TheBreakdown
Full time19 October 1996
Moldova
3–8
Latvia
Venue not recorded · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1999Head-to-head

Latvia won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –PMoldova penalty · Eugen Viuscov3–0
  2. –PLatvia penalty · Vladimir Nikonovs3–3
  3. –TLatvia try · Chen Valdavs3–8

Line-ups

Moldova

  1. 1Tudor ProcopiiProp
  2. 2Dimitru CuharencoHooker
  3. 3Andrei StotchiProp
  4. 4Oleg GhijevSecond row
  5. 5Veatcheslav CristalSecond row
  6. 6Iurie SurujiuFlanker
  7. 7Serghei ParscovFlanker
  8. 8Sergei NigoritaNumber 8
  9. 9Eugen ViuscovScrum-half
  10. 10Sergei CatolichenkoFly-half
  11. 11Vladimir SolaruWing
  12. 12Vladimir CliucinicovCentre
  13. 13Oleg StarodubtevCentre
  14. 14Sergei BiliencoWing
  15. 15Iurie CrivtovFull-back

Latvia

  1. 1Juris KezberisProp
  2. 2Jurijs RizakovsHooker
  3. 3Voldemar BataragsProp
  4. 4Aleksandrs KaraulovsSecond row
  5. 5Vilmars SokolovsSecond row
  6. 6Nikolai JakovlevsFlanker
  7. 7Roland AbeleFlanker
  8. 8Nikolai PetjuninsNumber 8
  9. 9Kristap AndersonsScrum-half
  10. 10Vladimir NikonovsFly-half
  11. 11Guntars SkukauskasWing
  12. 12Demjan ZavadskisCentre
  13. 13Vjaceslav SnetkovsCentre
  14. 14Chen ValdavsWing
  15. 15Armands VishevskisFull-back
  16. Maris RobeznieksBench
  17. Aivars KruminsBench

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Context

All-time, Moldova 1–3 Latvia in 4 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Moldova going in
Latvia 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.