Ireland 37 Romania 3

In Bucharest, Ireland beat hosts Romania 37-3 before some 2000 spectators, scoring four tries to nil, all in the second half after leading 9-3 at half-time.

Although Ireland had no real difficulty in winning, Romania started well and scored first, through a penalty by Ionut Tofan.  But in that half, Irish stand-off David Humphreys scored three penalties.

Ireland came close to scoring in the fourth minute of the second half when only Brezoianu's desperation tackle stopped Tyrone Howe from scoring.  Anthony Foley got Ireland's first try a quarter of an hour into the half and it was followed by tries by Kevin Maggs, Mick Galwey and finally Jonathan Bell.

The Teams:

Ireland:  1 Peter Clohessy, 2 Frankie Sheahan, 3 John Hayes, 4 Mick Galwey, 5 Gary Longwell, 6 Kieron Dawson, 7 Eric Miller, 8 Anthony Foley, 9 Peter Stringer, 10 David Humphreys, 11 Denis Hickie, 12 Mike Mullins, 13 Kevin Maggs, 14 Tyrone Howe, 15 Geordan Murphy
Reserves:  Jonathan Bell, Paul Burke, Shane Byrne, Guy Easterby, David Wallace, Justin Fitzpatrick, Mick O'Driscoll

Romania:  1 Silviu Florea, 2 Petru Balan, 3 Marcel Socaciu, 4 Vasile Nedelcu, 5 Ovidiu Tonita, 6 Marius Bejan, 7 Costica Mersoiu, 8 Florin Corodeanu (c), 9 Lucian Sirbu, 10 Ionut Tofan, 11 Vasile Ghioc, 12 Nicolae Oprea, 13 Valentin Maftei, 14 Ioan Teodorescu, 15 Gabriel Brezoianu
Reserves:  Marius Dragomir, Serban Guranescu, Stefan Soare, Petru Balan, Stefan Demici, Cristian Podea

Referee:  Ramage i.

Points Scorers:

Ireland
Tries:  Bell J.C. 1, Foley A.G. 1, Galwey M.J. 1, Maggs K.M. 1
Conv:  Burke P.A. 1, Humphreys D.G. 3
Pen K.:  Humphreys D.G. 3

Romania

Pen K.:  Tofan I.R. 1