TheBreakdown
Full time21 April 1991
Romania
18–21
Italy
Venue not recordedHead-to-head

Italy won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 19’PRomania penalty · Gelu Ignat3–0
  2. 22’PItaly penalty · Luigi Troiani3–3
  3. 26’CItaly conversion · Luigi Troiani3–5
  4. 26’TItaly try · Edgardo Venturi3–9
  5. 40’DRomania drop goal · Neculai Nichitean6–9
  6. 48’CRomania conversion · Gelu Ignat8–9
  7. 48’TRomania try · Catalin Sasu12–9
  8. 53’DRomania drop goal · Neculai Nichitean15–9
  9. 73’PItaly penalty · Luigi Troiani15–12
  10. 76’PItaly penalty · Luigi Troiani15–15
  11. 92’PRomania penalty · Gelu Ignat18–15
  12. 96’CItaly conversion · Luigi Troiani18–17
  13. 96’TItaly try · Giancarlo Pivetta18–21

Line-ups

Romania

  1. 1Gheorghe LeonteProp
  2. 2Gheorghe IonHooker
  3. 3Gheorghe DumitrescuProp
  4. 4Sandu CiorascuSecond row
  5. 5Constantin CojocariuSecond row
  6. 6Gheorghe DinuFlanker
  7. 7Ioan DojaFlanker
  8. 8Hary DumitrasNumber 8
  9. 9Daniel NeagaScrum-half
  10. 10Neculai NichiteanFly-half
  11. 11Catalin SasuWing
  12. 12George SavaCentre
  13. 13Adrian LunguCentre
  14. 14Stefan ChirilaWing
  15. 15Gelu IgnatFull-back
  16. Laurentiu ConstantinBench
  17. Constantin StanBench

Italy

  1. 1Giovanni GrespanProp
  2. 2Giancarlo PivettaHooker
  3. 3Guido RossiProp
  4. 4Roberto FavaroSecond row
  5. 5Giambatista CrociSecond row
  6. 6Roberto SaettiFlanker
  7. 7Massimo GiovanelliFlanker
  8. 8Corrado CoviNumber 8
  9. 9Ivan FrancescatoScrum-half
  10. 10Massimo BonomiFly-half
  11. 11Marcello CuttittaWing
  12. 12Diego DominguezCentre
  13. 13Stefano BarbaCentre
  14. 14Edgardo VenturiWing
  15. 15Luigi TroianiFull-back
  16. Paolo PedroniBench

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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

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.