Ireland v Romania, RWC Pool B. Stade De Bordeaux, 14:30 Saturday 9th September 2023. Virgin TV / ITV

thefa · 09-09-2023 4:26pm

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You’d have to say it could have been more with some botched chances but job done and hopefully no knocks.

magic17 · 09-09-2023 4:26pm

Off and running nicely, good stuff

DJIMI TRARORE · 09-09-2023 4:27pm

As expected,a handy win,but no more than a glorified training session,plenty to ponder, mostly the line-out,which was poor against very limited opposition, hopefully no injuries

Faugheen · 09-09-2023 4:27pm

Can’t ask for much more. Ruthless, Sexton got some valuable minutes, plenty of other positives such as performances of Aki and POM at 7.

Good run out. We go again.

GiftofGab · 09-09-2023 4:28pm

Incredible to score over 80 in that heat. Most importantly we got no injuries. Only concern is the line out. No doubt south Africa will target that area.

AndyBoBandy · 09-09-2023 4:29pm

That’ll do nicely.

We Go Again

Clareman · 09-09-2023 4:29pm

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Yeah, they probably left 4 or 5 tries behind them but they usually followed up the miss chances with a score. Very rusty at the start though.

kuang1 · 09-09-2023 4:29pm

That last 3 minutes of the game was really, really pleasing.

Playing on rather than kicking it out with the clock red. Irish teams of old wouldn't have done same.

A brilliant glimpse into the mentality of this camp I think.

Xander10 · 09-09-2023 4:30pm

Professional performance. I thought the Romanian full back put in a good performance.

joseywhales · 09-09-2023 4:31pm

I'm loving Crowley, he could be 10 for the next decade.

JKerova1 · 09-09-2023 4:31pm

Is there really any point in having a team as poor at that in a world cup. Kind of makes a joke of the competition.

Ciaran · 09-09-2023 4:32pm

Is the man of the match award a fan for the heat?

Clareman · 09-09-2023 4:32pm

PoM man of the match.

Sounds great craic in the stadium, jaysus to be there with a feed of cold beers would be heaven.

09-09-2023 4:33pm

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They qualified, they deserve to be there.

If we want massive growth, in T2, we need to give them regular tests

Clareman · 09-09-2023 4:34pm

I flicked over to VM and they are talking about the schedule of matches, ffs this has been discussed to death can we talk about the game where we scored 82 points and we've stuff to work on.

Furze99 · 09-09-2023 4:34pm

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Lot of hard tackling & big hits for a 'glorified training session'! Ireland were a bit like KK of yore in hurling or even the ABs, winning easily but kept of being relentless. Tries and points may come into it yet I guess.

Clareman · 09-09-2023 4:34pm

Do VM have any video analysis? They are talking about McCarthy but aren't showing anything he did surely AWJ could be talking over a video of his try at least.

JRant · 09-09-2023 4:35pm

Someone else called but but Do all must have picked MOTM today.

This is a team carrying a favourites tag putting a minnow to the sword. I remember we struggled against similar teams in previous WCs. This was a really got hit our for them and they'll have plenty to work on. Great day all-round. Hope the fans enjoy themselves this evening.

fitz · 09-09-2023 4:35pm

POM was very good, but POTM? No. Who picked that?!

Long Sean Silver · 09-09-2023 4:35pm

80 points in 35 Degree heat. well if that was a slow start, then it aint bad. opposition aside, a great start.

i agree the lineouts looked a bit iffy, but that can/will be worked on.

Onwards & Upwards lads!

Clareman · 09-09-2023 4:36pm

I reckon if Kearney and Williams were down the local I'd go somewhere else to watch the match.

Furze99 · 09-09-2023 4:37pm

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POTM? I thought that was for wokey media :)

McFly85 · 09-09-2023 4:38pm

Very good performance. Lineout needs to be worked on but a lot of lovely interplay in tricky conditions. Loved seeing the determination to get over the 80 at the end too. Go again next week.