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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Wembley Stadium, London · 27 September 2015Head-to-head
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Ireland won by 34 points.Half-time 18–3 · Tries 6–1 · ROU 1 yellow card

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8′11′18′192944626574781942Attacks415Ball won1421153331222104583012140411231%Own 2255%Own half68%Opp half75%Opp 22
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Tacklesmademissed
IRE1007
ROU16327
← Romania attack · Ireland attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
19′IrelandTry, Tommy Bowe, converted11–3
29′IrelandTry, Keith Earls, conversion missed18–3
44′IrelandTry, Keith Earls, converted23–3
62′IrelandTry, Tommy Bowe, converted30–3
65′IrelandTry, Rob Kearney, conversion missed37–3
74′IrelandTry, Chris Henry, converted42–3
78′RomaniaTry, Ovidiu Tonita, converted44–8
8′IrelandPenalty goal scored
11′RomaniaPenalty goal scored
18′IrelandPenalty goal scored
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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19′Tommy Bowe29′Keith Earls44′Keith Earls62′Tommy Bowe65′Rob Kearney74′Chris Henry78′Ovidiu Tonita
IRE

Team stats

ROU
61%Possession39%
66%Territory34%
148Carries98
573Metres gained278
6Clean breaks1
27Defenders beaten7
225Passes98
7Offloads4
100Tackles made163
7Tackles missed27
99/103Rucks won73/79
15/15Lineouts won10/12
5/5Scrums won3/3
9/10Mauls won3/3
6Turnovers won10
7Penalties conceded12
36Kicks from hand32
393Kick metres337
Goal kicking
IRE conversions 4/6, penalties 2/2 · ROU conversions 1/1, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Cian HealyProp
  2. 2Richardt StraussHooker
  3. 3Nathan WhiteProp
  4. 4Donnacha RyanSecond row
  5. 5Devin TonerSecond row
  6. 6Jordi MurphyFlanker
  7. 7Chris HenryFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Eoin ReddanScrum-half
  10. 10Ian MadiganFly-half
  11. 11Keith EarlsWing
  12. 12Darren CaveCentre
  13. 13Jared PayneCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Simon ZeboFull-back
  16. 16Sean CroninBench
  17. 17Jack McGrathBench
  18. 18Tadhg FurlongBench
  19. 19Paul O'ConnellBench
  20. 20Sean O'BrienBench
  21. 21Conor MurrayBench
  22. 22Paddy JacksonBench
  23. 23Rob KearneyBench

Romania

  1. 1Andrei UrsacheProp
  2. 2Andrei RadoiHooker
  3. 3Paulica IonProp
  4. 4Valentin PoparlanSecond row
  5. 5Ovidiu TonitaSecond row
  6. 6Viorel LucaciFlanker
  7. 7Mihai MacoveiFlanker
  8. 8Daniel CarpoNumber 8
  9. 9Valentin CalafeteanuScrum-half
  10. 10Michael WiringiFly-half
  11. 11Ionut BotezatuWing
  12. 12Csaba GalCentre
  13. 13Paula KinikinilauCentre
  14. 14Adrian ApostolWing
  15. 15Catalin FercuFull-back
  16. 16Otar TurashviliBench
  17. 17Mihaita LazarBench
  18. 18Alexandru TarusBench
  19. 19Johannes van HeerdenBench
  20. 20Stelian BurceaBench
  21. 21Florin SurugiuBench
  22. 22Florin IonitaBench
  23. 23Florin VlaicuBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Ireland 10–0 Romania, 1 drawn in 11 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland going in
Romania going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.