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Men's Rugby World Cup 2007 · Stade Vélodrome, Marseille · 12 September 2007Head-to-head
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Italy won by 6 points.Half-time 8–0 · Tries 2–2 · ROU 1 yellow card

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84448553142Attacks823Ball won2840141877693332313217842%Own 2241%Own half53%Opp half49%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
ITA904
ROU707
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ITA1/14/40
ROU1/12/20
← Romania attack · Italy attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
8′ItalyTry, Santiago Dellapè5–0
44′RomaniaTry, Alexandru Manta8–5
48′RomaniaTry, Marius Tincu, converted8–10
55′ItalyTry, converted13–12
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′1 ROU card
8′Santiago Dellapè44′Alexandru Manta48′Marius Tincu55′ITA
ITA

Team stats

ROU
47%Possession53%
48%Territory52%
57Carries78
155Metres gained223
6Defenders beaten5
84Passes55
6Offloads7
90Tackles made70
4Tackles missed7
45/48Rucks won61/68
17/21Lineouts won10/13
6/6Mauls won5/5
5Turnovers won6
9Penalties conceded14
Goal kicking
ITA conversions 1/1, penalties 4/4 · ROU conversions 1/1, penalties 2/2. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Andrea Lo CiceroProp
  2. 2Carlo FestucciaHooker
  3. 3Martin CastrogiovanniProp
  4. 4Santiago DellapèSecond row
  5. 5Marco BortolamiSecond row
  6. 6Josh SoleFlanker
  7. 7Mauro BergamascoFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Paul GriffenScrum-half
  10. 10Ramiro PezFly-half
  11. 11Andrea MasiWing
  12. 12Mirco BergamascoCentre
  13. 13Gonzalo CanaleCentre
  14. 14Kaine RobertsonWing
  15. 15David BortolussiFull-back
  16. 16Leonardo GhiraldiniBench
  17. 17Matias AgueroBench
  18. 18Valerio BernabòBench
  19. 19Manoa VosawaiBench
  20. 20Alessandro TronconBench
  21. 21Ezio GalonBench
  22. 22Roland de MarignyBench

Romania

  1. 1Petrisor ToderascProp
  2. 2Marius TincuHooker
  3. 3Bogdan BalanProp
  4. 4Sorin SocolSecond row
  5. 5Cristian PetreSecond row
  6. 6Florin CorodeanuFlanker
  7. 7Alexandru MantaFlanker
  8. 8Ovidiu TonitaNumber 8
  9. 9Lucian Mihai SirbuScrum-half
  10. 10Tiberius Ionut DimofteFly-half
  11. 11Gabriel BrezoianuWing
  12. 12Romeo Stefan GontineacCentre
  13. 13Csaba GalCentre
  14. 14Catalin FercuWing
  15. 15Iulian DumitrasFull-back
  16. 16Razvan MavrodinBench
  17. 17Cezar PopescuBench
  18. 18Cosmin RatiuBench
  19. 19Alexandru TudoriBench
  20. 20Valentin CalafeteanuBench
  21. 21Ionut TofanBench
  22. 22Dan VladBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Italy 25–16 Romania, 3 drawn in 44 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Italy going in
Romania going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.