (Players and Coaches)

Players

PosPlayerYearsGPGA
Tim Chryssikos2006
Michael Hartfolis2006
John Kelly2006
MMichael Kennedy2006
Brian Murray2006
Connor O’Rourke2006
Leonard Skelly2006
Eric Timmreck2006
Ireland Lacrosse Men’s National Team Roster ILF World Championship London Ontario 2006 [Reference: 8]

References

Images

[1] Ireland Lacrosse (2015) Ireland Lacrosse Logo [Internet] Available from: http://main.irelandlacrosse.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ireland_logo1_text-Revised2015.png [Accessed 6 November 2017]

Websites

[8] Activity Workshop (2018) Lacrosse World Championships 2006 [Internet] Available from: https://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/worldcup06/index.html [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[9] Activity Workshop (2018) Lacrosse World Championships 2006 – report, 14th July 2006 [Internet] Available from: https://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/worldcup06/reports14.html [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[10] Activity Workshop (2018) Lacrosse World Championships 2006 – report, 19th July 2006 [Internet] Available from: https://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/worldcup06/reports19.html [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[11] Activity Workshop (2018) Lacrosse World Championships 2006 – report, 20th July 2006 [Internet] Available from: https://activityworkshop.net/lacrosse/worldcup06/reports20.html [Accessed 12 January 2018]

[12] Pointstreak (2006) SCOREBOARD [Internet] Available from: http://pointstreak.com/framed/prostats/scoreboard.html?leagueid=336&seasonid=1285 [Accessed 12 January 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Brian Bird & Cillian Murphy (Ireland Lacrosse Commissioner)

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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 22 August 2020

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