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Full time3 March 2018
Romania
25–15
Russia
Cluj Arena, Cluj, Romania · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2016Head-to-head

Romania won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’TRomania try
  2. 31’TRussia try · Dmitry Gerasimov
  3. 36’PRussia penalty · Yury Kushnarev
  4. 39’PRomania penalty · Valentin Calafeteanu
  5. 50’TRomania try · Stephen Shennan
  6. 70’TRussia try · Ramil Gaisin
  7. 71’CRussia conversion · Ramil Gaisin
  8. 75’TRomania try · Paula Kinikinilau
  9. 80’TRomania try · Marian Capatana

The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.

Line-ups

Romania

  1. 1Mihaita LazarProp
  2. 2Andrei RadoiHooker
  3. 3Alexandru TarusProp
  4. 4Johannes van HeerdenSecond row
  5. 5Valentin PoparlanSecond row
  6. 6Vlad NistorFlanker
  7. 7Andrei GorcioaiaFlanker
  8. 8Stelian BurceaNumber 8
  9. 9Valentin CalafeteanuScrum-half
  10. 10Jack UmagaFly-half
  11. 11Ionut DumitruWing
  12. 12Sione FakaosileaCentre
  13. 13Paula KinikinilauCentre
  14. 14Fonovai TangimanaWing
  15. 15Catalin FercuFull-back
  16. 16Marian CapatanaBench
  17. 17Ionel BadiuBench
  18. 18Constantin PristavitaBench
  19. 19Marius AntonescuBench
  20. 20Kuselo MoyakeBench
  21. 21Florin SurugiuBench
  22. 22Stephen ShennanBench
  23. 23Florin VlaicuBench

Russia

  1. 1Sergey SekisovProp
  2. 2Valery TsnobiladzeHooker
  3. 3Innokentiy ZykovProp
  4. 4Andrey GarbuzovSecond row
  5. 5Evgeny ElginSecond row
  6. 6Viktor GresevFlanker
  7. 7Tagir GadzhievFlanker
  8. 8Dmitry KrotovNumber 8
  9. 9Vasily DorofeevScrum-half
  10. 10Yury KushnarevFly-half
  11. 11Evgeny NepeyvodaWing
  12. 12Dmitry GerasimovCentre
  13. 13Sergey TrishinCentre
  14. 14Mikhail BabaevWing
  15. 15Ramil GaisinFull-back
  16. 16Nazir GasanovBench
  17. 17Andrei PolivalovBench
  18. 18Magomed DavudovBench
  19. 19Anton SychevBench
  20. 20Anton RudoiBench
  21. 21Alexey ShcherbanBench
  22. 22Aleksei MikhaltsovBench
  23. 23Aleksandr BudychenkoBench

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Context

All-time, Romania 17–8 Russia, 1 drawn in 26 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Romania going in
Russia going in

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.