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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Lansdowne Road, Dublin · 9 October 1999Head-to-head
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Romania won by 2 points.Half-time 10–5 · Tries 3–4

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Tacklesmademissed
USA4210
ROU11614
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
USA2/22/20
ROU2/21/10
← Romania attack · USA 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
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  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
18′RomaniaTry, Gheorghe Solomie3–5
26′USATry, Dan Lyle, converted8–5
42′USATry, Brian Hightower, converted15–5
44′RomaniaTry, Gheorghe Solomie, converted17–10
49′RomaniaTry, Tudor Constantin, converted17–17
65′RomaniaTry, Adrian -Alin Petrache17–27
79′USATry, Kurt Shuman25–27
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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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′
18′Gheorghe Solomie26′Dan Lyle42′Brian Hightower44′Gheorghe Solomie49′Tudor Constantin65′Adrian -Alin Petrache79′Kurt Shuman
USA

Team stats

ROU
43%Possession57%
114Carries51
342Metres gained242
7Clean breaks6
14Defenders beaten10
125Passes57
9Offloads4
42Tackles made116
10Tackles missed14
73/78Rucks won19/25
18/20Lineouts won9/14
7/7Scrums won12/12
9/13Mauls won6/6
6Penalties conceded14
33Kicks from hand41
Goal kicking
USA conversions 2/2, penalties 2/2 · ROU conversions 2/2, 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. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

USA

  1. 1George SucherProp
  2. 2Tom BillupsHooker
  3. 3Ray LehnerProp
  4. 4Luke GrossSecond row
  5. 5Alec ParkerSecond row
  6. 6Dan LyleFlanker
  7. 7Fifita MoungaFlanker
  8. 8Rob LumkongNumber 8
  9. 9Kevin DalzellScrum-half
  10. 10David NiuFly-half
  11. 11Brian HightowerWing
  12. 12Mark ScharrenbergCentre
  13. 13Juan GroblerCentre
  14. 14Vaea AnitoniWing
  15. 15Kurt ShumanFull-back
  16. 16Joe ClaytonBench
  17. 17Tomasi TakauBench
  18. 18Shaun PagaBench
  19. 19Dave HodgesBench
  20. 20Richard TarditsBench
  21. 21Kirk KhasigianBench
  22. 22David StrobleBench

Romania

  1. 1Constantin StanProp
  2. 2Petru BalanHooker
  3. 3Razvan MavrodinProp
  4. 4Tiberiu BrinzaSecond row
  5. 5Tudor ConstantinSecond row
  6. 6Adrian -Alin PetracheFlanker
  7. 7Erdinci SeptarFlanker
  8. 8Catalin DraguceanuNumber 8
  9. 9Petre MituScrum-half
  10. 10Roland VusecFly-half
  11. 11Gheorghe SolomieWing
  12. 12Romeo Stefan GontineacCentre
  13. 13Gabriel BrezoianuCentre
  14. 14Cristian SauanWing
  15. 15Mihai VioreanuFull-back
  16. 16Florin CorodeanuBench
  17. 17Nicolae Dragos DimaBench
  18. 18Daniel ChiriacBench
  19. 19Marius IacobBench
  20. 20Ionut TofanBench
  21. 21Radu FugigiBench
  22. 22Laurentu RotaruBench

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Context

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

USA 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.