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Men's Rugby World Cup 1995 · Newlands Stadium, Cape Town · 30 May 1995Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 13 points.Half-time 8–0 · Tries 2–1

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Tacklesmademissed
RSA275
ROU6517
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA1/13/30
ROU0/01/10
← Romania attack · South Africa 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
12′South AfricaTry, Adriaan Richter8–0
56′South AfricaTry, Adriaan Richter, converted16–3
78′RomaniaTry, Andrei Guranescu21–8
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′
12′Adriaan Richter56′Adriaan Richter78′Andrei Guranescu
RSA

Team stats

ROU
67%Possession33%
97Carries46
391Metres gained154
9Clean breaks3
17Defenders beaten5
108Passes72
16Offloads5
27Tackles made65
5Tackles missed17
35/42Rucks won14/16
23/29Lineouts won16/23
9/10Scrums won7/8
20/21Mauls won23/25
8Penalties conceded12
56Kicks from hand77
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 1/1, penalties 3/3 · ROU conversions 0/0, 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

South Africa

  1. 1Garry PagelProp
  2. 2Chris RossouwHooker
  3. 3Marius HurterProp
  4. 4Kobus WieseSecond row
  5. 5Krynauw OttoSecond row
  6. 6Ruben KrugerFlanker
  7. 7Robbie BrinkFlanker
  8. 8Adriaan RichterNumber 8
  9. 9Johan RouxScrum-half
  10. 10Hennie le RouxFly-half
  11. 11Pieter HendriksWing
  12. 12Brendan VenterCentre
  13. 13Chris ScholtzCentre
  14. 14James SmallWing
  15. 15Gavin JohnsonFull-back
  16. 16Joel StranskyBench
  17. 17Andre JoubertBench
  18. 18Joost van der WesthuizenBench
  19. 19Rudolf StraeuliBench
  20. 20Os du RandtBench
  21. 21James DaltonBench

Romania

  1. 1Gheorghe LeonteProp
  2. 2Ionel NegreciHooker
  3. 3Gabriel VladProp
  4. 4Sandu CiorascuSecond row
  5. 5Constantin CojocariuSecond row
  6. 6Andrei GuranescuFlanker
  7. 7Alexandru GealapuFlanker
  8. 8Tiberiu BrinzaNumber 8
  9. 9Vasile FluturScrum-half
  10. 10Ilie IvanciucFly-half
  11. 11Gheorghe SolomieWing
  12. 12Romeo Stefan GontineacCentre
  13. 13Nicolae RaceanCentre
  14. 14Lucian ColceriuWing
  15. 15Vasile BriciFull-back
  16. 16Valere TufaBench
  17. 17Neculai NichiteanBench
  18. 18Adrian LunguBench
  19. 19Daniel NeagaBench
  20. 20Ovidiu SlusariucBench
  21. 21Leodor CosteaBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, South Africa 2–0 Romania in 2 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in
Romania going in

Also on this day

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