| 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 |
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