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Full time28 April 2012
Croatia
31–16
Malta
Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb, Croatia · European Nations Cup Men's 2012Head-to-head

Croatia won by 15 points.

Scoring

  1. 17’PCroatia penalty · Jai Ayoub3–0
  2. 17’PMalta penalty · James O'Brien3–3
  3. 39’PMalta penalty · James O'Brien3–6
  4. 47’PCroatia penalty · Jai Ayoub6–6
  5. 49’CCroatia conversion · Jai Ayoub8–6
  6. 49’TCroatia try · Jai Ayoub13–6
  7. 51’TMalta try · Daniel Apsee13–11
  8. 56’PCroatia penalty · Jai Ayoub16–11
  9. 64’PCroatia penalty · Filip Mijic19–11
  10. 67’TCroatia try · Shane Vinac24–11
  11. 68’CCroatia conversion · Jai Ayoub26–11
  12. 72’TMalta try · James Morris26–16
  13. 78’TCroatia try · Filip Mijic31–16

Line-ups

Croatia

  1. 1Richard PervanProp
  2. 2Goran ČulićHooker
  3. 3Vinko UdovicicProp
  4. 4Carl BanksSecond row
  5. 5Dominik DrazenovicSecond row
  6. 6Jaksa LovretaFlanker
  7. 7Mario OzichFlanker
  8. 8Tonci BuzovNumber 8
  9. 9Filip BunicScrum-half
  10. 10Jai AyoubFly-half
  11. 11Ivan SutaWing
  12. 12Tomislav BurazinCentre
  13. 13Nik JurisicCentre
  14. 14Filip MijicWing
  15. 15Shane VinacFull-back
  16. 16Denis BrecicBench
  17. 17Michael JaskoBench
  18. 18Luka JureskoBench
  19. 19Filip UjakovicBench
  20. 20Duje GrubisicBench
  21. 21Dario OxenhamBench
  22. 22Damir DraganicBench

Malta

  1. 1Daniel HollidayProp
  2. 2Harry CollinsHooker
  3. 3Alistair LiveseyProp
  4. 4Luke WattsSecond row
  5. 5Charles SammutSecond row
  6. 6Michael BonaviaFlanker
  7. 7Daniel ApseeFlanker
  8. 8Mark DaveyNumber 8
  9. 9Thomas HollowayScrum-half
  10. 10Robert HollowayFly-half
  11. 11James MorrisWing
  12. 12Dominic BusuttilCentre
  13. 13Tobias QuarendonCentre
  14. 14Matthew CamilleriWing
  15. 15James O'BrienFull-back
  16. 16Dragan CerketaBench
  17. 17Tom Pace-MooreBench
  18. 18Clayton CassarBench
  19. 19Darren DeguaraBench
  20. 20Max GaleaBench
  21. 21Malcolm AttardBench

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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.