TheBreakdown
Full time20 September 1988
USSR
18–28
Romania
Slava Stadium, Moscow, Russian Federation · Socialisticheskaya Industriya 1988Head-to-head

Romania won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. 18’PRomania penalty · Gelu Ignat0–3
  2. 32’CRomania conversion · Gelu Ignat0–5
  3. 32’TRomania try · Gelu Ignat0–9
  4. 40’CRomania conversion · Gelu Ignat0–11
  5. 40’TRomania try · Daniel Boldor0–15
  6. 41’TRomania try · Florica Murariu0–19
  7. 56’CUSSR conversion · Evgeny Zuev2–19
  8. 56’TUSSR try · Nugzar Dzagnidze6–19
  9. 59’TUSSR try · Andrey Sokolov10–19
  10. 67’TUSSR try · Alexander Andreev14–19
  11. 73’PRomania penalty · Gelu Ignat14–22
  12. 75’DRomania drop goal · Gelu Ignat14–25
  13. 76’TUSSR try · Igor Nechaev18–25
  14. 79’PRomania penalty · Gelu Ignat18–28

Line-ups

USSR

  1. 1Igor KhohlovProp
  2. 2Rauf 'Roman' MalikovHooker
  3. 3Sergey MolchanovProp
  4. 4Sergey SergeevSecond row
  5. 5Alexander MishakovSecond row
  6. 6Edward ZvaigzneFlanker
  7. 7Andrey SokolovFlanker
  8. 8Alexander TikhonovNumber 8
  9. 9Alexander BychkovScrum-half
  10. 10Igor NechaevFly-half
  11. 11Alexander AndreevWing
  12. 12Mihail ParshinCentre
  13. 13Evgeny ZuevCentre
  14. 14Vladislav VorapaevWing
  15. 15Andrey KorolihinFull-back
  16. Nugzar DzagnidzeBench

Romania

  1. 1Vasile 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. 15Nicolae RaceanFull-back

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Context

All-time, USSR 3–14 Romania in 17 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

USSR 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.