TheBreakdown
Full time17 September 1988
Romania
7–17
USA
Fili Stadium, Moscow, Russian Federation · Socialisticheskaya Industriya 1988Head-to-head

USA won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. –PRomania penalty · Gelu Ignat3–0
  2. –TRomania try · Gelu Ignat7–0
  3. –CUSA conversion · Chris O'Brien7–2
  4. –PUSA penalty · Chris O'Brien7–5
  5. –TUSA try · Barry Williams7–9
  6. –TUSA try · Mike Saunders7–13
  7. –TUSA try · Bill Leversee7–17

Line-ups

Romania

  1. 1Alexandru ManProp
  2. 2Marin MotHooker
  3. 3Gheorghe LeonteProp
  4. 4Sandu CiorascuSecond row
  5. 5Gheorghe CarageaSecond row
  6. 6Florica MurariuFlanker
  7. 7Alexandru RadulescuFlanker
  8. 8Hary DumitrasNumber 8
  9. 9Teodor ComanScrum-half
  10. 10Gelu IgnatFly-half
  11. 11Daniel BoldorWing
  12. 12Adrian LunguCentre
  13. 13Stefan TofanCentre
  14. 14Gheorghe VarzaruWing
  15. 15Dorel PitiFull-back
  16. Marian MotocBench

USA

  1. 1Terry WhelanProp
  2. 2Pat JohnsonHooker
  3. 3Fred PaoliProp
  4. 4Kevin SwordsSecond row
  5. 5Tony RidnellSecond row
  6. 6Shawn LipmanFlanker
  7. 7Gary LambertFlanker
  8. 8Brian VizardNumber 8
  9. 9Mike SaundersScrum-half
  10. 10Chris O'BrienFly-half
  11. 11Gary HeinWing
  12. 12Mark WilliamsCentre
  13. 13Kevin HigginsCentre
  14. 14Barry WilliamsWing
  15. 15Ray NelsonFull-back
  16. Bill LeverseeBench

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Context

All-time, Romania 3–8 USA in 11 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Romania going in
USA 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.