Ireland 45–17 Romania, 11 October 2003

Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Central Coast Stadium, Gosford · 11 October 2003Head-to-head

Full-time report

IREIreland45

ROURomania17

Ireland won by 28 points.Half-time 26–0 · Tries 5–2

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Tacklesmademissed

IRE11719

ROU11530

Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops

IRE4/44/40

ROU2/21/10

← 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

Min	Team	What	Score
23′	Ireland	Try, Shane Horgan, converted	14–0
33′	Ireland	Try, Keith Wood, converted	21–0
46′	Romania	Try, converted	26–5
53′	Ireland	Try, Denis Hickie	31–10
58′	Ireland	Try, Victor Costello, converted	36–10
78′	Ireland	Try, Denis Hickie, converted	43–10
80′	Romania	Try, Valentin Maftei, converted	45–15

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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23′Shane Horgan33′Keith Wood46′ROU53′Denis Hickie58′Victor Costello78′Denis Hickie80′Valentin Maftei

IRE

Team stats

ROU

71%Possession29%

103Carries129

491Metres gained354

14Clean breaks4

30Defenders beaten19

112Passes153

10Offloads22

117Tackles made115

19Tackles missed30

65/67Rucks won74/79

11/12Lineouts won19/21

11/12Scrums won5/6

6/8Mauls won10/10

7Turnovers won10

13Penalties conceded11

33Kicks from hand30

1,083Kick metres710

Goal kicking
IRE conversions 4/4, penalties 4/4 · ROU conversions 2/2, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

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Line-ups

Ireland

1Marcus HoranProp
2Keith WoodHooker
3Reggie CorriganProp
4Malcolm O'KellySecond row
5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
6Victor CostelloFlanker
7Keith GleesonFlanker
8Anthony FoleyNumber 8
9Peter StringerScrum-half
10David HumphreysFly-half
11Denis HickieWing
12Kevin MaggsCentre
13Brian O'DriscollCentre
14Shane HorganWing
15Girvan DempseyFull-back
16Shane ByrneBench
17John HayesBench
18Donncha O'CallaghanBench
19Alan QuinlanBench
20Guy EasterbyBench
21Ronan O'GaraBench
22John KellyBench

Romania

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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: 7 September 2002, Ireland 39–8 Romania
Next meeting on record: 26 November 2005

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.