Ireland wear down Romania for bonus-point victory

Ireland’s Keith Earls scores their second try against Romania in London yesterday. (AFP)

Ireland wore down a dogged Romania side to claim a comfortable 44-10 Rugby World Cup bonus-point victory at Wembley yesterday.
Irish wingers Tommy Bowe and Keith Earls grabbed two tries apiece while fullback Rob Kearney and flanker Chris Henry also crossed the line to put their side top of Pool D.
The Irish led 18-3 at halftime and only cut loose in the second half after the sin-binning of Romania centre Csaba Gal.
Romania lock Ovidiu Tonita crashed over for a consolation try in the dying minutes.
The clash drew the biggest attendance in the tournament’s history, with 89,267 fans packed into Wembley Stadium.
The crowd at the 90,000-capacity stadium, home to England’s national soccer team, broke the previous record of 89,019 for New Zealand’s victory over Argentina at Wembley last week.
Prior to this year’s tournament, the record stood at 82,957 for the 2003 final between England and Australia at Sydney’s Olympic Stadium.