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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · The Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London · 23 September 2015Head-to-head
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France won by 27 points.Half-time 17–6 · Tries 5–1 · ROU 1 yellow card

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8′20′26′40′3034666974793425Attacks712Ball won9612621381189035271072237458%Own 2243%Own half57%Opp half83%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
FRA826
ROU10527
← Romania attack · France attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
30′FranceTry, Sofiane Guitoune, converted8–3
34′FranceTry, Yannick Nyanga, converted15–3
66′FranceTry, Sofiane Guitoune, converted22–6
69′FranceTry, Wesley Fofana, converted29–6
74′RomaniaTry, Valentin Ursache, conversion missed31–11
79′FranceTry, Gael Fickou, converted36–11
8′FrancePenalty goal scored
20′RomaniaPenalty goal scored
26′RomaniaPenalty goal missed
40′RomaniaPenalty goal scored
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′1 ROU card
30′Sofiane Guitoune34′Yannick Nyanga66′Sofiane Guitoune69′Wesley Fofana74′Valentin Ursache79′Gael Fickou
FRA

Team stats

ROU
55%Possession45%
57%Territory43%
109Carries76
503Metres gained163
9Clean breaks2
27Defenders beaten6
135Passes82
10Offloads4
82Tackles made105
6Tackles missed27
68/75Rucks won57/61
13/15Lineouts won7/12
4/5Scrums won6/8
9/10Mauls won3/3
6Turnovers won11
13Penalties conceded9
19Kicks from hand21
479Kick metres460
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 5/5, penalties 1/1 · ROU conversions 0/1, penalties 2/3. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Vincent DebatyProp
  2. 2Dimitri SzarzewskiHooker
  3. 3Uini AtonioProp
  4. 4Bernard Le RouxSecond row
  5. 5Alexandre FlanquartSecond row
  6. 6Yannick NyangaFlanker
  7. 7Fulgence OuedraogoFlanker
  8. 8Louis PicamolesNumber 8
  9. 9Morgan ParraScrum-half
  10. 10Remi TalesFly-half
  11. 11Noa NakaitaciWing
  12. 12Wesley FofanaCentre
  13. 13Gael FickouCentre
  14. 14Sofiane GuitouneWing
  15. 15Brice DulinFull-back
  16. 16Benjamin KayserBench
  17. 17Eddy Ben ArousBench
  18. 18Nicolas MasBench
  19. 19Yoann MaestriBench
  20. 20Damien ChoulyBench
  21. 21Rory KockottBench
  22. 22Frederic MichalakBench
  23. 23Mathieu BastareaudBench

Romania

  1. 1Mihaita LazarProp
  2. 2Otar TurashviliHooker
  3. 3Paulica IonProp
  4. 4Valentin PoparlanSecond row
  5. 5Johannes van HeerdenSecond row
  6. 6Valentin UrsacheFlanker
  7. 7Viorel LucaciFlanker
  8. 8Mihai MacoveiNumber 8
  9. 9Florin SurugiuScrum-half
  10. 10Danut DumbravaFly-half
  11. 11Adrian ApostolWing
  12. 12Florin VlaicuCentre
  13. 13Paula KinikinilauCentre
  14. 14Madalin LemnaruWing
  15. 15Catalin FercuFull-back
  16. 16Andrei RadoiBench
  17. 17Andrei UrsacheBench
  18. 18Horatiu PungeaBench
  19. 19Ovidiu TonitaBench
  20. 20Stelian BurceaBench
  21. 21Valentin CalafeteanuBench
  22. 22Ionut BotezatuBench
  23. 23Csaba GalBench

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Context

All-time, France 43–8 Romania, 2 drawn in 53 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
Romania 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.