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Monday September 8, 2008
Thursday, November 1, 2007

Romanian thieves steal Russia team's boots

Several Russia players had to train in socks on Wednesday after thieves stole the team's boots ahead of this weekend's European Nations Cup match with Romania.

Sunday, September 30, 2007

All Blacks demolish Romanians

Sitiveni Sivivatu New Zealand finished with a great show of running and passing to demolish Romania by 77 points.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Romania scrapes past Portugal

Romania narrowly avoided a huge upset with a late try against Portugal.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Chilled out Scots do it easy at home

Dan Parks THE familiar chill of Edinburgh was always more likely to favour the Scots, and that was confirmed when Romania were caught cold by a try after only two minutes.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Scotland roll Romania

Allister Hogg scored three tries as Scotland stayed unbeaten by thumping Romania.

Friday, September 14, 2007

Italy bounce back after Kiwi battering

ITALY'S coach, Pierre Berbizier, was relieved his side managed to dig deep to fight off a determined Romanian comeback and record their first win of the RWC on Wednesday night.

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Italy escape Romania slugfest

Italy rebounded from their All Black mauling to record a morale-boosting win.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Romania dreaming of glory

For Romanian rugby, the golden days of the 1980s, when they twice beat Wales and France, and ran the All Blacks close, must seem a lifetime ago.

Romania
Year formed:
1914 (joined IRB in 1987)
Emblem:
An Oak Leaf
RWC 2003:
4th Group A
Best finish:
Group stages 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
World ranking:
16
Coach:
Daniel Santamans
First Test:
1 July 1919 v USA, Paris; (Lost 0-21)
RWCrecord:
Played: 16, won: 4, lost: 12
Team colours:
Yellow jerseys with blue trim, blue shorts
Website:
www.ffr.ro

Gallery

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New Zealand thrash Romania in their final Pool C game.

RWC schedule

Day/DateMatchVenueLoc time
Wed 12 Sepv ItalyMAR8.00pm
Tue 18 Sepv ScotlandEDI9.00pm
Tue 25 Sepv PortugalTOU8.00pm
Sat 29 Sepv New ZealandTOU1.00pm

Squad 2007

Fowards (16): Petru Balan, Bogdan Balan, Cezar Popescu, Petrisor Toderasc, Silviu Florea, Marius Tincu, Razvan Mavrodin, Sorin Socul, Cristian Petre, Valentin Ursache, Augustin Petrichei, Ovidiu Tonita, Cosmin Ratiu, Florin Corodeanu, Alexandru Manta, Alexandru Tudori
Backs (14): Valentin Calafateanu, Lucian Sirbu, Ionut Dimofte, Ionut Tofan, Romeo Gontineac, Csaba Gal, Marin Dumbrava, Dan Vlad, Catalin Fercu, Ion Teodorescu, Gabriel Brezoianu, Iulian Dumitras, Florian Vlaicu, Catalin Nicolae