Rupanu’s early try aside, that was largely business as expected for Ireland — five tries, bonus point secured, and a performance that was good without being anywhere near great.Johnny Sexton gets in on the act on his return to rugby – but as he slides in under the post, maybe a touch casually, Jason Tomane is coming behind him to try make a tackle. Tomane’s knee catches Sexton’s hand, and the Ireland out-half doesn’t look best pleased. It looks like a sore one, but hopefully nothing serious.
13 minutes ago 3:12PM 33 mins – So close for Joe McCarthy. He tries to drive over the line but Hinckley Vaovasa makes the tackle and holds him up. 21 minutes ago 3:04PM 26 mins – Another chance goes a-begging. James Lowe catches a long Romanian kick with the sun in his eyes and launches an Ireland counter-attack. Hugo Keenan and Tadhg Beirne both make ground, but when Lowe tries to find Gibson-Park back on the inside, the scrum-half has just overrun the line slightly and the ball goes to ground.
37 minutes 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.
Keith Earls can’t get to a kick down the wing quickly enough, Romania out-half Hinckley Vaovasa gathers, and pops it back inside to his out-half Gabriel Rupanu to run it in under the posts.𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐖 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆!? 🤯— Virgin Media Sport September 9, 2023 Ireland centre Robbie Henshaw has been ruled out of his side’s World Cup opener against Romania in Bordeaux.