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Men's Rugby World Cup 1991 · Stade de la Mediterranee, Béziers · 4 October 1991Head-to-head
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France won by 27 points.Half-time 6–0 · Tries 4–0

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Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
FRA242
ROU3921
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FRA1/44/60
ROU0/01/60
← Romania attack · France 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
  • Territory is not in the feed for this match.
  • Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • 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
60′FranceTry, converted16–3
63′FranceTry, Philippe Saint-Andre, conversion missed22–3
69′FranceTry, Olivier Roumat, conversion missed26–3
76′FranceTry, Jean-Baptiste Lafond, conversion missed30–3
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′
60′FRA63′Philippe Saint-Andre69′Olivier Roumat76′Jean-Baptiste Lafond
FRA

Team stats

ROU
100%Possession0%
95Carries31
589Metres gained103
13Clean breaks0
21Defenders beaten2
126Passes19
10Offloads3
24Tackles made39
2Tackles missed21
21/29Rucks won12/15
11/15Lineouts won9/15
13/14Scrums won9/15
6/7Mauls won2/5
17Penalties conceded15
44Kicks from hand35
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 1/4, penalties 4/6 · ROU conversions 0/0, penalties 1/6. 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

France

  1. 1Gregoire LascubeProp
  2. 2Philippe MaroccoHooker
  3. 3Pascal OndartsProp
  4. 4Jean-Marie CadieuSecond row
  5. 5Olivier RoumatSecond row
  6. 6Eric ChampFlanker
  7. 7Laurent CabannesFlanker
  8. 8Abdelatif BenazziNumber 8
  9. 9Fabien GalthiéScrum-half
  10. 10Didier CamberaberoFly-half
  11. 11Patrice LagisquetWing
  12. 12Franck MesnelCentre
  13. 13Thierry LacroixCentre
  14. 14Philippe Saint-AndreWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 17Jean-Baptiste LafondBench

Romania

  1. 1Gheorghe LeonteProp
  2. 2Gheorghe IonHooker
  3. 3Constantin StanProp
  4. 4Sandu CiorascuSecond row
  5. 5Constantin CojocariuSecond row
  6. 6Gheorghe DinuFlanker
  7. 7Andrei GuranescuFlanker
  8. 8Hary DumitrasNumber 8
  9. 9Daniel NeagaScrum-half
  10. 10Neculai NichiteanFly-half
  11. 11Nicolae RaceanWing
  12. 12George SavaCentre
  13. 13Adrian LunguCentre
  14. 14Catalin SasuWing
  15. 15Marian DumitruFull-back

Match officials

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Context

All-time, France 43–8 Romania, 2 drawn in 53 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France 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.