TheBreakdown
Full time13 May 1989
Romania
3–58
England
Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, RomaniaHead-to-head

England won by 55 points.

Scoring

  1. –PRomania penalty · Gelu Ignat3–0
  2. –CEngland conversion · Simon Hodgkinson3–2
  3. –CEngland conversion · Simon Hodgkinson3–4
  4. –CEngland conversion · Simon Hodgkinson3–6
  5. –CEngland conversion · Simon Hodgkinson3–8
  6. –CEngland conversion · Simon Hodgkinson3–10
  7. –CEngland conversion · Simon Hodgkinson3–12
  8. –CEngland conversion · Simon Hodgkinson3–14
  9. –CEngland conversion · Simon Hodgkinson3–16
  10. –PEngland penalty · Simon Hodgkinson3–19
  11. –TEngland try · Jeremy Guscott3–23
  12. –TEngland try · Jeremy Guscott3–27
  13. –TEngland try · Jeremy Guscott3–31
  14. –TEngland try · Chris Oti3–35
  15. –TEngland try · Chris Oti3–39
  16. –TEngland try · Chris Oti3–43
  17. –TEngland try · Chris Oti3–47
  18. –TEngland try · Dean Richards3–51
  19. –TEngland try · Jeff Probyn3–55
  20. –DEngland drop goal · Rob Andrew3–58

Line-ups

Romania

  1. 1Gheorghe LeonteProp
  2. 2Gheorghe IonHooker
  3. 3Gheorghe DumitrescuProp
  4. 4Sandu CiorascuSecond row
  5. 5Gheorghe CarageaSecond row
  6. 6Florica MurariuFlanker
  7. 7Alexandru RadulescuFlanker
  8. 8Hary DumitrasNumber 8
  9. 9Daniel NeagaScrum-half
  10. 10Gelu IgnatFly-half
  11. 11Daniel BoldorWing
  12. 12Adrian LunguCentre
  13. 13Nicolaie FulinaCentre
  14. 14Nicolae RaceanWing
  15. 15Marcel ToaderFull-back
  16. Traian OroianBench
  17. Cristian RaducanuBench

England

  1. 1Paul RendallProp
  2. 2Brian MooreHooker
  3. 3Gareth ChilcottProp
  4. 4Wade DooleySecond row
  5. 5Paul AckfordSecond row
  6. 6Mike TeagueFlanker
  7. 7Peter WinterbottomFlanker
  8. 8Dean RichardsNumber 8
  9. 9Steve BatesScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Chris OtiWing
  12. 12Simon HallidayCentre
  13. 13Jeremy GuscottCentre
  14. 14Rory UnderwoodWing
  15. 15Simon HodgkinsonFull-back
  16. Jeff ProbynBench
  17. Gary ReesBench

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Context

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

Romania going in
England 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.