Here's regexp that will do it, in case CPAN is not an option. If CPAN isn't an option then you have bigger problems ;) edit: generalized it a bit. 
#!/usr/bin/perl

while(<DATA>) {
    m#<A.*?HREF=(?:'|")?(.[^\'\"]+)(?:'|")?(?:\s.+)?>(.*?)</A>#ig;
    print "URL: $1\nName: $2\n\n";
}

__END__
   <A HREF=?ad=049>One</A>
   <A HREF=?ad=050>Two</A>
<a target='_new' href='foo'>foo --> bar</a>
<a target='_new' href='boo'>blah</a>
<a target='_new' href=bar>troz</a>
<a target='_new' href=bar2 onclick='somefunc'>troz</a>
<a target='_new' href='bar3' onclick='somefunc'>troz</a>

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In reply to Re: extracting link *and* tag content from "a href" by bageler
in thread extracting link *and* tag content from "a href" by hmerrill

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