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REPORT: Ireland 44-10 Romania

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REPORT: Ireland 44-10 Romania

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06:56 27 Sep 2015


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Ireland have made it two wins from two in the Rugby World Cup.

The boys in green have beaten Romania 44-10 in a front of a world record attendance for a rugby match.

89,267 people were in Wembley stadium.

Two tries each from Keith Earls and Tommy Bowe, and one each for Rob Kearney and Chris Henry combined with 14 points from the boot of Ian Madigan have secured another excellent win for Ireland.

Ireland led 18-3 at half-time.

Having been 6-3 ahead courtesy of two Madigan penalties, Simon Zebo and Jared Payne combined to set up Tommy Bowe for Ireland's first try. It went to the TMO and the try was correctly given.

And then Zebo's excellent pass found man of the match Earls who raced over the line.

Earls got his second try of the game, four minutes after half-time. That's his his 7th try in seven world cup games.

Then Tommy Bowe was set up by good play from Paddy Jackson and Eoin Reddan after an hour.

Zebo provided the pass for Rob Kearney for Ireland's fifth try, which secured the bonus point after a slick passing move.

Ireland's 6th try came from Chris Henry with six minutes left.

Romania kicked an early penalty to make it 3-3 and scored a late try and conversion to put their points to the board.

Rob Kearney did go off with what looked like a hamstring injury, hopefully that was just a precaution

Ireland's attention now turns to next Sunday's match against Italy.

They'll be going into that game at the top of pool D, with 10 points from their 2 games.


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