Full time24 May 1953
Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest, RomaniaHead-to-head
Italy won by 2 points.
Scoring
- 1’CRomania conversion · Dumitru-Titi Ionescu2–0
- 1’TRomania try · Emil Dumitrescu5–0
- 1’TRomania try · Dumitru Ghiuzelea8–0
- 1’TRomania try · Dumitru Ghiuzelea11–0
- 1’TRomania try · Dumitru Ghiuzelea14–0
- 10’CItaly conversion · Mario Battaglini14–2
- 10’TItaly try · Giorgio Fornari14–5
- 20’PItaly penalty · Mario Battaglini14–8
- 36’DItaly drop goal · Mario Pisaneschi14–11
- 56’CItaly conversion · Mario Battaglini14–13
- 56’TItaly try · Paolo Rosi14–16
Line-ups
Romania
- 1Gheorghe ParcalabescuProp
- 2Nicu SoculescuHooker
- 3Stan LuricProp
- 4Serban MehedintiSecond row
- 5Margarit BlagescuSecond row
- 6Viorel MorariuFlanker
- 7Vasile VoicuFlanker
- 8Emil DumitrescuNumber 8
- 9Dumitru-Titi IonescuScrum-half
- 10Ion IlieFly-half
- 11Ion DobreWing
- 12Radu NanuCentre
- 13Alexandru CaligariCentre
- 14Dumitru GhiuzeleaWing
- 15Petre BudaFull-back
Italy
- 1Luciano TurcatoProp
- 2Gennaro ManciniHooker
- 3Giorgio FornariProp
- 4Paolo DariSecond row
- 5Sergio BarilariSecond row
- 6Sergio LanfranchiFlanker
- 7Mario BattagliniFlanker
- 8Gianfranco ZanchiNumber 8
- 9Mario PisaneschiScrum-half
- 10Piero MariniFly-half
- 11Enzo GerosaWing
- 12Romano BettarelloCentre
- 13Paolo RosiCentre
- 14Pietro StievanoWing
- 15Nando BarbiniFull-back
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Context
All-time, Romania 16–25 Italy, 3 drawn in 44 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Romania going in
Italy going in
- Previous meeting: 3 May 1942, Romania 3–22 Italy
- Next meeting on record: 7 December 1958
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.