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Full time21 March 2009
Romania
21–22
Portugal
Stadionul National Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest, Romania · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2011Head-to-head

Portugal won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. 6’TRomania try · Catalin Fercu5–0
  2. 7’CRomania conversion · Petre Mitu7–0
  3. 12’PPortugal penalty · Pedro Cabral7–3
  4. 29’PPortugal penalty · Pedro Cabral7–6
  5. 37’PRomania penalty · Petre Mitu10–6
  6. 42’TRomania try · Alexandru Manta15–6
  7. 45’PRomania penalty · Petre Mitu18–6
  8. 46’PPortugal penalty · Pedro Cabral18–9
  9. 49’PRomania penalty · Petre Mitu21–9
  10. 62’PPortugal penalty · Pedro Cabral21–12
  11. 78’PPortugal penalty · Pedro Cabral21–15
  12. 81’TPortugal try · Juan Severino21–20
  13. 82’CPortugal conversion · Pedro Cabral21–22

Line-ups

Romania

  1. 1Nicolae NereProp
  2. 2Catalin BecaHooker
  3. 3Paulica IonProp
  4. 4Alin CosteSecond row
  5. 5Cristian PetreSecond row
  6. 6Florin CorodeanuFlanker
  7. 7Stelian BurceaFlanker
  8. 8Alexandru MantaNumber 8
  9. 9Petre MituScrum-half
  10. 10Razvan StancaFly-half
  11. 11Stefan Eugen CiuntuWing
  12. 12Tiberius Ionut DimofteCentre
  13. 13Adrian BarbuliceanuCentre
  14. 14Catalin FercuWing
  15. 15Catalin Marius NicolaeFull-back
  16. 16Florin TascaBench
  17. 17Mihai AdascaliteiBench
  18. 18Cosmin RatiuBench
  19. 19Daniel CarpoBench
  20. 20Valentin CalafeteanuBench
  21. 21Csaba GalBench
  22. 22Florin VlaicuBench

Portugal

  1. 1Juan Murre PekeProp
  2. 2Joao CorreiaHooker
  3. 3Cristian SpachukProp
  4. 4David PenalvaSecond row
  5. 5Eduardo AcostaSecond row
  6. 6Vasco UvaFlanker
  7. 7João UvaFlanker
  8. 8Tiago GiraoNumber 8
  9. 9Jose PintoScrum-half
  10. 10Pedro CabralFly-half
  11. 11Goncalo ForoWing
  12. 12Diogo MateusCentre
  13. 13Pedro SilvaCentre
  14. 14David MateusWing
  15. 15Pedro LealFull-back
  16. 16Joao JuniorBench
  17. 17Juan SeverinoBench
  18. 18Bernardo DuarteBench
  19. 19Julien BardyBench
  20. 20Salvador PalhaBench
  21. 21Antonio AguilarBench
  22. 22Aderito EstevesBench

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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

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