TheBreakdown
Full time7 October 1990
Italy
29–21
Romania
Venue not recorded · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1991Head-to-head

Italy won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CRomania conversion · Neculai Nichitean0–2
  2. 1’PRomania penalty · Neculai Nichitean0–5
  3. 1’PRomania penalty · Neculai Nichitean0–8
  4. 1’PRomania penalty · Neculai Nichitean0–11
  5. 1’PRomania penalty · Neculai Nichitean0–14
  6. 1’TRomania try · Alexandru Radulescu0–18
  7. 1’DRomania drop goal · Neculai Nichitean0–21
  8. 6’CItaly conversion · Luigi Troiani2–21
  9. 6’TItaly try · Roberto Saetti6–21
  10. 14’PItaly penalty · Luigi Troiani9–21
  11. 25’TItaly try · Ivan Francescato13–21
  12. 40’DItaly drop goal · Massimo Bonomi16–21
  13. 60’DItaly drop goal · Massimo Brunello19–21
  14. 63’PItaly penalty · Luigi Troiani22–21
  15. 81’TItaly try · Massimo Brunello26–21
  16. 96’DItaly drop goal · Massimo Bonomi29–21

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Massimo CuttittaProp
  2. 2Giancarlo PivettaHooker
  3. 3Franco Properzi-CurtiProp
  4. 4Roberto FavaroSecond row
  5. 5Giambatista CrociSecond row
  6. 6Roberto SaettiFlanker
  7. 7Massimo GiovanelliFlanker
  8. 8Gianni ZanonNumber 8
  9. 9Ivan FrancescatoScrum-half
  10. 10Massimo BonomiFly-half
  11. 11Massimo BrunelloWing
  12. 12Stefano BarbaCentre
  13. 13Stefano BordonCentre
  14. 14Edgardo VenturiWing
  15. 15Luigi TroianiFull-back
  16. Giovanni GrespanBench

Romania

  1. 1Gheorghe LeonteProp
  2. 2Gheorghe IonHooker
  3. 3Gheorghe DumitrescuProp
  4. 4Traian OroianSecond row
  5. 5Constantin CojocariuSecond row
  6. 6Gheorghe DinuFlanker
  7. 7Ioan DojaFlanker
  8. 8Tiberiu BrinzaNumber 8
  9. 9Sorin SeceleanuScrum-half
  10. 10Neculai NichiteanFly-half
  11. 11Nicolae RaceanWing
  12. 12Adrian LunguCentre
  13. 13George SavaCentre
  14. 14Stefan ChirilaWing
  15. 15Marian DumitruFull-back
  16. Marcel ToaderBench
  17. Alexandru RadulescuBench
  18. Valere TufaBench

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Context

All-time, Italy 25–16 Romania, 3 drawn in 44 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Italy going in
Romania 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.