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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Sandy Park, Exeter · 11 October 2015Head-to-head
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Italy won by 10 points.Half-time 22–3 · Tries 4–3 · ROU 1 yellow card

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5′16′70′1024394666757927108Attacks545Ball won5512612401359139195281192320%Own 2230%Own half60%Opp half39%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
ITA1467
ROU6321
← Romania attack · Italy 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
10′ItalyTry, Leonardo Sarto, conversion missed5–3
24′ItalyTry, Edoardo Gori, converted13–3
39′ItalyTry, Tommaso Allan, converted20–3
46′ItalyTry, Alessandro Zanni, converted27–3
66′RomaniaTry, Adrian Apostol, converted29–8
75′RomaniaTry, Valentin Poparlan, converted32–15
79′RomaniaTry, Adrian Apostol, conversion missed32–22
5′RomaniaPenalty goal scored
16′ItalyPenalty goal scored
70′ItalyPenalty 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
10′Leonardo Sarto24′Edoardo Gori39′Tommaso Allan46′Alessandro Zanni66′Adrian Apostol75′Valentin Poparlan79′Adrian Apostol
ITA

Team stats

ROU
37%Possession63%
38%Territory62%
74Carries131
311Metres gained315
7Clean breaks4
21Defenders beaten7
108Passes133
11Offloads7
146Tackles made63
7Tackles missed21
45/48Rucks won97/101
13/16Lineouts won16/18
5/5Scrums won6/7
5/6Mauls won7/10
8Turnovers won7
9Penalties conceded9
36Kicks from hand37
400Kick metres417
Goal kicking
ITA conversions 3/4, penalties 2/2 · ROU conversions 2/3, penalties 1/1. 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

Italy

  1. 1Matias AgueroProp
  2. 2Andrea ManiciHooker
  3. 3Lorenzo CittadiniProp
  4. 4Quintin GeldenhuysSecond row
  5. 5Josh FurnoSecond row
  6. 6Francesco MintoFlanker
  7. 7Simone FavaroFlanker
  8. 8Alessandro ZanniNumber 8
  9. 9Edoardo GoriScrum-half
  10. 10Tommaso AllanFly-half
  11. 11Giovanbattista VendittiWing
  12. 12Tommaso BenvenutiCentre
  13. 13Michele CampagnaroCentre
  14. 14Leonardo SartoWing
  15. 15Luke McLeanFull-back
  16. 16Davide GiazzonBench
  17. 17Alberto De MarchiBench
  18. 18Dario ChistoliniBench
  19. 19Valerio BernabòBench
  20. 20Samuela VunisaBench
  21. 21Guglielmo PalazzaniBench
  22. 22Carlo CannaBench
  23. 23Enrico BacchinBench

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. 8Daniel CarpoNumber 8
  9. 9Valentin CalafeteanuScrum-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. 18Horatiu PungeaBench
  19. 19Marius AntonescuBench
  20. 20Stelian BurceaBench
  21. 21Tudorel BratuBench
  22. 22Adrian ApostolBench
  23. 23Csaba GalBench

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Context

All-time, Italy 25–16 Romania, 3 drawn in 44 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Italy 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.