TRY FOR IRELAND! Ireland 54-8 Romania (Sexton, 63′) Johnny Sexton does it again! Joe McCarthy tries to dive over himself but Romania are putting in some huge tackles – not all of them legal – on their tryline. Murray digs it out for Sexton, and although Bardasu gets down low with the chop tackle, Sexton’s momentum carries him over the line for his second of the afternoon. He converts again, and now has 24 of Ireland’s 54 points.
7 minutes ago 4:15PM TRY FOR IRELAND! Ireland 75-8 Romania
And now Joe McCarthy has his try! Romania fluff the lineout and McCarthy dodges a tackle and runs it in to score. Jack Crowley slots a straightforward conversion for his first World Cup points, and Ireland are closing in on the pre-match spread which started at 62 points. 29 minutes ago 3:53PM 57 mins – Romania are knocking on the door for a second try but as they try to break through the final line of Irish defence, they’re pinged for sealing off, and Ireland clear.Another fine Ireland try, and it’s time it’s Peter O’Mahony who is on the end of Gibson-Park’s zipped pass to score. Sexton converts again, and Ireland’s next score will bring up the 50-point mark.
1 hour ago 3:06PM 28 mins – Tadhg Furlong is playing both sides of the ball! His pass in midfield is intercepted by Jason Tomane, but when Tomane is tackled, it’s Furlong who is right there again to pounce and force the turnover penalty. 1 hour ago 2:48PM 15 mins – Great work from Joe McCarthy there who takes the plaudits of his team-mates. Romania win their own lineout cleanly, but McCarthy is there to hold up the maul and win Ireland the put-in to the scrum.Just like Jamison Gibson-Park before him, Hugo Keenan marks his World Cup debut with a try — and it comes off the back some brilliantly accurately Irish attack play in the Romania 22.
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