Ion collects and carries into contact

Tales to get us underway

The Romanian anthem follows

A passionate French audience chimes in for La Marseillaise

Romania to score less than 10 you heard it here second ladies!

Szarzewski and Ion lead their respective sides out into a packed Olympic Stadium. Anthems still to come.

Just over 5 minutes to go until KO, any predictions?

Romania are Irelands low hanging fruit. Hopefully France tire them out nicely for us.

For Romania, this is undoubtedly a tough task. This is the 50th meeting between the two sides, and Romania's record is not good, finding wins extremely hard to come by. This is the third meeting between the two sides at a world cup, with France winning both previous meetings comfortabley

Morgan Parra also comes into the side to partner Remi Tales at halfback. Parra may feel hard done by not to have started against Italy, but is given his chance tonight to stake a claim for the big match against Ireland in 2 weeks time.