Irish get tip-off on Russian job

ROMANIA vice captain Alin Petrache has simple advice for Ireland ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Russia — don’t give them the ball.

Petrache was in the Romanian side which beat Russia 27-22 in Krasnodar last March and then overcame Georgia in Tbilisi a fortnight later.

Now Eddie O'Sullivan's team face Russia at the end of the month in Krasnoyarsk before taking on the Georgians at Lansdowne Road a week later on September 28.