IRELAND  39 V ROMANIA  8
  COMPETITION: Friendly
  VENUE: Thomond Park, Limerick DATE: 7 September 2002 SPECTATORS: 15,000
  REFEREE: Giulio De Santis (Italy) HALFTIME: 32 - 3  
  SCORERS: SCORERS:
  TRIES: Hayes, Gleeson, O'Driscoll, Henderson, Penalty TRIES: Maftei
  CONVERSIONS: O'Gara (3), Humphreys CONVERSIONS:
  PENALTY GOALS: O'Gara (2) PENALTY GOALS: Tofan
  DROPPED GOALS: DROPPED GOALS:
     
15 Giorvan Dempsey Leinster 15 Gabriel Brezoianu Begles-Bordeaux RFC, France
14 John Kelly Munster 14 Mihai Vioreanu De La Salle RFC, Ireland
13 Kevin Maggs Bath RFC, England 13 Valentin Maftei Paloise RFC, France
12 Brian O'Driscoll (22) Leinster 12 Romeo Gontinec (C) (22) Aurillac RFC, France
11 Denis Hickie Leinster 11 Cristian Sauan Rovigo RFC, Italy
10 Ronan O'Gara (21) Munster 10 Ionut Tofan (21) Metro-Racing RFC, France
9 Peter Stringer (20) Munster 9 Lucian Sirbu (20) Metro-Racing RFC, France
8 Anthony Foley (C) (18) Munster 8 Alexandru Manta Begles-Bordeau RFC, France
7 Keith Gleeson Leinster 7 Alin Petrache Metro-Racing RFC, France
6 Simon Easterby (19) Llanelli RFC, Wales 6 George Chiriac (17 temp.) Farul Constanta RFC
5 Malcolm O'Kelly Leinster 5 Cristian Petre Metro-Racing RFC, France
4 Gary Longwell Ulster 4 Marius Dragomir (18) Dijon RFC, France
3 Reg Corrigan Leinster 3 Marius Tincu Paloise RFC, France
2 Shane Byrne Leinster 2 Razvan Mavrodin (17) Perpignan RFC, France
1 John Hayes Munster 1 Marian Dumitru (16) Aurillac RFC, France
   
16 Paul Shields 16 Petrisor Toderasc (1) Farul Constanta RFC
17 Paul Wallace (19 temp.) Leinster 17 Dan Tudosa (6 temp.) (2) Metro-Racing RFC, France
18 Leo Cullen (8) Leinster 18 Augustin Petrechei (4) Perpignan RFC, France
19 Victor Costello (6) (17 temp,) Leinster 19 Florin Corodeanu Grenoble RFC, France
20 Guy Easterby (9) Llanelli RFC, Wales 20 Cristian Podea (9) Universistat Cluj RFC
21 David Humphreys (10) Ulster 21 Roland Vusec (10) Tours RFC, France
22 Rob Henderson (12) Munster 22 Marius Picoiu (12) lavelanetien RFC, France
   
  COACH: Eddie O'Sullivan COACH: Bernard Charreyre
           
MATCH NOTES
Sources-www.rugby.ro, www.irishrugby.ie, www.scrum.com, Grainne Gaynor (Irish RFU)
Usual hooker and captain Keith Wood was unavailable due to the recent death of his brother.
Missing data/information
1) Paul Shield's club affiliation