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Full time1 June 1997
Romania
20–51
France
Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest, RomaniaHead-to-head

France won by 31 points.

Scoring

  1. –CRomania conversion · Neculai Nichitean2–0
  2. –CRomania conversion · Neculai Nichitean4–0
  3. –PRomania penalty · Neculai Nichitean7–0
  4. –PRomania penalty · Neculai Nichitean10–0
  5. –TRomania try · Romeo Stefan Gontineac15–0
  6. –TRomania try · Margarit Radoi20–0
  7. –CFrance conversion · Christophe Lamaison20–2
  8. –CFrance conversion · Christophe Lamaison20–4
  9. –CFrance conversion · Sebastien Viars20–6
  10. –TFrance try · Philippe Bernat-Salles20–11
  11. –TFrance try · Philippe Bernat-Salles20–16
  12. –TFrance try · David Venditti20–21
  13. –TFrance try · David Venditti20–26
  14. –TFrance try · Alain Penaud20–31
  15. –TFrance try · Olivier Merle20–36
  16. –TFrance try · Marc Lievremont20–41
  17. –TFrance try · Sebastien Viars20–46
  18. –TFrance try · Sebastien Viars20–51

Line-ups

Romania

  1. 1Niculae DragosProp
  2. 2Margarit RadoiHooker
  3. 3Leodor CosteaProp
  4. 4Cristian BranescuSecond row
  5. 5Vasile NedelcuSecond row
  6. 6Florin CorodeanuFlanker
  7. 7Adrian GirbuFlanker
  8. 8Tiberiu BrinzaNumber 8
  9. 9Vasile FluturScrum-half
  10. 10Neculai NichiteanFly-half
  11. 11Gabriel BrezoianuWing
  12. 12Romeo Stefan GontineacCentre
  13. 13Gheorghe SolomieCentre
  14. 14Lucian ColceriuWing
  15. 15Vasile BriciFull-back
  16. Razvan StancaBench
  17. Alexandru MantaBench
  18. Constantin DragneaBench
  19. Constantin StanBench

France

  1. 1Didier CasadeiProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Franck TournaireProp
  4. 4Olivier MerleSecond row
  5. 5Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  6. 6Abdelatif BenazziFlanker
  7. 7Marc LievremontFlanker
  8. 8Fabien PelousNumber 8
  9. 9Frederic TorossianScrum-half
  10. 10Alain PenaudFly-half
  11. 11David VendittiWing
  12. 12David DantiacqCentre
  13. 13Christophe LamaisonCentre
  14. 14Philippe Bernat-SallesWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. Sebastien ViarsBench
  17. David AucagneBench
  18. Olivier MagneBench
  19. Philippe CarbonneauBench
  20. Marc Dal MasoBench
  21. David LaperneBench

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Context

All-time, Romania 8–43 France, 2 drawn in 53 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Romania going in
France 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.