TheBreakdown
Full time30 August 1997
Wales
70–21
Romania
Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, WalesHead-to-head

Wales won by 49 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Arwel Thomas2–0
  2. –CWales conversion · Arwel Thomas4–0
  3. –CWales conversion · Arwel Thomas6–0
  4. –CWales conversion · Arwel Thomas8–0
  5. –CWales conversion · Arwel Thomas10–0
  6. –CWales conversion · Lee Jarvis12–0
  7. –PWales penalty · Arwel Thomas15–0
  8. –TWales try · Kevin Morgan20–0
  9. –TWales try · Allan Bateman25–0
  10. –TWales try · Allan Bateman30–0
  11. –TWales try · Leigh Davies35–0
  12. –TWales try · Leigh Davies40–0
  13. –TWales try · Arwel Thomas45–0
  14. –TWales try · Arwel Thomas50–0
  15. –TWales try · Paul John55–0
  16. –TWales try · Barry Williams60–0
  17. –TWales try · Nigel Walker65–0
  18. –TWales try · Steve Williams70–0
  19. –CRomania conversion · Serban Guranescu70–2
  20. –PRomania penalty · Serban Guranescu70–5
  21. –PRomania penalty · Serban Guranescu70–8
  22. –PRomania penalty · Serban Guranescu70–11
  23. –TRomania try · Ionel Rotaru70–16
  24. –TRomania try · Catalin Draguceanu70–21

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Christian LoaderProp
  2. 2Barry WilliamsHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Steve MooreSecond row
  5. 5Mark RowleySecond row
  6. 6Rob AppleyardFlanker
  7. 7Gwyn JonesFlanker
  8. 8Nathan ThomasNumber 8
  9. 9Paul JohnScrum-half
  10. 10Arwel ThomasFly-half
  11. 11Gareth ThomasWing
  12. 12Leigh DaviesCentre
  13. 13Allan BatemanCentre
  14. 14Wayne ProctorWing
  15. 15Kevin MorganFull-back
  16. 16Nigel WalkerBench
  17. 17Lee JarvisBench
  18. 18Huw HarrisBench
  19. 19Steve WilliamsBench
  20. 20Lyndon MustoeBench
  21. 21Garin JenkinsBench

Romania

  1. 1Gabriel VladProp
  2. 2Margarit RadoiHooker
  3. 3Adrian SalageanuProp
  4. 4Tiberiu BrinzaSecond row
  5. 5Vasile NedelcuSecond row
  6. 6Florin CorodeanuFlanker
  7. 7Erdinci SeptarFlanker
  8. 8Catalin DraguceanuNumber 8
  9. 9Marius IacobScrum-half
  10. 10Serban GuranescuFly-half
  11. 11Ionel RotaruWing
  12. 12Gheorghe SolomieCentre
  13. 13Romeo Stefan GontineacCentre
  14. 14Lucian ColceriuWing
  15. 15Valentin MafteiFull-back
  16. 16Petre MituBench
  17. 17Ionut TofanBench
  18. 18Ionut RuxandaBench
  19. 19Mihaita DragomirBench
  20. 20Constantin StanBench
  21. 21Niculae DragosBench

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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.