TheBreakdown
Full time7 September 2002
Ireland
39–8
Romania
Thomond Park, Limerick, IrelandHead-to-head

Ireland won by 31 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara2–0
  2. 1’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara4–0
  3. 1’CIreland conversion · David Humphreys6–0
  4. 1’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara9–0
  5. 1’TIreland try14–0
  6. 1’TIreland try · Brian O'Driscoll19–0
  7. 1’TIreland try · Rob Henderson24–0
  8. 1’PRomania penalty · Ionut Tofan24–3
  9. 1’TRomania try · Valentin Maftei24–8
  10. 6’TIreland try · John Hayes29–8
  11. 9’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara32–8
  12. 10’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara34–8
  13. 10’TIreland try · Keith Gleeson39–8

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Reggie CorriganProp
  2. 2Shane ByrneHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Gary LongwellSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7Keith GleesonFlanker
  8. 8Anthony FoleyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Denis HickieWing
  12. 12Kevin MaggsCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14John KellyWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Frankie SheahanBench
  17. 17Paul WallaceBench
  18. 18Leo CullenBench
  19. 19Victor CostelloBench
  20. 20Guy EasterbyBench
  21. 21David HumphreysBench
  22. 22Rob HendersonBench

Romania

  1. 1Marius TincuProp
  2. 2Razvan MavrodinHooker
  3. 3Mihai DumitruProp
  4. 4Marius DragomirSecond row
  5. 5Cristian PetreSecond row
  6. 6George ChiriacFlanker
  7. 7Alexandru MantaFlanker
  8. 8Adrian -Alin PetracheNumber 8
  9. 9Lucian Mihai SirbuScrum-half
  10. 10Ionut TofanFly-half
  11. 11Cristian SauanWing
  12. 12Romeo Stefan GontineacCentre
  13. 13Valentin MafteiCentre
  14. 14Mihai VioreanuWing
  15. 15Gabriel BrezoianuFull-back
  16. Daniel TudosaBench
  17. Petrisor ToderascBench
  18. Marius PicoiuBench
  19. Cristian PodeaBench
  20. Augustin PetricheiBench
  21. Roland VusecBench

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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.