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Men's Rugby World Cup 1987 · Athletic Park, Wellington · 28 May 1987Head-to-head
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France won by 43 points.Half-time 12–12 · Tries 9–0

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Tacklesmademissed
FRA426
ROU6842
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FRA8/81/10
ROU0/04/40
← 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.
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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
19′FranceTry, Denis Charvet, converted4–3
27′FranceTry, Philippe Sella, converted10–6
43′FranceTry, Marc Andrieu, converted16–12
46′FranceTry, Didier Camberabero22–12
54′FranceTry, Dominique Erbani, converted29–12
58′FranceTry, Guy Laporte, converted35–12
69′FranceTry, Patrice Lagisquet, converted41–12
76′FranceTry, Patrice Lagisquet, converted47–12
79′FranceTry, Denis Charvet, converted53–12
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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015304560HT0′20′40′60′80′
19′Denis Charvet27′Philippe Sella43′Marc Andrieu46′Didier Camberabero54′Dominique Erbani58′Guy Laporte69′Patrice Lagisquet76′Patrice Lagisquet79′Denis Charvet
FRA

Team stats

ROU
100%Possession0%
106Carries48
665Metres gained156
19Clean breaks1
42Defenders beaten6
132Passes67
13Offloads12
42Tackles made68
6Tackles missed42
26/30Rucks won7/11
9/15Lineouts won14/20
13/13Scrums won7/13
12/14Mauls won12/14
8Penalties conceded19
33Kicks from hand40
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 8/8, penalties 1/1 · ROU conversions 0/0, penalties 4/4. 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. 1Jean-Pierre GaruetProp
  2. 2Philippe DintransHooker
  3. 3Louis ArmaryProp
  4. 4Francis HagetSecond row
  5. 5Jean CondomSecond row
  6. 6Eric ChampFlanker
  7. 7Alain CarminatiFlanker
  8. 8Dominique ErbaniNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre BerbizierScrum-half
  10. 10Guy LaporteFly-half
  11. 11Marc AndrieuWing
  12. 12Denis CharvetCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Patrice LagisquetWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Daniel DubrocaBench
  17. 17Pascal OndartsBench
  18. 18Laurent RodriguezBench
  19. 19Rodolphe ModinBench
  20. 20Patrick EsteveBench
  21. 21Didier CamberaberoBench

Romania

  1. 1Florea OprisProp
  2. 2Vasile IlcaHooker
  3. 3Vasile PascuProp
  4. 4Nicolae VeresSecond row
  5. 5Laurentiu ConstantinSecond row
  6. 6Emilian NeculaFlanker
  7. 7Gheorghe DumitruFlanker
  8. 8Cristian RaducanuNumber 8
  9. 9Mircea ParaschivScrum-half
  10. 10Romeo BezuscuFly-half
  11. 11Adrian LunguWing
  12. 12Stefan TofanCentre
  13. 13Vasile DavidCentre
  14. 14Marcel ToaderWing
  15. 15Vasile IonFull-back
  16. 16Liviu HodorcaBench
  17. 17Florica MurariuBench
  18. 18Adrian PllotschiBench
  19. 19Hary DumitrasBench
  20. 20Gheorghe LeonteBench
  21. 21Emilian GrigoreBench

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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.