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Men's Rugby World Cup 1987 · Eden Park, Auckland · 23 May 1987Head-to-head
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Romania won by 1 point.Half-time 3–11 · Tries 3–3

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Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
ROU3522
ZIM8734
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ROU0/03/30
ZIM1/12/20
← Zimbabwe attack · Romania 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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  • 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
8′ZimbabweTry, Richard Tsimba0–4
18′ZimbabweTry, Mark Neill0–8
64′ZimbabweTry, Richard Tsimba, converted9–18
73′RomaniaTry, Mircea Paraschiv13–20
76′RomaniaTry, Marcel Toader17–20
85′RomaniaTry, Liviu Hodorca21–20
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′
8′Richard Tsimba18′Mark Neill64′Richard Tsimba73′Mircea Paraschiv76′Marcel Toader85′Liviu Hodorca
ROU

Team stats

ZIM
50%Possession50%
105Carries57
411Metres gained331
14Clean breaks7
34Defenders beaten22
134Passes62
11Offloads11
35Tackles made87
22Tackles missed34
28/40Rucks won13/18
17/20Lineouts won6/17
27/27Scrums won7/10
11/12Mauls won2/4
9Penalties conceded14
42Kicks from hand45
Goal kicking
ROU conversions 0/0, penalties 3/3 · ZIM conversions 1/1, penalties 2/2. 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

Romania

  1. 1Ion BucanProp
  2. 2Emilian GrigoreHooker
  3. 3Gheorghe LeonteProp
  4. 4Laurentiu ConstantinSecond row
  5. 5Stefan ConstantinSecond row
  6. 6Hary DumitrasFlanker
  7. 7Florica MurariuFlanker
  8. 8Cristian RaducanuNumber 8
  9. 9Mircea ParaschivScrum-half
  10. 10Alexandru DumitruFly-half
  11. 11Adrian LunguWing
  12. 12Vasile DavidCentre
  13. 13Stefan TofanCentre
  14. 14Alexandru MarinWing
  15. 15Marcel ToaderFull-back
  16. 16Liviu HodorcaBench
  17. 17Emilian NeculaBench
  18. 18Vasile IonBench
  19. 19Gheorghe DumitruBench
  20. 20Vasile PascuBench
  21. 21Vasile IlcaBench

Zimbabwe

  1. 1George ElcombeProp
  2. 2Lance BrayHooker
  3. 3Andy TuckerProp
  4. 4Malcolm SawyerSecond row
  5. 5Michael MartinSecond row
  6. 6Rod GrayFlanker
  7. 7Dirk BuitendagFlanker
  8. 8Mark NeillNumber 8
  9. 9Malcolm JellicoeScrum-half
  10. 10Craig BrownFly-half
  11. 11Eric BarrettWing
  12. 12Campbell GrahamCentre
  13. 13Richard TsimbaCentre
  14. 14Peter KaulbachWing
  15. 15Andrew FerreiraFull-back
  16. 16Andre BuitendagBench
  17. 17Shawn GrahamBench
  18. 18Marthinus GroblerBench
  19. 19Errol BredenkampBench
  20. 20Grant DavidsonBench
  21. 21Keith BellBench

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Context

All-time, Romania 4–0 Zimbabwe in 4 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Romania going in
Zimbabwe 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.