Summary

  • Pool D result: France 38-11 Romania

  • France secure second win of World Cup

  • Guitoune (2), Nyanga, Fofana and Fickou score tries

  • Romania's Ursache goes over for late try

  • 50,226 attendance at London's Olympic Stadium

  1. Full-timepublished at 22:12

    France 38-11 Romania

    And relax. Another delightful day of the Rugby World Cup ends, but we don't have to wait too long for the next match because New Zealand take on Namibia on Thursday at 20:00 BST. 

    "If Japan are minnows, Namibia are plankton," writes Ben Dirs in his article which makes for perfect reading before Thursday's match. 

    Thanks, as always, for joining us. See you again tomorrow. 

  2. As it standspublished at 22:08

    France 38-11 Romania

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  3. Full-timepublished at 22:04

    France 38-11 Romania

    Go on then, I'll give you another stat before we shut this thing down for the night. 

    Yannick Nyanga scored his first try for France since November 2012 ending a run of 16 games without a try, his longest spell without a try for Les Bleus.

    Yannick NyangaImage source, Reuters
  4. Full-timepublished at 22:00

    France 38-11 Romania

    Talking of Sofiane Guitoune, the winger becomes the first player to score a brace for France since Teddy Thomas scored a hat-trick of tries against Fiji in November 2014.

    It is also the first time France have won four games on the bounce since 2012.

  5. Full-timepublished at 21:57

    France 38-11 Romania

    That was a decent match for the 50,000 fans at the Olympic Stadium. Romania offered more of a resistance than many would have predicted, while France scored a few great tries, with Sofiane Guitoune particularly impressing. 

    France v Romania
  6. Full-timepublished at 21:53

    France 38-11 Romania

    France v Romania
  7. France 38-11 Romaniapublished at 21:52

    Two wins from their opening two matches for France, but they'll know they haven't won the postcode lottery yet. 

  8. Full-timepublished at 80 min

    France 38-11 Romania

    Six tries is more than enough for one match, says Jaco Peyper as he toots his whistle to conclude the match. 

  9. try

    Try - Fickoupublished at 78 min

    France 38-11 Romania

    Wesley Fofana and Gael Fickou celebrateImage source, AFP

    A honeyed platform from the line-out... Gael Fickou side-steps and is free to touch down unchallenged. Rory Kockott converts from in front of the posts. 

  10. Kicking accuracypublished at 76 min

    France 31-11 Romania

    Rory Kockott was left with a much simpler conversion than team-mate Morgan Parra, whose three attempts all came from the right touchline. But the result was exactly the same - two extra points.

    France v RomaniaImage source, Opta
  11. try

    Try - Ursache; Vlaicu missed conpublished at 73 min

    France 31-11 Romania

    Andrei Ursache scoresImage source, Getty Images

    Romania with a line-out within touching distance of the France tryline... quick possession... a canny short line-out, France have no-one in defence and Andrei Ursache, with the help of his team-mates, dives over. Florin Vlaicu misses the conversion. The Romanians celebrate as if they've won the World Cup. Lynn Howells is cock-a-hoop on the sidelines. 

  12. France 31-6 Romaniapublished at 72 min

    We're into the final 10 minutes and this result will be just as the bookies' would've predicted, though Romania have been gutsy - bossing the breakdown on occasions, frightening France in the scrum sometimes. The scoreline suggests it was easy, but Les Bleus have been in a battle. 

  13. converted try

    Converted try - Fofana; Kockott convpublished at 69 min

    France 31-6 Romania

    Wesley FofanaImage source, AFP

    An inside pass from Brice Dulin sets Wesley Fofana into motion... a shuffle of the hips from the centre as he evades one tackle, then another, Romanians still coming at him as he crosses the tryline but the Frenchman grounds the ball. Rory Kockott knocks over a straightforward conversion. 

  14. converted try

    Converted try - Guitoune; Parra convpublished at 66 min

    France 24-6 Romania

    Sofiane Guitoune scores a second tryImage source, Reuters

    The pink-booted Sofiane Guitoune bursts through two tackles, reaches for the tryline as two other Romanian defenders belatedly attempt to thwart him. The referee asks for a second opinion. Was there a double or even triple movement? It's all A-OK. Morgan Parra successful with another tricky conversion. There's no way back for Romania from here. 

  15. France 17-6 Romaniapublished at 65 min

    Morgan Parra patiently waiting to be allowed to put in at the scrum, neither front-row able to engage within the rules of the law. Eventually, the forwards crack the code and Parra combines with Damien Chouly, earning his team some acres... the Romanian 22 in sight. 

  16. France 17-6 Romaniapublished at 61 min

    Romania have competed well at the breakdown, which is why France have struggled to cut themselves loose from Lynn Howells' men. Both teams have made the equal number of carries, too - 69 each. 

    France currently attacking... Romania defending in numbers...

    France v Romania
  17. France 17-6 Romaniapublished at 60 min

    Back-rower Valentin Ursache charging through the midfield, flattening Damien Chouly, the French 22 in his eyeline, but France are at the breakdown quickly and Bernard Le Roux nicks possession, consequently killing another Romanian attack. 

  18. France 17-6 Romaniapublished at 58 min

    After exerting so much energy in engineering themselves into a fine attacking position, France lose the ball 5m from the Romanian line. Accidental crossing, says the referee, as the forwards attempted to start a maul from the line-out. Sacre bleu. 

  19. France 17-6 Romaniapublished at 56 min

    France promising to burst into Technicolour as they surge into the Romanian 22... "Allez les Bleus," chant the French faithful... The forwards punching holes, Morgan Parra directing play. Nicolas Mas with the finesse of a sledgehammer gaining metres... Romania caught offside. France opt for the line-out. 

  20. France 17-6 Romaniapublished at 53 min

    A scrumImage source, AFP

    France's fans sing La Marseillaise as both packs prepare to scrum down. Nothing much to talk about at the moment. It's all a little scrappy...Romania lose line-out ball... an aerial ping-pong exchange...