TheBreakdown
Full time18 July 2026
Samoa
37–38
Romania
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo, Uruguay · World Rugby Nations Cup 2026Head-to-head

Romania won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. 11’PSamoa penalty · AJ Alatimu3–0
  2. 14’TSamoa try · Alamanda Motuga8–0
  3. 15’CSamoa conversion · AJ Alatimu10–0
  4. 22’TRomania try · Nicholas Onutu10–5
  5. 23’CRomania conversion · Alin Conache10–7
  6. 34’TRomania try · Iliesa Lesumaitaiti Tiqe10–12
  7. 35’CRomania conversion · Alin Conache10–14
  8. 40’TSamoa try · Abraham Papali'i15–14
  9. 40’CSamoa conversion · AJ Alatimu17–14
  10. 42’TSamoa try · Iakopo Petelo-Mapu22–14
  11. 43’CSamoa conversion · AJ Alatimu24–14
  12. 49’TSamoa try · Miracle Faiilagi29–14
  13. 50’CSamoa conversion · AJ Alatimu31–14
  14. 57’TRomania try · Alexandru Savin31–19
  15. 68’TRomania try · Marius Simionescu31–24
  16. 69’CRomania conversion · Alin Conache31–26
  17. 71’PSamoa penalty · Danny Toala34–26
  18. 76’TRomania try · Cristi Boboc34–31
  19. 79’PSamoa penalty · Danny Toala37–31
  20. 83’TRomania try · Alexandru Savin37–36
  21. 84’CRomania conversion · Gabriel Rupanu37–38

Line-ups

Samoa

  1. 1Aki SeiuliProp
  2. 2Richie AsiataHooker
  3. 3Marco Fepulea'iProp
  4. 4Ben Nee-NeeSecond row
  5. 5Sam SladeSecond row
  6. 6Miracle FaiilagiFlanker
  7. 7Alamanda MotugaFlanker
  8. 8Abraham Papali'iNumber 8
  9. 9Joel LamScrum-half
  10. 10AJ AlatimuFly-half
  11. 11Warren SolomonaWing
  12. 12Peter Umaga-JensenCentre
  13. 13Duncan Paia'auaCentre
  14. 14Tuna TuitamaWing
  15. 15Latrell Ah KiongFull-back
  16. 16Manaaki Boyle-TiatiaBench
  17. 17Jarred AdamsBench
  18. 18Lolani FaleivaBench
  19. 19Tagialao TuivaitiBench
  20. 20Niko JonesBench
  21. 21Iakopo Petelo-MapuBench
  22. 22Ereatara EnariBench
  23. 23Danny ToalaBench

Romania

  1. 1Iulian HartigProp
  2. 2Stefan BuruianaHooker
  3. 3Cosmin ManoleProp
  4. 4Jacob Nicolaas ImmelmanSecond row
  5. 5Logan WeidnerSecond row
  6. 6Keanan MurrayFlanker
  7. 7Cristi BobocFlanker
  8. 8Etienne TerblancheNumber 8
  9. 9Alin ConacheScrum-half
  10. 10Hinckley VaovasaFly-half
  11. 11Iliesa Lesumaitaiti TiqeWing
  12. 12Jason TomaneCentre
  13. 13Nicholas OnutuCentre
  14. 14Tevita ManumuaWing
  15. 15Marius SimionescuFull-back
  16. 16Tudor ButnariuBench
  17. 17Alexandru SavinBench
  18. 18Jean-Pierre SmithBench
  19. 19Andrei MahuBench
  20. 20Iacopo BianchiBench
  21. 21Gabriel RupanuBench
  22. 22Paul-Mihai GraureBench
  23. 23Alexandru BucurBench

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Context

All-time, Samoa 1–3 Romania in 4 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Samoa 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.