TheBreakdown
Full time22 August 2003
France
56–8
Romania
Stade Felix Bollaert, Lens, FranceHead-to-head

France won by 48 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’CFrance conversion · Frederic Michalak2–0
  2. 4’TFrance try · Damien Traille7–0
  3. 12’CFrance conversion · Frederic Michalak9–0
  4. 12’TFrance try · Aurélien Rougerie14–0
  5. 20’CFrance conversion · Frederic Michalak16–0
  6. 20’TFrance try · Imanol Harinordoquy21–0
  7. 28’CFrance conversion · Frederic Michalak23–0
  8. 28’TFrance try · Serge Betsen28–0
  9. 36’TRomania try · Gabriel Brezoianu28–5
  10. 40’CFrance conversion · Frederic Michalak30–5
  11. 40’TFrance try · Jean-Jacques Crenca35–5
  12. 52’PRomania penalty · Danut Dumbrava35–8
  13. 61’CFrance conversion · Frederic Michalak37–8
  14. 61’TFrance try · Yannick Jauzion42–8
  15. 69’CFrance conversion · Gérald Merceron44–8
  16. 69’TFrance try · Brian Liebenberg49–8
  17. 81’CFrance conversion · Frederic Michalak51–8
  18. 81’TFrance try · Olivier Magne56–8

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jean-Jacques CrencaProp
  2. 2Yannick BruHooker
  3. 3Sylvain MarconnetProp
  4. 4Fabien PelousSecond row
  5. 5Jérôme ThionSecond row
  6. 6Serge BetsenFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Fabien GalthiéScrum-half
  10. 10Frederic MichalakFly-half
  11. 11Christophe DominiciWing
  12. 12Damien TrailleCentre
  13. 13Yannick JauzionCentre
  14. 14Aurélien RougerieWing
  15. 15Pepito ElhorgaFull-back
  16. 16Raphaël IbanezBench
  17. 17Olivier MilloudBench
  18. 18David AuradouBench
  19. 19Christian LabitBench
  20. 20Dimitri YachviliBench
  21. 21Gérald MerceronBench
  22. 22Brian LiebenbergBench

Romania

  1. 1Petru BalanProp
  2. 2Marius TincuHooker
  3. 3Marcel SocaciuProp
  4. 4Sorin SocolSecond row
  5. 5Cristian PetreSecond row
  6. 6George ChiriacFlanker
  7. 7Costica MersoiuFlanker
  8. 8Ovidiu TonitaNumber 8
  9. 9Lucian Mihai SirbuScrum-half
  10. 10Ionut TofanFly-half
  11. 11Gabriel BrezoianuWing
  12. 12Romeo Stefan GontineacCentre
  13. 13Valentin MafteiCentre
  14. 14Cristian SauanWing
  15. 15Danut DumbravaFull-back
  16. 16Petrisor ToderascBench
  17. 17Cezar PopescuBench
  18. 18Augustin PetricheiBench
  19. 19Alexandru TudoriBench
  20. 20Cristian PodeaBench
  21. 21Iulian AndreiBench
  22. 22Mihai VioreanuBench

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Context

All-time, France 43–8 Romania, 2 drawn in 53 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
Romania going in

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.