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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Leicester City Stadium, Leicester · 6 October 2015Head-to-head
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Romania won by 2 points.Half-time 8–0 · Tries 2–2 · CAN 1 yellow card · ROU 1 yellow card

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8′11′17′22′39′57′78′334453743160Attacks829Ball won11110026291931065229531116134%Own 2253%Own half65%Opp half83%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
CAN989
ROU11819
← Romania attack · Canada 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
33′CanadaTry, DTH Van Der Merwe, conversion missed8–0
44′CanadaTry, Jeff Hassler, converted13–0
53′RomaniaTry, Mihai Macovei, converted15–5
74′RomaniaTry, Mihai Macovei, converted15–12
8′CanadaPenalty goal missed
11′CanadaPenalty goal scored
17′RomaniaPenalty goal missed
22′CanadaPenalty goal missed
39′RomaniaPenalty goal missed
57′CanadaPenalty goal missed
78′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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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′1 CAN card · 1 ROU card
33′DTH Van Der Merwe44′Jeff Hassler53′Mihai Macovei74′Mihai Macovei
CAN

Team stats

ROU
54%Possession46%
50%Territory50%
110Carries83
527Metres gained274
5Clean breaks2
19Defenders beaten9
160Passes84
4Offloads4
98Tackles made118
9Tackles missed19
75/80Rucks won65/66
8/8Lineouts won13/13
9/10Scrums won5/6
0/0Mauls won5/8
5Turnovers won6
16Penalties conceded10
28Kicks from hand29
450Kick metres512
Goal kicking
CAN conversions 1/2, penalties 1/4 · ROU conversions 2/2, penalties 1/3. 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

Canada

  1. 1Hubert BuydensProp
  2. 2Ray BarkwillHooker
  3. 3Doug WooldridgeProp
  4. 4Brett BeukeboomSecond row
  5. 5Jamie CudmoreSecond row
  6. 6Jebb SinclairFlanker
  7. 7John MoonlightFlanker
  8. 8Aaron CarpenterNumber 8
  9. 9Gordon McRorieScrum-half
  10. 10Nathan HirayamaFly-half
  11. 11DTH Van Der MerweWing
  12. 12Nick BlevinsCentre
  13. 13Ciaran HearnCentre
  14. 14Jeff HasslerWing
  15. 15Harry JonesFull-back
  16. 16Benoit PifferoBench
  17. 17Djustice Duru-SearsBench
  18. 18Jake IlnickiBench
  19. 19Kyle GilmourBench
  20. 20Nanyak DalaBench
  21. 21Phil MackBench
  22. 22Conor TrainorBench
  23. 23James PritchardBench

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. 10Michael WiringiFly-half
  11. 11Ionut BotezatuWing
  12. 12Florin VlaicuCentre
  13. 13Paula KinikinilauCentre
  14. 14Madalin LemnaruWing
  15. 15Catalin FercuFull-back
  16. 16Andrei RadoiBench
  17. 17Andrei UrsacheBench
  18. 18Alexandru TarusBench
  19. 19Daniel CarpoBench
  20. 20Stelian BurceaBench
  21. 21Valentin CalafeteanuBench
  22. 22Adrian ApostolBench
  23. 23Csaba GalBench

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Context

All-time, Canada 3–8 Romania in 11 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Canada 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.