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Full time25 November 2017
Romania
20–25
Tonga
Stadionul National Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest, Romania · Tour 2017Head-to-head

Tonga won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PRomania penalty · Florin Vlaicu3–0
  2. 20’PTonga penalty · Sonatane Takulua3–3
  3. 24’PRomania penalty · Florin Vlaicu6–3
  4. 42’TTonga try · Atieli Pakalani6–8
  5. 45’TTonga try · Halaleva Fifita6–13
  6. 47’CTonga conversion · Sonatane Takulua6–15
  7. 55’TRomania try · Andrei Radoi11–15
  8. 57’CRomania conversion · Florin Vlaicu13–15
  9. 60’TTonga try · Siaosi Taina13–20
  10. 62’TRomania try · Johannes van Heerden18–20
  11. 62’CTonga conversion · Sonatane Takulua18–22
  12. 63’CRomania conversion · Florin Vlaicu20–22
  13. 70’PTonga penalty · Sonatane Takulua20–25

Line-ups

Romania

  1. 1Mihaita LazarProp
  2. 2Andrei RadoiHooker
  3. 3Alexandru TarusProp
  4. 4Johannes van HeerdenSecond row
  5. 5Valentin PoparlanSecond row
  6. 6Cristian ChiricaFlanker
  7. 7Vlad NistorFlanker
  8. 8Stelian BurceaNumber 8
  9. 9Florin SurugiuScrum-half
  10. 10Florin VlaicuFly-half
  11. 11Ionut DumitruWing
  12. 12Sione FakaosileaCentre
  13. 13Paula KinikinilauCentre
  14. 14Fonovai TangimanaWing
  15. 15Marius SimionescuFull-back
  16. 16Florin BardasuBench
  17. 17Ionel BadiuBench
  18. 18Alexandru GordasBench
  19. 19Adrian MotocBench
  20. 20Kuselo MoyakeBench
  21. 21Tudorel BratuBench
  22. 22Jack UmagaBench
  23. 23Fili LomaniBench

Tonga

  1. 1Latu TalakaiProp
  2. 2Sione LeaHooker
  3. 3Paea Fa'anunuProp
  4. 4Halaleva FifitaSecond row
  5. 5Sitiveni MafiSecond row
  6. 6Daniel FaleafaFlanker
  7. 7Fotu LokotuiFlanker
  8. 8Maama VaipuluNumber 8
  9. 9Sonatane TakuluaScrum-half
  10. 10Siaosi TainaFly-half
  11. 11Cooper VunaWing
  12. 12Siale PiutauCentre
  13. 13Nafi TuitavakeCentre
  14. 14Penikolo LatuWing
  15. 15Atieli PakalaniFull-back
  16. 16Sione LoloheaBench
  17. 17Jethro FelemiBench
  18. 18Leo HalavatuBench
  19. 19Onehunga HaviliBench
  20. 20Sione VailanuBench
  21. 21Shinnosuke TuumotooaBench
  22. 22Kali HalaBench
  23. 23Fetuli PaeaBench

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Context

All-time, Romania 3–3 Tonga in 6 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Romania going in
Tonga 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.