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Full time31 October 2009
Croatia
34–14
Malta
Venue not recorded · European Nations Cup Men's 2010Head-to-head

Croatia won by 20 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’TMalta try · Malcolm Attard0–5
  2. 4’TCroatia try · Ante Drazina5–5
  3. 22’CMalta conversion · James O'Brien5–7
  4. 30’PCroatia penalty · Nik Jurisic8–7
  5. 44’TCroatia try · Nik Jurisic13–7
  6. 58’TCroatia try · Spiro Matic18–7
  7. 59’CCroatia conversion · Ante Olujic20–7
  8. 71’TMalta try · Rohan Spiteri20–12
  9. 72’CMalta conversion · James O'Brien20–14
  10. 73’TCroatia try · Ante Olujic25–14
  11. 74’CCroatia conversion · Nik Jurisic27–14
  12. 81’TCroatia try · Ante Olujic32–14
  13. 82’CCroatia conversion · Nik Jurisic34–14

Line-ups

Croatia

  1. 1Tonci BuzovProp
  2. 2Goran ČulićHooker
  3. 3Sasa Aleksandar SlijepčevićProp
  4. 4Ivica RubeljSecond row
  5. 5Carl BanksSecond row
  6. 6Tomislav GomuzakFlanker
  7. 7Ante DrazinaFlanker
  8. 8Ante Blazevic-BandovNumber 8
  9. 9Marin TyrdicScrum-half
  10. 10Nik JurisicFly-half
  11. 11Spiro MaticWing
  12. 12Duje GrubisicCentre
  13. 13Ivan SutaCentre
  14. 14Filip MijicWing
  15. 15Ante OlujicFull-back
  16. 16Mate BorozanBench
  17. 17Alek OsmanovicBench
  18. 18Dominik DrazenovicBench
  19. 19Vedran PomperBench
  20. 20Vedran AntićBench
  21. 21Josip MrkociBench
  22. 22Veceslav HoljevacBench

Malta

  1. 1Ian BordaProp
  2. 2Harry CollinsHooker
  3. 3Peter BradleyProp
  4. 4Luke WattsSecond row
  5. 5Joseph CutajarSecond row
  6. 6Michael BonaviaFlanker
  7. 7Joss HowlandsFlanker
  8. 8Michael WhitneyNumber 8
  9. 9James BartoloScrum-half
  10. 10Rohan SpiteriFly-half
  11. 11Lee CulnaneWing
  12. 12Dominic BusuttilCentre
  13. 13Malcolm AttardCentre
  14. 14Vincent StivalaWing
  15. 15James O'BrienFull-back
  16. 16Tom Pace-MooreBench
  17. 17Nathan GattBench
  18. 18Clayton CassarBench
  19. 19Mathew AzzopardiBench
  20. 20Matthew MirabelliBench
  21. 21James FinlasonBench
  22. 22Daniel BurkeBench

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Context

All-time, Croatia 8–5 Malta, 2 drawn in 15 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Croatia going in
Malta 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.