Ireland head coach Eddie O’Sullivan has told his pack to expect a bruising collision with Romania’s forwards at Lansdowne Road tomorrow.

IRISH coach Eddie O’Sullivan, quite understandably, fears the strength of the Romanian pack at Lansdowne Road tomorrow but he might also be well advised to keep a watchful eye on a couple of highly promising young backs who played key roles in last week’s late, late 22-20 victory over Canada in Bucharest.

Ireland can expect a bruising forward battle at Lansdowne Road on Saturday after Romania named a pack made up entirely of French-based professionals.

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Romania coach Bernard Charryere expects a tough challenge from Namibia when they clash in Launceston on Thursday with both still in search of their first points at the Rugby World Cup.

Australia made just one change from the side which kicked off their World Cup campaign with a victory over Argentina, Daniel Vickerman coming in at lock for the injured David Giffin for today’s encounter with Romania at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

Australia coach Eddie Jones believes high expectations are his team’s biggest danger going into what should be a relatively comfortable World Cup Pool A match against Romania at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

FEW things annoy a rugby coach, particularly a former hooker like Eddie Jones, as much as having his team’s forward prowess questioned.

Ireland coach Eddie O’Sullivan has admitted some teams have been disadvantaged by the World Cup draw – but he claimed the time for whinging was nine months ago.

Shane Horgan has marked his return to the Irish fold with a try against Romania at Gosford.

Wales caretaker coach Mike Ruddock believes his young side’s victory over Romania will put pressure on the senior players to perform against Scotland this weekend.