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Men's Rugby World Cup 2023 · Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux · 17 September 2023Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 76 points.Half-time 33–0 · Tries 12–0

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14′37912244353556264687461%Own 2251%Own half56%Opp half83%Opp 22
← Romania attack · South Africa attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
3′South AfricaTry, Cobus Reinach, conversion missed5–0
7′South AfricaTry, Makazole Mapimpi, converted10–0
9′South AfricaTry, Cobus Reinach, converted17–0
12′South AfricaTry, Damian Willemse, converted24–0
24′South AfricaTry, Cobus Reinach, converted31–0
43′South AfricaTry, Deon Fourie, conversion missed38–0
53′South AfricaTry45–0
55′South AfricaTry, Grant Williams, converted50–0
62′South AfricaTry, Grant Williams, converted57–0
64′South AfricaTry, Makazole Mapimpi, conversion missed64–0
68′South AfricaTry, Makazole Mapimpi, converted69–0
74′South AfricaTry, Willie Le Roux, conversion missed76–0
14′RomaniaPenalty goal missed
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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020406080HT0′20′40′60′80′
3′Cobus Reinach7′Makazole Mapimpi9′Cobus Reinach12′Damian Willemse24′Cobus Reinach43′Deon Fourie53′RSA55′Grant Williams62′Grant Williams64′Makazole Mapimpi68′Makazole Mapimpi74′Willie Le Roux
RSA

Team stats

ROU
60%Possession40%
46%Territory54%
121Carries81
810Metres gained246
12Clean breaks2
35Defenders beaten19
129Passes77
12Offloads1
127Tackles made113
19Tackles missed35
60/62Rucks won58/69
15/17Lineouts won8/14
6/8Scrums won3/6
11/12Mauls won4/4
11Turnovers won4
7Penalties conceded18
23Kicks from hand15
553Kick metres382
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 7/11, penalties 0/0 · ROU conversions 0/0, penalties 0/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Ox NcheProp
  2. 2Mbongeni MbonambiHooker
  3. 4Jean KleynSecond row
  4. 5Marvin OrieSecond row
  5. 6Marco van StadenFlanker
  6. 7Kwagga SmithFlanker
  7. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  8. 9Cobus ReinachScrum-half
  9. 10Damian WillemseFly-half
  10. 11Makazole MapimpiWing
  11. 12Andre EsterhuizenCentre
  12. 13Canan MoodieCentre
  13. 14Grant WilliamsWing
  14. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  15. 18Trevor NyakaneProp
  16. 16Deon FourieBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 19RG SnymanBench
  19. 20Jasper WieseBench
  20. 21Jaden HendrikseBench
  21. 22Faf de KlerkBench
  22. 23Jesse KrielBench
  23. 28Frans MalherbeBench

Romania

  1. 1Iulian HartigProp
  2. 2Ovidiu CojocaruHooker
  3. 3Alexandru GordasProp
  4. 4Adrian MotocSecond row
  5. 5Marius IftimiciucSecond row
  6. 6Andre GorinFlanker
  7. 7Vlad NeculauFlanker
  8. 8Cristian ChiricaNumber 8
  9. 9Gabriel RupanuScrum-half
  10. 10Hinckley VaovasaFly-half
  11. 11Nicholas OnutuWing
  12. 12Taylor GontineacCentre
  13. 13Jason TomaneCentre
  14. 14Tevita ManumuaWing
  15. 15Marius SimionescuFull-back
  16. 16Robert IrimescuBench
  17. 17Alexandru SavinBench
  18. 18Thomas CretuBench
  19. 19Stefan IancuBench
  20. 20Damian StratilaBench
  21. 21Cristi BobocBench
  22. 22Alin ConacheBench
  23. 23Gabriel PopBench

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Context

All-time, South Africa 2–0 Romania in 2 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa 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.