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Ireland Cruise past Canada in Rugby World Cup

Ireland got their World Cup campaign off to a winning start as they ran out 50 points to 7 winners over Canada, with Joe Schmidt's scoring seven trys.

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Ian Henderson, Sean O'Brien, Jonathon Sexton and Dave Kearney put Ireland in a commanding position in the first half.

Sean Cronin, Rob Kearney and Jared Payne all added to Ireland's tally in the second period, while DTH van der Merwe gave Canada a consolation try. 

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