TheBreakdown
Full time21 November 1998
Ireland
53–35
Romania
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1999Head-to-head

Ireland won by 18 points.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · Eric Elwood2–0
  2. –CIreland conversion · Eric Elwood4–0
  3. –CIreland conversion · Eric Elwood6–0
  4. –CIreland conversion · David Humphreys8–0
  5. –CIreland conversion · David Humphreys10–0
  6. –CIreland conversion · David Humphreys12–0
  7. –PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood15–0
  8. –PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood18–0
  9. –TIreland try23–0
  10. –TIreland try28–0
  11. –TIreland try · Andy Ward33–0
  12. –TIreland try · Ciaran Scally38–0
  13. –TIreland try · Jonathan Bell43–0
  14. –TIreland try · Jonathan Bell48–0
  15. –TIreland try · Conor O'Shea53–0
  16. –CRomania conversion · Petre Mitu53–2
  17. –CRomania conversion · Petre Mitu53–4
  18. –PRomania penalty · Petre Mitu53–7
  19. –PRomania penalty · Petre Mitu53–10
  20. –TRomania try · Gheorghe Solomie53–15
  21. –TRomania try · Gabriel Brezoianu53–20
  22. –TRomania try · Radu Fugigi53–25
  23. –TRomania try · Mihai Vioreanu53–30
  24. –TRomania try · Mihai Vioreanu53–35

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Peter ClohessyProp
  2. 2Allen ClarkeHooker
  3. 3Paul WallaceProp
  4. 4Paddy JohnsSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Eric MillerFlanker
  7. 7Andy WardFlanker
  8. 8Victor CostelloNumber 8
  9. 9Ciaran ScallyScrum-half
  10. 10Eric ElwoodFly-half
  11. 11Darragh O'MahonyWing
  12. 12Jonathan BellCentre
  13. 13Pat DuignanCentre
  14. 14Justin BishopWing
  15. 15Conor O'SheaFull-back
  16. 16Kevin MaggsBench
  17. 17David HumphreysBench
  18. 18Conor McGuinnessBench
  19. 19Dion O'CuinneagainBench
  20. 20Jeremy DavidsonBench
  21. 21Justin FitzpatrickBench
  22. 22Keith WoodBench

Romania

  1. 1Niculae DragosProp
  2. 2Razvan MavrodinHooker
  3. 3Florin MarioaraProp
  4. 4Mihaita DragomirSecond row
  5. 5Vasile DojaSecond row
  6. 6Alexandru MantaFlanker
  7. 7Adrian GirbuFlanker
  8. 8Catalin DraguceanuNumber 8
  9. 9Petre MituScrum-half
  10. 10Roland VusecFly-half
  11. 11Gheorghe SolomieWing
  12. 12Romeo Stefan GontineacCentre
  13. 13Gabriel BrezoianuCentre
  14. 14Radu FugigiWing
  15. 15Mihai VioreanuFull-back
  16. 16Mihai CiolacuBench
  17. 17Cristian LupuBench
  18. 18Marius IacobBench
  19. 19Erdinci SeptarBench
  20. 20Ovidiu SlusariucBench
  21. 21Sergiu MocanuBench
  22. 22Petru BalanBench

Match officials

Sample data
Referee
Sample Referee
Assistant referee
Sample Assistant 1
Assistant referee
Sample Assistant 2
TMO
Sample TMO

Sample data Match officials is placeholder content: TheBreakdown has no data source for it yet, so nothing here is real.

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.