Romania 28–55 Scotland, 2 June 1987

Men's Rugby World Cup 1987 · Carisbrook, Dunedin · 2 June 1987Head-to-head

Full-time report

ROURomania28

SCOScotland55

Scotland won by 27 points.Half-time 7–33 · Tries 3–9

Pitch map

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Tacklesmademissed

ROU3325

SCO4417

Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops

ROU2/34/50

SCO8/91/30

← Scotland 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

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

Min	Team	What	Score
5′	Scotland	Try, Alan Tait, converted	0–4
17′	Scotland	Try, John Jeffrey, converted	0–13
20′	Scotland	Try, Matt Duncan, converted	0–19
22′	Scotland	Try, Alan Tait, converted	0–25
37′	Scotland	Try, John Jeffrey, converted	3–31
41′	Romania	Try, Florica Murariu, conversion missed	7–33
43′	Scotland	Try, John Jeffrey, converted	7–37
49′	Romania	Try, Marcel Toader, converted	11–39
67′	Scotland	Try, Gavin Hastings, conversion missed	19–43
75′	Scotland	Try, Iwan Tukalo, converted	22–47
78′	Scotland	Try, Gavin Hastings, converted	22–53
81′	Romania	Try, Florica Murariu, converted	26–55

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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5′Alan Tait17′John Jeffrey20′Matt Duncan22′Alan Tait37′John Jeffrey41′Florica Murariu43′John Jeffrey49′Marcel Toader67′Gavin Hastings75′Iwan Tukalo78′Gavin Hastings81′Florica Murariu

ROU

Team stats

SCO

25%Possession75%

64Carries66

238Metres gained425

9Clean breaks15

17Defenders beaten24

77Passes86

7Offloads10

33Tackles made44

25Tackles missed17

19/21Rucks won19/24

14/16Lineouts won17/22

12/14Scrums won11/12

8/8Mauls won9/10

10Penalties conceded15

36Kicks from hand44

Goal kicking
ROU conversions 2/3, penalties 4/5 · SCO conversions 8/9, penalties 1/3. 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

Scotland

1David SoleProp
2Colin DeansHooker
3Norrie RowanProp
4Derek WhiteSecond row
5Alan TomesSecond row
6John JeffreyFlanker
7Finlay CalderFlanker
8Iain PaxtonNumber 8
9Roy LaidlawScrum-half
10Doug WyllieFly-half
11Iwan TukaloWing
12Scott HastingsCentre
13Alan TaitCentre
14Matt DuncanWing
15Gavin HastingsFull-back
16Gary CallanderBench
17Alex BrewsterBench
18Jeremy Campbell-LamertonBench
19Greig OliverBench
20Richard CrambBench
21Peter DodsBench

Match officials

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Assistant referee: Sample Assistant 1
Assistant referee: Sample Assistant 2
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Context

All-time, Romania 2–12 Scotland in 14 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Romania going in

Scotland going in

Previous meeting: 29 March 1986, Romania 18–33 Scotland
Next meeting on record: 9 December 1989

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.