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Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Ireland versus Romania at Wembley. Stay tuned for full text commentary.

World Cup / 1st Round
Wembley / 27.09.2015
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10
6
Tries
1
4
Conversions
1
2
Penalties
1
0
Drops
0
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The Editorial Team

Updated 27/09/2015 at 17:34 GMT


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Romania deny Ireland a final try with a last-ditch defensive effort and that's the last of the action.
79'
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Flaicu makes no mistake with a simple conversion and gets Romania up to double figures. That's an impressive achievement for a side who have never given up in the face of a great deal of Irish pressure today.
77'
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TRY! The crowd stand as one to applaud a consolation try for Romania. They go through the phases well and it's Ovidiu Tonita who finishes the move off by crashing over the line under the posts.
75'
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Madigan is on the money again with his conversion to take the lead to over 40 points.
74'
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TRY! Paul O'Connell is on the pitch and makes an immediate impact at the heart of a driving maul. It crashes over the try-line and Chris Henry emerges from the bottom of a pile of bodies with the ball in hands.
72'
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Kearney has been forced from the field with that knock, which will be a cause for concern in the Ireland camp.
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69'
Romania keep scrapping, but knock on to give Ireland the put-in at a scrum and end a rare spell of pressure inside the Irish half.
67'
Madigan's conversion slides wide of the posts in one of the first blots on his copybook in an otherwise excellent individual display. Worrying for Ireland, Kearney is shaking his leg after picking up a blow in the act of scoring the try. Fingers crossed he's ok.
65'
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TRY! Brilliant footwork by Zebo puts him into space down the wing and he unselfishly picks out a pass to give Rob Kearney his first score since coming on as a sub.
63'
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Madigan slots a peach of a conversion to make it 32-3.
62'
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TRY! The man advantage does the trick for Ireland as they use a clever dummy-runner to create the overlap for Tommy Bowe to score in the corner. That's the bonus point in the bag.
61'
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Gal slows down Ireland ball right under his own posts and goes to the bin for ten minutes.
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60'
Jackson is taken out in the air. It goes up to the TMO, but the referee opts to give a bit of leeway to the challenger and gives only a penalty.
58'
Still Ireland search for the bonus point score. Romania's defence has been mightily impressive, but they will be lucky to survive for another 22 minutes.
57'
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Paddy Jackson replaces Payne, with the excellent Madigan shifting into the centres.
56'
The performances of Toner and Healy today will have given Schmidt plenty of food for thought. The thinking is that those two are likely to start upcoming big matches on the bench, but they've both made a strong case for being one of the starting XV.
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54'
Romania clear, but there is no sign of Ireland taking their foot of the gas. They want a bonus point for starters and then as many points as possible.
53'
Kearney's commitment to charge down a clearing kick forces a lineout five metres from the Romanian line.