Ireland 82–8 Romania, 9 September 2023

Men's Rugby World Cup 2023 · Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux · 9 September 2023Head-to-head

Full-time report

Ireland won by 74 points.Half-time 33–8 · Tries 12–1 · ROU 1 yellow card

Pitch map

Layers

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← 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

Tries and goal kicks as a table

Min	Team	What	Score
3′	Romania	Try, Gabriel Rupanu, conversion missed	0–5
5′	Ireland	Try, Jamison Gibson-Park, converted	5–5
13′	Ireland	Try, Hugo Keenan, converted	12–5
17′	Ireland	Try, Tadhg Beirne, conversion missed	19–5
34′	Ireland	Try, Bundee Aki, converted	24–8
40′	Ireland	Try, Johnny Sexton, converted	31–8
45′	Ireland	Try, Rob Herring, converted	38–8
50′	Ireland	Try, Peter O'Mahony, converted	45–8
63′	Ireland	Try, Johnny Sexton, converted	52–8
68′	Ireland	Try, Joe McCarthy, converted	59–8
71′	Ireland	Try, Peter O'Mahony, converted	66–8
75′	Ireland	Try, Bundee Aki, converted	73–8
83′	Ireland	Try, Tadhg Beirne, converted	80–8
21′	Romania	Penalty 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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3′Gabriel Rupanu5′Jamison Gibson-Park13′Hugo Keenan17′Tadhg Beirne34′Bundee Aki40′Johnny Sexton45′Rob Herring50′Peter O'Mahony63′Johnny Sexton68′Joe McCarthy71′Peter O'Mahony75′Bundee Aki83′Tadhg Beirne

IRE

Team stats

ROU

67%Possession33%

62%Territory38%

168Carries50

1,098Metres gained312

21Clean breaks3

40Defenders beaten11

280Passes48

27Offloads1

64Tackles made164

11Tackles missed40

91/93Rucks won30/33

8/12Lineouts won8/10

8/9Scrums won8/9

4/4Mauls won3/6

8Turnovers won6

5Penalties conceded12

19Kicks from hand25

738Kick metres1,025

Goal kicking
IRE conversions 11/12, penalties 0/0 · ROU conversions 0/1, 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

1Andrew PorterProp
2Rob HerringHooker
3Tadhg FurlongProp
4Joe McCarthySecond row
5James RyanSecond row
6Tadhg BeirneFlanker
7Peter O'MahonyFlanker
8Caelan DorisNumber 8
9Jamison Gibson-ParkScrum-half
10Johnny SextonFly-half
11James LoweWing
12Bundee AkiCentre
13Garry RingroseCentre
14Keith EarlsWing
15Hugo KeenanFull-back
16Ronan KelleherBench
17Jeremy LoughmanBench
18Tom O'TooleBench
19Iain HendersonBench
20Josh van der FlierBench
21Conor MurrayBench
22Jack CrowleyBench
23Mack HansenBench

Romania

Match officials

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Referee: Sample Referee
Assistant referee: Sample Assistant 1
Assistant referee: Sample Assistant 2
TMO: Sample TMO

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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

Previous meeting: 27 September 2015, Ireland 44–10 Romania

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.