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Full time26 November 2005
Ireland
43–12
Romania
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, IrelandHead-to-head

Ireland won by 31 points.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · David Humphreys2–0
  2. –CIreland conversion · David Humphreys4–0
  3. –CIreland conversion · David Humphreys6–0
  4. –CIreland conversion · David Humphreys8–0
  5. –CIreland conversion · David Humphreys10–0
  6. –PIreland penalty · David Humphreys13–0
  7. –TIreland try · Geordan Murphy18–0
  8. –TIreland try · Andrew Trimble23–0
  9. –TIreland try · Andrew Trimble28–0
  10. –TIreland try · Neil Best33–0
  11. –TIreland try · Jonny O'Connor38–0
  12. –TIreland try · Girvan Dempsey43–0
  13. –PRomania penalty · Petre Mitu43–3
  14. –PRomania penalty · Petre Mitu43–6
  15. –PRomania penalty · Petre Mitu43–9
  16. –PRomania penalty · Petre Mitu43–12

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Shane ByrneHooker
  3. 3Simon BestProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Leo CullenSecond row
  6. 6Neil BestFlanker
  7. 7Jonny O'ConnorFlanker
  8. 8Denis LeamyNumber 8
  9. 9Kieran CampbellScrum-half
  10. 10David HumphreysFly-half
  11. 11Tommy BoweWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Andrew TrimbleCentre
  14. 14Shane HorganWing
  15. 15Geordan MurphyFull-back
  16. 16Jerry FlanneryBench
  17. 17John HayesBench
  18. 18Mick O'DriscollBench
  19. 19Simon EasterbyBench
  20. 20Peter StringerBench
  21. 21Ronan O'GaraBench
  22. 22Girvan DempseyBench

Romania

  1. 1Petru BalanProp
  2. 2Marius TincuHooker
  3. 3Petrisor ToderascProp
  4. 4Sorin SocolSecond row
  5. 5Cristian PetreSecond row
  6. 6Florin CorodeanuFlanker
  7. 7Alexandru MantaFlanker
  8. 8Ovidiu TonitaNumber 8
  9. 9Petre MituScrum-half
  10. 10Tiberius Ionut DimofteFly-half
  11. 11Ioan TeodorescuWing
  12. 12Valentin MafteiCentre
  13. 13Ionut TofanCentre
  14. 14Gabriel BrezoianuWing
  15. 15Catalin FercuFull-back
  16. 16Cezar PopescuBench
  17. 17Marcel SocaciuBench
  18. 18Costica MersoiuBench
  19. 19Cosmin RatiuBench
  20. 20Lucian Mihai SirbuBench
  21. 21Csaba GalBench
  22. 22Dan VladBench

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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.