Romania at the Rugby World Cup

Map of nations best results, excluding nations which unsuccessfully participated in qualifying tournaments.

Romania have played in every Rugby World Cup since the inaugural tournament in 1987.

Nation Number of appearances First appearance Most recent appearance Streak Best result
 Romania 7198720117One win, 1987, 1991, 1999, 2003, 2007

By position

By match

1987 Rugby World Cup

Pool 4 matches -

Team P W D L PF PA Pts
 France 3210145445
 Scotland 3210135695
 Romania 3102611302
 Zimbabwe 3003531510
1987-05-23
Romania  21 – 20  Zimbabwe
Tries: Paraschiv
Toader
Hodorca
Pen: Alexandru (3)		 Tries: Tsimba (2)
Neill
Con: Ferreira
Pen: Ferreira (2)
1987-05-28
France  55 – 12  Romania
Tries: Lagisquet (2)
Charvet (2)
Sella
Andrieu
Camberabero
Erbani
Laporte
Con: Laporte (8)
Pen: Laporte		 Pen: Bezuscu (4)
Athletic Park, Wellington
Referee: Bob Fordham Australia
1987-06-02
Romania  28 – 55  Scotland
Tries: Murariu (2)
Toader
Con: Alexandru
Ion
Pen: Alexandru (3)
Ion		 Tries: Jeffrey (3)
Tait (2)
Hastings (2)
Duncan
Tukalo
Con: Hastings (8)
Pen: Hastings

1991 Rugby World Cup

Pool D matches -

Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
 France 30082259
 Canada 20145337
 Romania 10231645
 Fiji 00327633
1991-10-04
France  30 – 3  Romania
Tries: Roumat, Lafond, Penalty try, Saint-André
Con: Camberabero
Pen: Camberabero (4)		 Pen: Nichitean
1991-10-09
Canada  19 – 11  Romania
Tries: McKinnon, Ennis
Con: Mark Wyatt
Pen: Wyatt (2)
Drop: Rees		 Tries: Lungu, Sasu
Pen: Nichitean
Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse
Referee: Sandy MacNeill Australia
1991-10-12
Fiji  15 – 17  Romania
Pen: Turuva (2)
Drop: Rabaka (2), Turuva		 Tries: Ion, Dumitras, Sasu
Con: Racean
Pen: Nichitean
Parc Municipal des Sports, Brive
Referee: Owen Doyle Republic of Ireland

1995 Rugby World Cup

Pool A matches -

Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
 South Africa 30068269
 Australia 20187417
 Canada 10245505
 Romania 00314973
1995-05-26
Canada  34 – 3  Romania
Tries: Al Charron, Colin McKenzie, Rod Snow
Con: Gareth Rees (2)
Pen: Gareth Rees (4)		 Pen: Neculai Nichitean
Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Attendance: 18 000
Referee: Colin Hawke New Zealand
1995-05-30
South Africa  21 – 8  Romania
Tries: Adriaan Richter (2)
Con: Gavin Johnson
Pen: Gavin Johnson (3)		 Tries: Andrei Guranescu
Pen: Ilie Ivancuic
Newlands, Cape Town
Attendance: 35 000
Referee: Ken McCartney Scotland
1995-06-03
Australia  42 – 3  Romania
Tries: Damian Smith, David Wilson, Joe Roff, Michael Foley, Matt Burke
Con: Matt Burke (2), John Eales (4)		 Pen: Ilie Ivancuic
Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
Attendance: 15 000
Referee: Naoki Saito Japan

1999 Rugby World Cup

Pool 5 matches -

Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
 Australia 300135316
 Ireland 201100454
 Romania 102501262
 United States 003521350
1999-10-03
Australia  57 – 9  Romania
Tries: Toutai Kefu (3), Joe Roff (2), Rod Kafer, Matthew Burke, Jason Little, Tim Horan
Con: Matthew Burke (5), John Eales		 Pen: Petre Mitu (3)
Ravenhill, Belfast
Referee: Paul Honiss New Zealand
1999-10-09
United States  25 – 27  Romania
Tries: Kurt Shuman, Brian Hightower, Dan Lyle
Con: Kevin Dalzell (2)
Pen: Kevin Dalzell (2)		 Tries: Adrian Petrache, Gheorghe Solomie, Tudor Constantin
Con: Petre Mitu (2)
Pen: Petre Mitu
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: Jim Fleming Scotland
1999-10-15
Ireland  44 – 14  Romania
Tries: Conor O'Shea (2), Andrew Ward, Thomas Tierney, Dion O'Cuinneagain
Con: Eric Elwood (5)
Pen: Eric Elwood (2)
Drop goals: Brian O'Driscoll		 Tries: Daniel Sauan
Pen: Petre Mitu (3)
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: Brain Campsell England

2003 Rugby World Cup

Group A matches -

Team Won Drawn Lost For Against BP Points
 Australia 40027332218
 Ireland 30114156315
 Argentina 20214057311
 Romania 1036519215
 Namibia 0042831000
2003-10-11
Ireland  45 – 17  Romania
Tries: S. Horgan, Wood, Hickie (2), Costello
Con: Humphreys (3), O'Gara
Pen: Humphreys (4)		 Tries: Penalty try, Maftei
Con: Tofan, Vioreanu
Pen: Tofan
Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 19,123
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan South Africa
2003-10-18
Australia  90 – 8  Romania
Tries: Flatley, Rogers (3), Burke (2), Larkham (2), Mortlock, Roff, Giteau, Tuqiri, Smith
Con: Flatley (11)
Pen: Flatley		 Tries: Toderasc
Pen: Tofan
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 48,778
Referee: Pablo De Luca Argentina
2003-10-22
Argentina  50 – 3  Romania
Tries: Gaitán, Hernández (2), M. Contepomi, N. Fernández Miranda, Bouza (2)
Con: J. Fernández Miranda (4), Quesada (2)
Pen: J. Fernández Miranda		 Pen: Ionut Tofan
Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 33,673
Referee: Chris White England
2003-10-30
Namibia  7 – 37  Romania
Tries: Isaacs
Con: Wessels		 Tries: Petrichei, Sirbu, Chiriac, Teodorescu, Sauan
Con: Tofan (3)
Pen: Tofan (2)
Aurora Stadium, Launceston
Attendance: 15,457
Referee: Peter Marshall Australia

2007 Rugby World Cup

Pool C

Place Nation Games Points Bonus
Points		 Table
Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 New Zealand 440030935+274420
2 Scotland 430111666+50214
3 Italy 420285117−3219
4 Romania 410340161−12115
5 Portugal 400438209−17111

Italy vs Romania

12 September 2007
20:00
Italy  24 – 18  Romania
Tries: Dellapè 6' m
Penalty try 55' c
Con: Pez (1/1)
Pen: Bortolussi (1/2) 14'
Ramiro Pez (3/3) 62', 66', 72'		 Report Tries: Manta 43' m
Tincu 47' c
Con: Dimofte (1/1)
Pen: Dimofte (2/2) 70', 74'
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 44,241
Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England)
Italy
ITALY:
FB 15David Bortolussi  49'
RW 14Kaine Robertson
OC 13Gonzalo Canale
IC 12Mirco Bergamasco
LW 11Andrea Masi  42'  45'
FH 10Ramiro Pez
SH 9 Paul Griffen  49'
N8 8 Sergio Parisse
OF 7 Mauro Bergamasco
BF 6 Josh Sole  49'
RL 5 Marco Bortolami (c)
LL 4 Santiago Dellapè  8'
TP 3 Martin Castrogiovanni
HK 2 Carlo Festuccia
LP 1 Andrea Lo Cicero
Replacements:
HK 16Leonardo Ghiraldini
PR 17Matias Aguero
LK 18Valerio Bernabò  8'
N8 19Manoa Vosawai  49'
SH 20Alessandro Troncon  49'
WG 21Ezio Galon  42'  45'  49'
FB 22Roland de Marigny
Coach:
France Pierre Berbizier
Romania
ROMANIA:
FB 15Iulian Dumitras  79'
RW 14Catalin Fercu
OC 13Csaba Gal
IC 12Romeo Gontineac
LW 11Gabriel Brezoianu
FH 10Ionut Dimofte
SH 9 Lucian Sirbu  80'
N8 8 Ovidiu Tonita  72'
OF 7 Alexandru Manta 53' to 62'  80+'
BF 6 Florin Corodeanu
RL 5 Cristian Petre
LL 4 Sorin Socol (c)
TP 3 Bogdan Balan
HK 2 Marius Tincu  40'  41'  54'  57'  70'
LP 1 Petrisor Toderasc  64'
Replacements:
HK 16Razvan Mavrodin  40'  41'  54'  57'  70'
PR 17Cezar Popescu  64'
LK 18Cosmin Ratiu  72'
N8 19Alexandru Tudori  80+'
SH 20Valentin Calafeteanu  80'
CE 21Ionut Tofan
CE 22Dan Vlad  79'
Coach:
France Daniel Santamans

Man of the Match:
Ramiro Pez (Italy)

Touch judges:
Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)
Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Lyndon Bray (New Zealand)
Fourth official:
Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Fifth official:
Franck Maciello (France)

Scotland vs Romania

18 September 2007
21:00
Scotland  42 – 0  Romania
Tries: Paterson 2' c
Hogg (3) 17' c, 46' c, 53' c
R. Lamont (2) 36' c, 72' c
Con: Paterson (6/6)		 Report
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 31,222
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Scotland
SCOTLAND:
FB 15Rory Lamont
RW 14Sean Lamont
OC 13Simon Webster
IC 12Rob Dewey  59'
LW 11Chris Paterson
FH 10Dan Parks  68'
SH 9 Mike Blair  59'
N8 8 Simon Taylor
OF 7 Allister Hogg  65'
BF 6 Jason White (c)
RL 5 Jim Hamilton
LL 4 Nathan Hines  52'
TP 3 Euan Murray  68'
HK 2 Ross Ford  59'
LP 1 Gavin Kerr  52'  68'
Replacements:
HK 16Scott Lawson  59'
PR 17Craig Smith  52'
LK 18Scott MacLeod  52'
FL 19Kelly Brown  65'
SH 20Chris Cusiter  59'
FB 21Hugo Southwell  59'
WG 22Nikki Walker  68'
Coach:
Scotland Frank Hadden
Romania
ROMANIA:
FB 15Iulian Dumitras
RW 14Catalin Fercu
OC 13Csaba Gal
IC 12Romeo Gontineac  73'
LW 11Gabriel Brezoianu
FH 10Ionut Dimofte  45'
SH 9 Lucian Sirbu  45'
N8 8 Ovidiu Tonita
OF 7 Alexandru Manta  53'
BF 6 Florin Corodeanu  61'
RL 5 Cristian Petre
LL 4 Sorin Socol (c)
TP 3 Bogdan Balan  69'
HK 2 Marius Tincu  41'
LP 1 Petrisor Toderasc
Replacements:
PR 16Silviu Florea  69'
HK 17Razvan Mavrodin  41'
LK 18Cosmin Ratiu  61'
N8 19Alexandru Tudori  53'
SH 20Valentin Calafeteanu  45'
CE 21Ionut Tofan  45'
FB 22Florin Vlaicu  73'
Coach:
France Daniel Santamans

Man of the Match:
Allister Hogg (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Christophe Berdos (France)
Television match official:
Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
Fourth official:
Wayne Barnes (England)
Fifth official:
Peter Allan (Scotland)

Romania vs Portugal

25 September 2007
20:00
Romania  14 – 10  Portugal
Tries: Tincu 63' c
Corodeanu 72' c
Con: Calafeteanu (1/1)
Dan Dumbrava (1/1)		 Report Try: Ferreira 18' c
Con: D. Pinto (1/1)
Pen: Malheiro (1/1) 69'
Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse
Attendance: 35,526
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
Romania
ROMANIA:
FB 15Iulian Dumitras
RW 14Catalin Nicolae
OC 13Ionut Dimofte
IC 12Romeo Gontineac
LW 11Catalin Fercu
FH 10Dan Dumbrava
SH 9 Valentin Calafeteanu  64'
N8 8 Ovidiu Tonita (c)  66'
OF 7 Florin Corodeanu
BF 6 Alexandru Tudori  41'
RL 5 Cristian Petre
LL 4 Cosmin Ratiu
TP 3 Bogdan Balan  52'  63'
HK 2 Razvan Mavrodin  41'
LP 1 Cezar Popescu  63'
Replacements:
HK 16Marius Tincu  41'
PR 17Paulica Ion  52'
LK 18Sorin Socol  41'
LK 19Valentin Ursache  66'
SH 20Lucian Sirbu  64'
FB 21Florin Vlaicu
WG 22Gabriel Brezoianu
Coach:
France Daniel Santamans
Portugal
PORTUGAL:
FB 15Pedro Leal
RW 14António Aguilar
OC 13Miguel Portela
IC 12Federico Sousa
LW 11Pedro Carvalho
FH 10Duarte Cardoso Pinto  65'
SH 9 José Pinto  75'
N8 8 Tiago Girão
OF 7 João Uva  76'
BF 6 Diogo Coutinho
RL 5 David Penalva  79'
LL 4 Gonçalo Uva
TP 3 Ruben Spachuck  52'
HK 2 Joaquim Ferreira (c)  70'
LP 1 Rui Cordeiro
Replacements:
PR 16Juan Muré  70'
PR 17João Correia  52'
PR 18Salvador Palha  79'
FL 19Paulo Murinello  76'
SH 20Luís Pissarra  75'
FH 21Gonçalo Malheiro  65'
CE 22Diogo Gama
Coach:
Portugal Tomaz Morais

Man of the Match:
Diogo Coutinho (Portugal)

Touch judges:
Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Television match official:
Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)
Fourth official:
Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Fifth official:
Jean-Luc Rebollal (France)

New Zealand vs Romania

29 September 2007
13:00
New Zealand  85 – 8  Romania
Tries: Sivivatu (2) 1' m, 24' c
Masoe 10' c
Rokocoko (3) 15' c, 58' c, 66' c
Evans 18' m
Mauger 37' m
Toeava (2) 47' c, 80+' c
Hore 64' c
Smith 75' c
Howlett 79' c
Con: McAlister (4/7)
Evans (6/6)		 Report Try: Tincu 31' m
Pen: Vlaicu 72'
Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse
Attendance: 35,608
Referee: Joël Jutge (France)
New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND:
FB 15Nick Evans
RW 14Joe Rokocoko
OC 13Isaia Toeava
IC 12Aaron Mauger
LW 11Sitiveni Sivivatu  61'
FH 10Luke McAlister  55'
SH 9 Andrew Ellis  59'
N8 8 Sione Lauaki
OF 7 Chris Masoe  55'
BF 6 Jerry Collins (c)
RL 5 Keith Robinson  55'
LL 4 Reuben Thorne
TP 3 Greg Somerville
HK 2 Keven Mealamu  61'
LP 1 Neemia Tialata
Replacements:
HK 16Andrew Hore  61'
PR 17Tony Woodcock
LK 18Chris Jack  55'
FL 19Richie McCaw  55'
SH 20Brendon Leonard  59'
WG 21Doug Howlett  55'
CE 22Conrad Smith  61'
Coach:
New Zealand Graham Henry
Romania
ROMANIA:
FB 15Iulian Dumitras  61'
RW 14Stefan Ciuntu
OC 13Csaba Gal
IC 12Romeo Gontineac  70'
LW 11Gabriel Brezoianu
FH 10Ionut Dimofte
SH 9 Lucian Sirbu  62'
N8 8 Ovidiu Tonita
OF 7 Alexandru Manta  67'
BF 6 Florin Corodeanu  48'
RL 5 Cristian Petre
LL 4 Sorin Socol (c)
TP 3 Silviu Florea  53'  57'
HK 2 Marius Tincu  53'
LP 1 Bogdan Balan  57'
Replacements:
HK 16Razvan Mavrodin  53'
PR 17Paulica Ion  53'
LK 18Valentin Ursache  67'
N8 19Cosmin Ratiu  48'
SH 20Valentin Calafeteanu  62'
FB 21Florin Vlaicu  61'
CE 22Catalin Robert Dascalu  70'
Coach:
France Daniel Santamans

Man of the Match:
Joe Rokocoko (New Zealand)

Touch judges:
Federico Cuesta (Argentina)
Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)
Television match official:
Paul Marks (Australia)
Fourth official:
Romain Poite (France)
Fifth official:
Jean-Luc Rebollal (France)

Hosting

So far Romania has not hosted any World Cup games.

References