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Full time27 October 2012
Croatia
20–19
Malta
City Stadium, Makarska, Croatia · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2012Head-to-head

Croatia won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. 4’PMalta penalty · James O'Brien0–3
  2. 12’PMalta penalty · James O'Brien0–6
  3. 25’TCroatia try · Nik Jurisic5–6
  4. 26’CCroatia conversion · Jai Ayoub7–6
  5. 39’PCroatia penalty · Jai Ayoub10–6
  6. 44’PCroatia penalty · Jai Ayoub13–6
  7. 49’TMalta try · Vincent Stivala13–11
  8. 52’TCroatia try · Tonci Buzov18–11
  9. 53’CCroatia conversion · Jai Ayoub20–11
  10. 55’PMalta penalty · Thomas Holloway20–14
  11. 77’TMalta try · Mark Davey20–19

Line-ups

Croatia

  1. 1Nicholas BrajkovicProp
  2. 2Goran ČulićHooker
  3. 3Richard PervanProp
  4. 4Dominik DrazenovicSecond row
  5. 5Tony MisaSecond row
  6. 6Mario OzichFlanker
  7. 7Ante DrazinaFlanker
  8. 8Tonci BuzovNumber 8
  9. 9Sasha SekovanecScrum-half
  10. 10Jai AyoubFly-half
  11. 11Pasko IvancicWing
  12. 12Tomislav BurazinCentre
  13. 13Nik JurisicCentre
  14. 14Filip MijicWing
  15. 15Shane VinacFull-back
  16. 16Michael JaskoBench
  17. 17Ivan MiljakBench
  18. 18Marijan SlavičekBench
  19. 19Jaksa LovretaBench
  20. 20Turtko DumancicBench
  21. 21Marko BunićBench
  22. 22Dario OxenhamBench
  23. 23Duje GrubisicBench

Malta

  1. 1Kyle MasonProp
  2. 2Harry CollinsHooker
  3. 3Daniel HollidayProp
  4. 4Clayton CassarSecond row
  5. 5Darren DeguaraSecond row
  6. 6Luke WattsFlanker
  7. 7Daniel ApseeFlanker
  8. 8Mark DaveyNumber 8
  9. 9Thomas HollowayScrum-half
  10. 10Robert HollowayFly-half
  11. 11Vincent StivalaWing
  12. 12Dominic BusuttilCentre
  13. 13Tobias QuarendonCentre
  14. 14Matthew CamilleriWing
  15. 15James O'BrienFull-back
  16. 16James AbellaBench
  17. 17Adam KennedyBench
  18. 18Christian SchranzBench
  19. 19Michael BonaviaBench
  20. 20James MorrisBench
  21. 21Malcolm AttardBench
  22. 22Rodrick BorgBench

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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.