2015 Rugby World Cup Pool D

2015 Rugby World Cup#Pool stage 2015 Rugby World Cup Pool D of the 2015 Rugby World Cup began on 19 September and was completed on 11 October 2015.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/22381109 World Cup 2015 schedule 2 May 2013 2 May 2013 BBC Sport The pool was composed of France (the 2011 runners-up), Ireland and Italy – who all qualified automatically for the tournament due to finishing in the top three positions in their pools in 2011 – joined by the top American qualifier, Canada, and the second European qualifier, Romania. The top two teams; Ireland and France qualified for the quarter-finals.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/32430465 Rugby World Cup 2015: fixtures, results and standings 23 April 2015 BBC Sport 4 November 2015 Standings Matches All times are local United Kingdom time (UTC+01) Ireland vs Canada 19 September 2015 14:30 IRE 50–7 Report CAN O'Brien 18' cHenderson 25' cSexton 28' mD. Kearney 35' cCronin 66' cR. Kearney 73' cPayne 76' c Sexton (3/4) 19', 26', 37'Madigan (3/3) 67', 74', 77' Sexton (1/1) 14' Van der Merwe 68' c Hirayama (1/1) 69' Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 68,523 Glen Jackson (New Zealand) _IrelandkitRWC _greentop 006238 006238 006238 ffffff 006238 Ireland _Canadaleftrwc _CanadaRWC _Canadarightrwc _CanadashortsRWCb _CanadasocksRWC ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 000000 ff0000 Canada FB 15Rob Kearney 79RW 14David KearneyOC 13Jared PayneIC 12Luke FitzgeraldLW 11Keith EarlsFH 10Johnny Sexton 56SH 9 Conor Murray 66N8 8 Jamie HeaslipOF 7 Seán O'Brien 63BF 6 Peter O'MahonyRL 5 Paul O'Connell (c) 42 74LL 4 Iain HendersonTP 3 Mike Ross 61HK 2 Rory Best 61LP 1 Jack McGrath 61Replacements:HK 16Seán Cronin 61PR 17Cian Healy 61PR 18Nathan White 61LK 19Donnacha Ryan 74FL 20Chris Henry 63SH 21Eoin Reddan 66FH 22Ian Madigan 56WG 23Simon Zebo 79Coach:NZL Joe Schmidt350px FB 15Matt Evans 41RW 14Jeff Hassler 41OC 13Ciaran HearnIC 12Nick BlevinsLW 11D. T. H. van der MerweFH 10Nathan HirayamaSH 9 Gordon McRorie 48N8 8 Aaron CarpenterOF 7 John MoonlightBF 6 Kyle Gilmour 48RL 5 Jamie Cudmore (c) 17LL 4 Brett BeukeboomTP 3 Doug Wooldridge 66HK 2 Ray Barkwill 63LP 1 Hubert Buydens 48Replacements:HK 16Benoît Piffero 63PR 17Djustice Sears-Duru 48PR 18Andrew Tiedemann 66FL 19Jebb Sinclair 48N8 20Richard Thorpe 75SH 21Phil Mack 48FH 22Liam Underwood 41 75CE 23Conor Trainor 41Coach:NZL Kieran Crowley thumb 2015 Rugby World Cup Ireland vs Canada Man of the Match: Johnny Sexton (Ireland) Touch judges: Pascal Gaüzère (France) Mike Fraser (New Zealand) Television match official: Ben Skeen (New Zealand) France vs Italy 19 September 2015 20:00 FRA 32–10 Report ITA Slimani 44' cMas 69' c Michalak (2/2) 45', 70' Michalak (5/7) 7', 11', 28', 40', 42'Spedding (1/1) 38' Venditti 52' c Allan (1/1) 53' Allan (1/2) 34' Twickenham Stadium, London 76,232 Craig Joubert (South Africa) _Francekit15b _Francesocks15b DE0023 ffffff DE0023 ffffff FFFFFF France _italybody15 _Italyshorts15 _italysocks15 008ACD 008ACD 008ACD 000040 008ACD Italy FB 15Scott SpeddingRW 14Yoann Huget 55OC 13Mathieu BastareaudIC 12Alexandre DumoulinLW 11Noa NakaitaciFH 10Frédéric Michalak 76SH 9 Sébastien Tillous-Borde 57N8 8 Louis Picamoles 66OF 7 Damien ChoulyBF 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c)RL 5 Yoann Maestri 69LL 4 Pascal PapéTP 3 Rabah Slimani 63HK 2 Guilhem Guirado 67LP 1 Eddy Ben Arous 61Replacements:HK 16Benjamin Kayser 67PR 17Vincent Debaty 61PR 18Nicolas Mas 63FL 19Bernard Le Roux 66LK 20Alexandre Flanquart 69SH 21Morgan Parra 57FH 22Rémi Talès 76CE 23Gaël Fickou 55Coach:FRA Philippe Saint-André350px FB 15Luke McLeanRW 14Leonardo SartoOC 13Michele CampagnaroIC 12Andrea Masi 11LW 11Giovanbattista VendittiFH 10Tommaso Allan 79SH 9 Edoardo Gori 72N8 8 Samuela VunisaOF 7 Francesco Minto 61BF 6 Alessandro ZanniRL 5 Joshua Furno 72LL 4 Quintin GeldenhuysTP 3 Martin Castrogiovanni 50HK 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini (c) 61LP 1 Matías Agüero 50Replacements:HK 16Andrea Manici 61PR 17Michele Rizzo 50PR 18Lorenzo Cittadini 50LK 19Valerio Bernabò 72FL 20Simone Favaro 61SH 21Guglielmo Palazzani 72FH 22Carlo Canna 79CE 23Enrico Bacchin 11Coach:FRA Jacques Brunel Man of the Match: Louis Picamoles (France) Touch judges: John Lacey (Ireland) Stuart Berry (South Africa) Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa) Notes: Martin Castrogiovanni became Italy's most capped player with 114 caps.http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/story/275323.html Huget injury overshadows France victory 19 September 2015 ESPN 24 September 2015 France vs Romania 23 September 2015 20:00 FRA 38–11 Report ROM Guitoune (2) 30' c, 66' cNyanga 34' cFofana 69' cFickou 79' c Parra (3/3) 32', 35', 67'Kockott (2/2) 71', 79' Parra (1/1) 8' V. Ursache 74' m Vlaicu (2/3) 20', 40' Olympic Stadium, London 50,626 Jaco Peyper (South Africa) _franceleft15 _francebody15 _franceright15 _francesocks15 000066 000066 000066 161C56 ff0000 France _RomanialeftRWC _RomaniakitRWC _RomaniarightRWC _Romaniashorts _Romaniasocks FFE60D FFE60D FFE60D 002B89 D52B1E Romania FB 15Brice DulinRW 14Sofiane GuitouneOC 13Gaël FickouIC 12Wesley FofanaLW 11Noa NakaitaciFH 10Rémi TalèsSH 9 Morgan Parra 68N8 8 Louis Picamoles 50OF 7 Fulgence OuedraogoBF 6 Yannick NyangaRL 5 Alexandre FlanquartLL 4 Bernard Le RouxTP 3 Uini Atonio 50HK 2 Dimitri Szarzewski (c) 23 32 50LP 1 Vincent Debaty 68Replacements:HK 16Benjamin Kayser 23 32 50PR 17Eddy Ben Arous 68PR 18Nicolas Mas 50LK 19Yoann MaestriN8 20Damien Chouly 50SH 21Rory Kockott 68FH 22Frédéric MichalakCE 23Mathieu BastareaudCoach:FRA Philippe Saint-André350px FB 15Cătălin FercuRW 14Mădălin LemnaruOC 13Paula KinikinilauIC 12Florin VlaicuLW 11Adrian Apostol 72FH 10Dănuț Dumbravă 47SH 9 Florin Surugiu 73N8 8 Mihai Macovei (c)OF 7 Viorel Lucaci 72BF 6 Valentin Ursache 36 40RL 5 Johan van HeerdenLL 4 Valentin Popârlan 68TP 3 Paulică Ion 30 73HK 2 Otar Turashvili 59LP 1 Mihai Lazăr 71Replacements:HK 16Andrei Rădoi 59PR 17Andrei Ursache 71PR 18Horațiu Pungea 36 40 73N8 19Ovidiu Tonița 68FL 20Stelian Burcea 72SH 21Valentin Calafeteanu 73WG 22Ionuț Botezatu 72CE 23Csaba Gál 47Coach:WAL Lynn Howells Man of the Match: Wesley Fofana (France) Touch judges: Craig Joubert (South Africa) Federico Anselmi (Argentina) Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia) Italy vs Canada 26 September 2015 14:30 ITA 23–18 Report CAN Rizzo 17' cGarcía 58' c Allan (2/2) 18', 59' Allan (3/3) 25', 40', 80' Van der Merwe 15' cEvans 44' m Hirayama (1/2) 16' Hirayama (2/3) 14', 72' Elland Road, Leeds 33,120 George Clancy (Ireland) _italybody15 _Italyshorts15 _italysocks15 008ACD 008ACD 008ACD 000040 008ACD Italy _Canadaleftrwc _CanadaRWC _Canadarightrwc _CanadashortsRWCb _CanadasocksRWC ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 000000 ff0000 Canada FB 15Luke McLeanRW 14Leonardo SartoOC 13Tommaso Benvenuti 59IC 12Gonzalo García 73LW 11Giovanbattista VendittiFH 10Tommaso Allan 32 40SH 9 Edoardo GoriN8 8 Samuela Vunisa 58OF 7 Francesco MintoBF 6 Alessandro ZanniRL 5 Joshua FurnoLL 4 Quintin Geldenhuys 79TP 3 Lorenzo Cittadini 47HK 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini (c) 59LP 1 Michele Rizzo 47Replacements:HK 16Davide Giazzon 59PR 17Matías Agüero 47PR 18Martin Castrogiovanni 47LK 19Marco Fuser 79FL 20Mauro Bergamasco 58SH 21Guglielmo Palazzani 73FH 22Carlo Canna 32 40CE 23Michele Campagnaro 59Coach:FRA Jacques Brunel350px FB 15Matt EvansRW 14Phil MackenzieOC 13Ciaran HearnIC 12Connor Braid 14LW 11D. T. H. van der MerweFH 10Nathan Hirayama 73SH 9 Jamie Mackenzie 56N8 8 Tyler Ardron (c)OF 7 John MoonlightBF 6 Nanyak Dala 59RL 5 Jamie Cudmore 72LL 4 Jebb SinclairTP 3 Doug Wooldridge 65HK 2 Ray Barkwill 58LP 1 Hubert Buydens 56Replacements:HK 16Aaron Carpenter 58PR 17Djustice Sears-Duru 56PR 18Andrew Tiedemann 65LK 19Evan Olmstead 72FL 20Kyle Gilmour 59SH 21Phil Mack 56CE 22Conor Trainor 14FB 23Harry Jones 73Coach:NZL Kieran Crowley Man of the Match: D. T. H. van der Merwe (Canada) Touch judges: Glen Jackson (New Zealand) Mike Fraser (New Zealand) Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia) Notes: Mauro Bergamasco equalled Samoa's Brian Lima record of competing in five consecutive Rugby World Cup tournaments.Italy fire up their World Cup campaign with comeback win over Canada https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/sep/26/italy-canada-rugby-world-cup-match-report The Guardian 26 September 2015 29 September 2015 Ireland vs Romania 27 September 2015 16:45 IRE 44–10 Report ROM Bowe (2) 19' c, 62' cEarls (2) 29' m, 44' cKearney 65' mHenry 74' c Madigan (4/6) 21', 45', 63', 75' Madigan (2/2) 8', 18' Tonița 78' c Vlaicu (1/1) 79' Calafeteanu (1/1) 11' Wembley Stadium, London 89,267 Craig Joubert (South Africa) _IrelandkitRWC _greentop 006238 006238 006238 ffffff 006238 Ireland _Fijileft15 _RomaniakitbRWC _Fijiright15 _Romshorts _ 000030 FFFFFF 000030 000000 000000 Romania FB 15Simon ZeboRW 14Tommy BoweOC 13Jared Payne 58IC 12Darren CaveLW 11Keith Earls 49 56 64FH 10Ian MadiganSH 9 Eoin ReddanN8 8 Jamie Heaslip (c) 60OF 7 Chris HenryBF 6 Jordi MurphyRL 5 Devin TonerLL 4 Donnacha Ryan 64TP 3 Nathan White 64HK 2 Richardt Strauss 60LP 1 Cian Healy 54Replacements:HK 16Seán Cronin 60PR 17Jack McGrath 54PR 18Tadhg Furlong 64LK 19Paul O'Connell 64FL 20Seán O'Brien 60SH 21Conor Murray 71FH 22Paddy Jackson 58FB 23Rob Kearney 49 56 64 71Coach:NZL Joe Schmidt350px FB 15Cătălin FercuRW 14Adrian Apostol 54OC 13Paula KinikinilauIC 12Csaba Gál 61LW 11Ionuț BotezatuFH 10Michael Wiringi 68SH 9 Valentin Calafeteanu 68N8 8 Daniel CarpoOF 7 Mihai Macovei (c) 68BF 6 Viorel Lucaci 61RL 5 Ovidiu TonițaLL 4 Valentin PopârlanTP 3 Paulică Ion 54HK 2 Andrei Rădoi 56LP 1 Andrei Ursache 68Replacements:HK 16Otar Turashvili 56PR 17Mihai Lazăr 68PR 18Alexandru Țăruș 54LK 19Johan van Heerden 61FL 20Stelian Burcea 68SH 21Florin Surugiu 68WG 22Florin Ioniță 54CE 23Florin Vlaicu 68Coach:WAL Lynn Howells thumb 2015 Rugby World Cup Ireland vs Romania Man of the Match: Keith Earls (Ireland) Touch judges: Romain Poite (France) Leighton Hodges (Wales) Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa) Notes: The match attendance of 89,267 surpassed the Rugby World Cup's previous record of 89,019, set just seven days earlier during the match between New Zealand and Argentina.http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/101616 RWC 2015 breaks another record at Wembley Stadium rugbybworldcup.com rugbyworldcup.com 14 September 2017Ireland 44-10 Romania https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/34369681 BBC Sport 27 September 2015 29 September 2015 This was the 300th match in Rugby World Cup history.https://twitter.com/rugbyworldcup/status/648162447749083136 x.com France vs Canada 1 October 2015 20:00 FRA 41–18 Report CAN Fofana 4' cGuirado 28' cSlimani 38' cPapé 67' cGrosso 74' c Michalak (4/4) 5', 30', 39', 67'Parra (1/1) 76' Michalak (2/2) 14', 59' Van der Merwe 31' cCarpenter 34' m Hirayama (1/2) 32' Hirayama (2/2) 42', 56' Stadium mk, Milton Keynes 28,145 JP Doyle (England) _franceleft15 _francebody15 _franceright15 _francesocks15 000066 000066 000066 161C56 ff0000 France _Canadaleftrwc _CanadaRWC _Canadarightrwc _CanadashortsRWCb _CanadasocksRWC ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 000000 ff0000 Canada FB 15Scott SpeddingRW 14Rémy GrossoOC 13Mathieu Bastareaud 70IC 12Wesley FofanaLW 11Brice DulinFH 10Frédéric Michalak 68SH 9 Sébastien Tillous-Borde 59N8 8 Damien Chouly 73OF 7 Bernard Le Roux 68BF 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c)RL 5 Yoann MaestriLL 4 Pascal PapéTP 3 Rabah Slimani 63HK 2 Guilhem Guirado 59LP 1 Eddy Ben Arous 59Replacements:HK 16Benjamin Kayser 59PR 17Vincent Debaty 59PR 18Nicolas Mas 63FL 19Yannick Nyanga 68FL 20Fulgence Ouedraogo 73SH 21Morgan Parra 59FH 22Rémi Talès 68CE 23Alexandre Dumoulin 70Coach:FRA Philippe Saint-André350px FB 15Matt Evans 37RW 14Phil Mackenzie 68OC 13Ciaran HearnIC 12Nick BlevinsLW 11D. T. H. van der MerweFH 10Nathan HirayamaSH 9 Phil Mack 66N8 8 Tyler Ardron (c) 19OF 7 Richard Thorpe 48BF 6 Kyle GilmourRL 5 Jamie CudmoreLL 4 Brett BeukeboomTP 3 Doug Wooldridge 68HK 2 Aaron Carpenter 62LP 1 Hubert Buydens 48Replacements:HK 16Ray Barkwill 48PR 17Djustice Sears-Duru 48PR 18Andrew Tiedemann 68LK 19Evan Olmstead 62FL 20Nanyak Dala 72 19SH 21Gordon McRorie 66FB 22Harry Jones 37 64 68CE 23Conor Trainor 64Coach:NZL Kieran Crowley Man of the Match: Frédéric Michalak (France) Touch judges: Wayne Barnes (England) Angus Gardner (Australia) Television match official: Graham Hughes (England) Notes: Rémy Grosso (France) made his international debut.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/34395554 Rugby World Cup 2015: France 41-18 Canada 1 October 2015 BBC Sport 2 October 2015 Ireland vs Italy 4 October 2015 16:45 IRE 16–9 Report ITA Earls 19' c Sexton (1/1) 20' Sexton (3/5) 9', 58', 62' Allan (3/3) 15', 24', 52' Olympic Stadium, London 53,187 Jérôme Garcès (France) _IrelandkitRWC _greentop 006238 006238 006238 ffffff 006238 Ireland _italybody15 _Italyshorts15 _italysocks15 008ACD 008ACD 008ACD 000040 008ACD Italy FB 15Simon ZeboRW 14Tommy BoweOC 13Keith Earls 76IC 12Robbie HenshawLW 11Dave KearneyFH 10Johnny SextonSH 9 Conor MurrayN8 8 Jamie HeaslipOF 7 Seán O'Brien 67BF 6 Peter O'Mahony 72RL 5 Paul O'Connell (c)LL 4 Iain Henderson 67TP 3 Mike Ross 59HK 2 Rory Best 70LP 1 Jack McGrath 59Replacements:HK 16Seán Cronin 70PR 17Cian Healy 59PR 18Nathan White 59LK 19Devin Toner 67FL 20Chris Henry 67SH 21Eoin ReddanFH 22Ian MadiganWG 23Luke Fitzgerald 76Coach:NZL Joe Schmidt350px FB 15Luke McLeanRW 14Leonardo SartoOC 13Michele CampagnaroIC 12Gonzalo García 4LW 11Giovanbattista VendittiFH 10Tommaso Allan 65SH 9 Edoardo Gori 76N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c) 65OF 7 Simone Favaro 67BF 6 Francesco MintoRL 5 Joshua FurnoLL 4 Quintin GeldenhuysTP 3 Lorenzo Cittadini 62HK 2 Andrea Manici 40LP 1 Matías Agüero 62 72Replacements:HK 16Davide Giazzon 40PR 17Michele Rizzo 62 72PR 18Dario Chistolini 62FL 19Alessandro Zanni 65FL 20Mauro Bergamasco 67SH 21Guglielmo Palazzani 76FH 22Carlo Canna 65CE 23Tommaso Benvenuti 4Coach:FRA Jacques Brunel Man of the Match: Iain Henderson (Ireland) Touch judges: Pascal Gaüzère (France) Angus Gardner (Australia) Television match official: Graham Hughes (England) Canada vs Romania 6 October 2015 16:45 CAN 15–17 Report ROM Van der Merwe 33' mHassler 44' c Hirayama (1/1) 45' McRorie (1/4) 11' Macovei (2) 53' c, 74' c Vlaicu (2/2) 54', 75' Vlaicu (1/3) 78' Leicester City Stadium, Leicester 27,153 Wayne Barnes (England) _Canadaleftrwc _CanadaRWC _Canadarightrwc _CanadashortsRWCb _CanadasocksRWC ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 000000 ff0000 Canada _Fijileft15 _RomaniakitbRWC _Fijiright15 _Romshorts _ 000030 FFFFFF 000030 000000 000000 Romania FB 15Harry Jones 75RW 14Jeff HasslerOC 13Ciaran HearnIC 12Nick Blevins 50LW 11D. T. H. van der MerweFH 10Nathan HirayamaSH 9 Gordon McRorie 50N8 8 Aaron CarpenterOF 7 John Moonlight 63BF 6 Jebb Sinclair 72RL 5 Jamie Cudmore (c)LL 4 Brett BeukeboomTP 3 Doug Wooldridge 68HK 2 Ray BarkwillLP 1 Hubert Buydens 46 54 62Replacements:HK 16Benoît PifferoPR 17Djustice Sears-Duru 46 54 62PR 18Jake Ilnicki 68FL 19Kyle GilmourFL 20Nanyak Dala 63SH 21Phil Mack 50CE 22Conor Trainor 50FB 23James Pritchard 75Coach:NZL Kieran Crowley350px FB 15Cătălin Fercu 20RW 14Mădălin LemnaruOC 13Paula KinikinilauIC 12Florin VlaicuLW 11Ionuț BotezatuFH 10Michael Wiringi 52SH 9 Florin Surugiu 23N8 8 Mihai Macovei (c)OF 7 Viorel Lucaci 77BF 6 Valentin UrsacheRL 5 Johan van HeerdenLL 4 Valentin PopârlanTP 3 Paulică Ion 46HK 2 Otar Turashvili 66LP 1 Mihai Lazăr 75Replacements:HK 16Andrei Rădoi 66PR 17Andrei Ursache 46PR 18Alexandru Țăruș 75N8 19Daniel Carpo 77FL 20Stelian BurceaSH 21Valentin Calafeteanu 23WG 22Adrian ApostolCE 23Csaba Gál 52Coach:WAL Lynn Howells Man of the Match: Jeff Hassler (Canada) Touch judges: Glen Jackson (New Zealand) Marius Mitrea (Italy) Television match official: Ben Skeen (New Zealand) Notes: Mihai Lazăr and Valentin Popârlan (Romania) earned their 50th test caps.Vlaicu completes dramatic comeback for Romania http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/story/277625.html ESPN 6 October 2015 9 October 2015 This match was the biggest comeback in Rugby World Cup history.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/34439427 Rugby World Cup 2015: Canada 15-17 Romania BBC Sport 6 October 2015 14 September 2017 Italy vs Romania 11 October 2015 14:30 ITA 32–22 Report ROM Sarto 10' mGori 24' cAllan 39' cZanni 46' c Allan (3/4) 25', 40', 48' Allan (2/2) 16', 70' Apostol (2) 66' c, 79' mPopârlan 75' c Vlaicu (2/3) 67', 76' Vlaicu (1/1) 5' Sandy Park, Exeter 11,450 Romain Poite (France) _italybody15 _Italyshorts15 _italysocks15 008ACD 008ACD 008ACD 000040 008ACD Italy _RomanialeftRWC _RomaniakitRWC _RomaniarightRWC _Romaniashorts _Romaniasocks FFE60D FFE60D FFE60D 002B89 D52B1E Romania FB 15Luke McLean 64RW 14Leonardo SartoOC 13Michele Campagnaro 35IC 12Tommaso BenvenutiLW 11Giovanbattista VendittiFH 10Tommaso AllanSH 9 Edoardo Gori 68N8 8 Alessandro ZanniOF 7 Simone Favaro 64BF 6 Francesco MintoRL 5 Joshua Furno 75LL 4 Quintin Geldenhuys (c)TP 3 Lorenzo Cittadini 56HK 2 Andrea Manici 56LP 1 Matías Agüero 56Replacements:HK 16Davide Giazzon 56PR 17Alberto De Marchi 56PR 18Dario Chistolini 56LK 19Valerio Bernabò 75FL 20Samuela Vunisa 64SH 21Guglielmo Palazzani 64FH 22Carlo Canna 68CE 23Enrico Bacchin 35Coach:FRA Jacques Brunel350px FB 15Cătălin FercuRW 14Mădălin LemnaruOC 13Paula KinikinilauIC 12Florin VlaicuLW 11Ionuț Botezatu 64FH 10Michael Wiringi 40SH 9 Valentin Calafeteanu 60N8 8 Daniel CarpoOF 7 Viorel Lucaci 56BF 6 Valentin Ursache (c) 48 56RL 5 Johan van Heerden 16 55LL 4 Valentin PopârlanTP 3 Paulică Ion 40HK 2 Otar Turashvili 58LP 1 Mihai Lazăr 66Replacements:HK 16Andrei Rădoi 58PR 17Andrei Ursache 40PR 18Horațiu Pungea 66LK 19Marius Antonescu 55FL 20Stelian Burcea 48SH 21Tudorel Bratu 60WG 22Adrian Apostol 64CE 23Csaba Gál 40Coach:WAL Lynn Howells Man of the Match: Edoardo Gori (Italy) Touch judges: George Clancy (Ireland) Mathieu Raynal (France) Television match official: Ben Skeen (New Zealand) Notes: Andrei Rădoi (Romania) earned his 50th test cap.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/34491573 Rugby World Cup 2015: Italy 32-22 Romania 11 October 2015 BBC Sport 13 October 2015 Tudorel Bratu (Romania) made his international debut.September 2020 France vs Ireland 11 October 2015 16:45 FRA 9–24 Report IRE Spedding (2/3) 16', 23'Parra (1/1) 64' R. Kearney 50' mMurray 72' c Madigan (1/2) 73' Sexton (2/2) 13', 19'Madigan (2/2) 29', 77' Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 72,163 Nigel Owens (Wales) _franceleft15 _francebody15 _franceright15 _francesocks15 000066 000066 000066 161C56 ff0000 France _IrelandkitRWC _greentop 006238 006238 006238 ffffff 006238 Ireland FB 15Scott SpeddingRW 14Noa NakaitaciOC 13Mathieu Bastareaud 62IC 12Wesley FofanaLW 11Brice DulinFH 10Frédéric Michalak 55SH 9 Sébastien Tillous-Borde 55N8 8 Louis PicamolesOF 7 Damien Chouly 55BF 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c)RL 5 Yoann MaestriLL 4 Pascal Papé 73TP 3 Rabah Slimani 64HK 2 Guilhem Guirado 59LP 1 Eddy Ben Arous 43 48 65Replacements:HK 16Benjamin Kayser 59PR 17Vincent Debaty 43 48 65PR 18Nicolas Mas 64LK 19Alexandre Flanquart 73FL 20Bernard Le Roux 55SH 21Morgan Parra 55FH 22Rémi Talès 55CE 23Alexandre Dumoulin 62Coach:FRA Philippe Saint-André350px FB 15Rob KearneyRW 14Tommy BoweOC 13Keith Earls 62IC 12Robbie HenshawLW 11Dave KearneyFH 10Johnny Sexton 26SH 9 Conor Murray 77N8 8 Jamie HeaslipOF 7 Seán O'BrienBF 6 Peter O'Mahony 55RL 5 Paul O'Connell (c) 40LL 4 Devin TonerTP 3 Mike Ross 65HK 2 Rory Best 73LP 1 Cian Healy 57Replacements:HK 16Richardt Strauss 73PR 17Jack McGrath 57PR 18Nathan White 65LK 19Iain Henderson 40FL 20Chris Henry 55SH 21Eoin Reddan 77FH 22Ian Madigan 26WG 23Luke Fitzgerald 62Coach:NZL Joe Schmidt Man of the Match: Seán O'Brien (Ireland) Touch judges: Wayne Barnes (England) Leighton Hodges (Wales) Television match official: Graham Hughes (England) Notes: Louis Picamoles (France) earned his 50th test cap.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/11/france-ireland-rugby-world-cup-match-report Ireland overpower France to avoid New Zealand in World Cup quarter-finals 11 October 2015 The Guardian 13 October 2015 https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/34496011 Rugby World Cup 2015: Ireland 24-9 France 11 October 2015 BBC Sport 13 October 2015 References External links Official RWC 2015 Site Pool D Category:2015–16 in Irish rugby union Category:2015–16 in French rugby union Category:2015–16 in Italian rugby union Category:2015–16 in Romanian rugby union Category:2015 in Canadian rugby union