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Men's Rugby World Cup 2007 · Stadium, Toulouse · 25 September 2007Head-to-head
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Romania won by 4 points.Half-time 0–7 · Tries 2–1

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196473227Attacks36Ball won54552929875447237543441476%Own 2250%Own half62%Opp half64%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
ROU635
POR13611
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ROU2/20/00
POR1/11/10
← Portugal attack · Romania 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
19′PortugalTry, Joaquim Ferreira, converted0–5
64′RomaniaTry, Marius Tincu, converted5–7
73′RomaniaTry, Florin Corodeanu, converted12–10
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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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′
19′Joaquim Ferreira64′Marius Tincu73′Florin Corodeanu
ROU

Team stats

POR
63%Possession37%
70%Territory30%
103Carries53
472Metres gained241
10Defenders beaten4
82Passes58
10Offloads7
63Tackles made136
5Tackles missed11
96/105Rucks won46/46
19/26Lineouts won12/17
10/11Mauls won5/5
2Turnovers won6
4Penalties conceded7
Goal kicking
ROU conversions 2/2, penalties 0/0 · POR conversions 1/1, penalties 1/1. 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

Romania

  1. 1Cezar PopescuProp
  2. 2Razvan MavrodinHooker
  3. 3Bogdan BalanProp
  4. 4Cosmin RatiuSecond row
  5. 5Cristian PetreSecond row
  6. 6Alexandru TudoriFlanker
  7. 7Florin CorodeanuFlanker
  8. 8Ovidiu TonitaNumber 8
  9. 9Valentin CalafeteanuScrum-half
  10. 10Danut DumbravaFly-half
  11. 11Catalin FercuWing
  12. 12Romeo Stefan GontineacCentre
  13. 13Tiberius Ionut DimofteCentre
  14. 14Catalin Marius NicolaeWing
  15. 15Iulian DumitrasFull-back
  16. 16Marius TincuBench
  17. 17Paulica IonBench
  18. 18Sorin SocolBench
  19. 19Valentin UrsacheBench
  20. 20Lucian Mihai SirbuBench
  21. 21Florin VlaicuBench
  22. 22Gabriel BrezoianuBench

Portugal

  1. 1Rui CordeiroProp
  2. 2Joaquim FerreiraHooker
  3. 3Cristian SpachukProp
  4. 4Goncalo UvaSecond row
  5. 5David PenalvaSecond row
  6. 6Diogo CoutinhoFlanker
  7. 7João UvaFlanker
  8. 8Tiago GiraoNumber 8
  9. 9Jose PintoScrum-half
  10. 10Duarte Cardoso PintoFly-half
  11. 11Pedro CarvalhoWing
  12. 12Federico Abreu De SousaCentre
  13. 13Miguel PortelaCentre
  14. 14Antonio AguilarWing
  15. 15Pedro LealFull-back
  16. 16Juan Murre PekeBench
  17. 17Joao CorreiaBench
  18. 18Salvador PalhaBench
  19. 19Paulo MurinelloBench
  20. 20Luis PissarraBench
  21. 21Gonçalo MalheiroBench
  22. 22Diogo GamaBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Romania 24–8 Portugal in 32 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Romania going in
Portugal 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.