Ireland cruised through a spirited Romanian side.
THE VIBE
The Irish made hard work of the Romanians. The first half opened promisingly with Ireland dominating the possession but struggling to break the Romanian’s defense to put the points on the board, in the 15th minute it looked like a piece of Simon Zebo magic had Ireland’s first try except his toe was still in touch when he regathered the ball.
Tommy Bowe eventually scoring the first try in the 19th minute, Keith Earls scored in the Ireland’s second try in the 29th minute. With Ireland only scoring only two first half try’s you got the feeling you would see more in attack from the Irish back line in the second half and when the Romanian’s had a player sent off the flood gates opened.
Romania finished the game with a late well deserved try after some great defense pressure in the last 10 minutes they finally got the ball in a scoring position.
SCORE
44-10
(18-3 at half time)
Ireland: – Tries: Bowe 2, Earls 2, R Kearney, Henry Cons: Madigan 4 Pens: Madigan 2
Romania: – Try: Tonita Con: Vlaicu Pen: Calafeteanu
Crowd
The attendance gets a special mention for this one, a new RWC record crowd of 89,267 attended the match. Quiet impressive when you consider the teams playing.
INCIDENTS OF NOTE
When Romanian Csaba Gal was yellow carded in the 60th minute the Irish took full advantage of the man advantage scoring 3 trys.
FEAST YOUR EYES
SHOULD I BOTHER WATCHING IT?
Some nice attacking play but really not worth the time for a neutral.
