TheBreakdown
Full time5 January 1985
England
22–15
Romania
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1984Head-to-head

England won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Rob Andrew3–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Rob Andrew6–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Rob Andrew9–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Rob Andrew12–0
  5. –TEngland try · Simon Smith16–0
  6. –DEngland drop goal · Rob Andrew19–0
  7. –DEngland drop goal · Rob Andrew22–0
  8. –PRomania penalty · Alexandru Dumitru22–3
  9. –PRomania penalty · Alexandru Dumitru22–6
  10. –PRomania penalty · Alexandru Dumitru22–9
  11. –PRomania penalty · Alexandru Dumitru22–12
  12. –PRomania penalty · Alexandru Dumitru22–15

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Phil BlakewayProp
  2. 2Steve BrainHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4John OrwinSecond row
  5. 5Wade DooleySecond row
  6. 6John HallFlanker
  7. 7David CookeFlanker
  8. 8Bob HesfordNumber 8
  9. 9Richard HardingScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Kevin SimmsCentre
  14. 14Simon SmithWing
  15. 15Nicholas StringerFull-back
  16. 16Huw DaviesBench
  17. 17Stuart BarnesBench
  18. 18Richard HillBench
  19. 19Austin SheppardBench
  20. 20Andrew SimpsonBench
  21. 21Mike TeagueBench

Romania

  1. 1Ion BucanProp
  2. 2Emilian GrigoreHooker
  3. 3Gheorghe LeonteProp
  4. 4Gheorghe DumitruSecond row
  5. 5Gheorghe CarageaSecond row
  6. 6Florica MurariuFlanker
  7. 7Alexandru RadulescuFlanker
  8. 8Laurentiu ConstantinNumber 8
  9. 9Mircea ParaschivScrum-half
  10. 10Alexandru DumitruFly-half
  11. 11Marian AldeaWing
  12. 12Mihai MarghescuCentre
  13. 13Adrian LunguCentre
  14. 14Marcel ToaderWing
  15. 15Stelian PodarescuFull-back
  16. 16Euzebie MelniciucBench
  17. 17Vasile IlcaBench
  18. 18Hary DumitrasBench
  19. 19Octavian MorariuBench
  20. 20Teodor ComanBench
  21. 21Vasile DavidBench

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Context

All-time, England 5–0 Romania in 5 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England 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.