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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Lansdowne Road, Dublin · 15 October 1999Head-to-head
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Ireland won by 30 points.Half-time 27–6 · Tries 5–1

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Tacklesmademissed
IRE6713
ROU8327
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
IRE5/52/21
ROU0/03/30
← 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
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  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
7′IrelandTry, Dion O'Cuinneagain, converted5–0
15′IrelandTry, Andy Ward, converted15–0
32′IrelandTry, Conor O'Shea, converted22–6
46′IrelandTry, Conor O'Shea, converted32–6
59′IrelandTry, Tom Tierney, converted39–9
76′RomaniaTry, Cristian Sauan41–14
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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7′Dion O'Cuinneagain15′Andy Ward32′Conor O'Shea46′Conor O'Shea59′Tom Tierney76′Cristian Sauan
IRE

Team stats

ROU
83%Possession17%
90Carries79
519Metres gained313
18Clean breaks7
27Defenders beaten13
108Passes96
7Offloads13
67Tackles made83
13Tackles missed27
52/58Rucks won42/46
9/11Lineouts won11/15
15/15Scrums won10/10
6/7Mauls won6/9
11Penalties conceded9
35Kicks from hand33
Goal kicking
IRE conversions 5/5, penalties 2/2 · ROU conversions 0/0, penalties 3/3. 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. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Justin FitzpatrickProp
  2. 2Ross NesdaleHooker
  3. 3Paul WallaceProp
  4. 4Paddy JohnsSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Andy WardFlanker
  7. 7Kieron DawsonFlanker
  8. 8Dion O'CuinneagainNumber 8
  9. 9Tom TierneyScrum-half
  10. 10Eric ElwoodFly-half
  11. 11Matthew MostynWing
  12. 12Mike MullinsCentre
  13. 13Jonathan BellCentre
  14. 14Jimmy ToppingWing
  15. 15Conor O'SheaFull-back
  16. 16Gordon D'ArcyBench
  17. 17Brian O'DriscollBench
  18. 18Brian O'MearaBench
  19. 19Alan QuinlanBench
  20. 20Jeremy DavidsonBench
  21. 21Angus McKeenBench
  22. 22Keith WoodBench

Romania

  1. 1Razvan MavrodinProp
  2. 2Petru BalanHooker
  3. 3Constantin StanProp
  4. 4Tudor ConstantinSecond row
  5. 5Tiberiu BrinzaSecond row
  6. 6Adrian -Alin PetracheFlanker
  7. 7Erdinci SeptarFlanker
  8. 8Catalin DraguceanuNumber 8
  9. 9Petre MituScrum-half
  10. 10Roland VusecFly-half
  11. 11Gheorghe SolomieWing
  12. 12Romeo Stefan GontineacCentre
  13. 13Gabriel BrezoianuCentre
  14. 14Cristian SauanWing
  15. 15Mihai VioreanuFull-back
  16. 16Marius IacobBench
  17. 17Ionut TofanBench
  18. 18Radu FugigiBench
  19. 19Florin CorodeanuBench
  20. 20Daniel ChiriacBench
  21. 21Nicolae Dragos DimaBench
  22. 22Laurentu RotaruBench

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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.