TheBreakdown
Full time24 October 1981
Romania
6–14
New Zealand
Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania · Tour 1981Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. –PRomania penalty · Ion Constantin3–0
  2. –DRomania drop goal · Alexandru Dumitru6–0
  3. –PNew Zealand penalty · Alan Hewson6–3
  4. –TNew Zealand try · Jamie Salmon6–7
  5. –TNew Zealand try · Andy Dalton6–11
  6. –DNew Zealand drop goal · Doug Rollerson6–14

Line-ups

Romania

  1. 1Ion BucanProp
  2. 2Mircea MunteanuHooker
  3. 3Constantin DinuProp
  4. 4Marin IonescuSecond row
  5. 5Gheorghe DumitruSecond row
  6. 6Florica MurariuFlanker
  7. 7Enciu StoicaFlanker
  8. 8Pompilie BorsNumber 8
  9. 9Mircea ParaschivScrum-half
  10. 10Alexandru DumitruFly-half
  11. 11Marian AldeaWing
  12. 12Adrian LunguCentre
  13. 13Ion ConstantinCentre
  14. 14Sorin FuicuWing
  15. 15Gheorghe FloreaFull-back
  16. Gheorghe CarageaBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Rod KetelsProp
  2. 2Andy DaltonHooker
  3. 3John SpiersProp
  4. 4Gary WhettonSecond row
  5. 5Andy HadenSecond row
  6. 6Mark ShawFlanker
  7. 7Frank ShelfordFlanker
  8. 8Murray MextedNumber 8
  9. 9Dave LoveridgeScrum-half
  10. 10Doug RollersonFly-half
  11. 11Bernie FraserWing
  12. 12Lachlan CameronCentre
  13. 13Jamie SalmonCentre
  14. 14Stu WilsonWing
  15. 15Alan HewsonFull-back
  16. Geoff OldBench

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Context

All-time, Romania 0–3 New Zealand in 3 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Romania going in
New Zealand 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.