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Full time26 October 1996
Bulgaria
31–46
Croatia
Venue not recorded · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1999Head-to-head

Croatia won by 15 points.

Scoring

  1. –CBulgaria conversion · Marian Tzonev2–0
  2. –CBulgaria conversion · Marian Tzonev4–0
  3. –CBulgaria conversion · Marian Tzonev6–0
  4. –CBulgaria conversion · Marian Tzonev8–0
  5. –PBulgaria penalty · Marian Tzonev11–0
  6. –TBulgaria try · Lubomir Kruchkin16–0
  7. –TBulgaria try · Lubomir Kruchkin21–0
  8. –TBulgaria try · Antonio Ivanov26–0
  9. –TBulgaria try · Vladimir Velitchkov31–0
  10. –CCroatia conversion · Hrjove Bartolic31–2
  11. –CCroatia conversion · Hrjove Bartolic31–4
  12. –CCroatia conversion · Hrjove Bartolic31–6
  13. –TCroatia try · Anthony Posa31–11
  14. –TCroatia try · Anthony Posa31–16
  15. –TCroatia try · Anthony Posa31–21
  16. –TCroatia try · Pero Matosic31–26
  17. –TCroatia try · M Klaric31–31
  18. –TCroatia try · Hrjove Bartolic31–36
  19. –TCroatia try · Anthony Sumic31–41
  20. –TCroatia try · Mario Fiamengo31–46

Line-ups

Bulgaria

  1. 1S MichaelovProp
  2. 2I ChrustanovHooker
  3. 3N KovatchevProp
  4. 4Milko GrigorovSecond row
  5. 5A PetrovSecond row
  6. 6Vladimir VelitchkovFlanker
  7. 7Plamen LalevFlanker
  8. 8Antonio IvanovNumber 8
  9. 9Kruin TaskovScrum-half
  10. 10Marian TzonevFly-half
  11. 11Oleg KrumovWing
  12. 12Lubomir KruchkinCentre
  13. 13Dimitar PetrovCentre
  14. 14Stotar StoyanovWing
  15. 15Ivo BorrisovFull-back

Croatia

  1. 1N SemenovProp
  2. 2Jure PenovicHooker
  3. 3Slobodan BursacProp
  4. 4Mario FiamengoSecond row
  5. 5Zeljko GavezSecond row
  6. 6Dalibor StarcevicFlanker
  7. 7Mike NolaFlanker
  8. 8D VelickovicNumber 8
  9. 9Anthony SumicScrum-half
  10. 10Hrjove BartolicFly-half
  11. 11M KlaricWing
  12. 12Luka BjelanovicCentre
  13. 13Pero PrebegCentre
  14. 14Pero MatosicWing
  15. 15Anthony PosaFull-back
  16. M CurkovicBench
  17. Kreso KuckoBench
  18. Damir SablicBench

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Context

All-time, Bulgaria 0–1 Croatia in 1 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Bulgaria going in
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