Rugby World Cup , East Group - Lansdowne Road, 15 October 1999, 18:00 local, 17:00 GMT
Ireland (27) 44 - 14 (6) Romania (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time Ireland  Score  Romania
6 O'Cuinneagain - try
Elwood - conversion
7 - 0
12 Elwood - penalty goal 10 - 0
14 Ward - try
Elwood - conversion
17 - 0
18 17 - 3 Mitu - penalty goal
26 17 - 6 Mitu - penalty goal
32 Elwood - conversion
O'Shea - try
24 - 6
40+1 Elwood - penalty goal 27 - 6
44 O'Shea - try
Elwood - conversion
34 - 6
47 Chiriac - sub on
Constantin - sub off
Septar - sub off
Corodeanu - sub on
48 Quinlan - sub on
Davidson - sub on
Johns - sub off
Ward - sub off
56 34 - 9 Mitu - penalty goal
57 Tierney - try
Elwood - conversion
41 - 9
60 Tierney - sub off
Wallace - sub off
O'Shea - sub off
D'Arcy - sub on
O'Meara - sub on
McKeen - sub on
Dragos Dima - sub on
Balan - sub off
63 Stan - sub off
Rotaru - sub on
72 Elwood - sub off
O'Driscoll - sub on
74 41 - 14 Sauan - try
76 Fugigi - sub on
Sauan - sub off
80 Wood - sub on
O'Cuinneagain - sub off
Brezoianu - sub off
Iacob - sub on
80+1 O'Driscoll - drop goal 44 - 14 Tofan - sub on
Solomie - sub off

Notes

 
Result Ireland won by a margin of 30 points
Rugby World Cup points Ireland 2, Romania 0
 
Ground name Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance 33000
 
Referee B Campsall (England)
 
Ireland Test debuts GW D'Arcy, AJW McKeen, A Quinlan
Romania Test debuts none

Teams

Ireland Romania
Tries O'Cuinneagain (6), Ward (14), O'Shea (32, 44), Tierney (57) Tries Sauan (74)
Cons Elwood (6, 14, 32, 44, 57) Cons none
Pens Elwood (12, 40) Pens Mitu (18, 26, 56)
Drops O'Driscoll (80) Drops none

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