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Full time10 December 1988
Wales
9–15
Romania
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, WalesHead-to-head

Romania won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Paul Thorburn2–0
  2. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn5–0
  3. –TWales try · John Devereux9–0
  4. –CRomania conversion · Gelu Ignat9–2
  5. –PRomania penalty · Gelu Ignat9–5
  6. –PRomania penalty · Gelu Ignat9–8
  7. –PRomania penalty · Gelu Ignat9–11
  8. –TRomania try · Gheorghe Ion9–15

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Mike GriffithsProp
  2. 2Ian WatkinsHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4John WakefordSecond row
  5. 5Kevin MoseleySecond row
  6. 6Richie CollinsFlanker
  7. 7David BryantFlanker
  8. 8Phil DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Robert JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Jonathan DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Richard DiplockWing
  12. 12John DevereuxCentre
  13. 13Mike HallCentre
  14. 14Glen WebbeWing
  15. 15Tony ClementFull-back
  16. 16Paul ThorburnBench
  17. 17Bleddyn BowenBench
  18. 18Jonathan GriffithsBench
  19. 19Huw Williams-JonesBench
  20. 20Kevin PhillipsBench
  21. 21Rowland PhillipsBench

Romania

  1. 1Gheorghe LeonteProp
  2. 2Gheorghe IonHooker
  3. 3Gheorghe DumitrescuProp
  4. 4Sandu CiorascuSecond row
  5. 5Hary DumitrasSecond row
  6. 6Florica MurariuFlanker
  7. 7Alexandru RadulescuFlanker
  8. 8Ioan DojaNumber 8
  9. 9Daniel NeagaScrum-half
  10. 10Gelu IgnatFly-half
  11. 11Daniel BoldorWing
  12. 12Adrian LunguCentre
  13. 13Nicolaie FulinaCentre
  14. 14Nicolae RaceanWing
  15. 15Marcel ToaderFull-back
  16. 16Vasile ManBench
  17. 17Zaharia VasluianuBench
  18. 18Traian OroianBench
  19. 19Ovidiu SugarBench
  20. 20Sorin SeceleanuBench
  21. 21Alexandru DomocosBench

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Context

All-time, Wales 6–2 Romania, 1 drawn in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Wales 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.