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Full time27 August 2003
Wales
54–8
Romania
Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, WalesHead-to-head

Wales won by 46 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’CWales conversion · Gavin Henson2–0
  2. 4’TWales try · Shane Williams7–0
  3. 8’TRomania try · Petru Balan7–5
  4. 11’PWales penalty · Gavin Henson10–5
  5. 13’CWales conversion · Gavin Henson12–5
  6. 13’TWales try · Mike Phillips17–5
  7. 18’PRomania penalty · Danut Dumbrava17–8
  8. 31’PWales penalty · Gavin Henson20–8
  9. 39’CWales conversion · Gavin Henson22–8
  10. 39’TWales try · Alix Popham27–8
  11. 44’PWales penalty · Gavin Henson30–8
  12. 45’PWales penalty · Gavin Henson33–8
  13. 49’CWales conversion · Gavin Henson35–8
  14. 49’TWales try · Nathan Brew40–8
  15. 64’CWales conversion · Gavin Henson42–8
  16. 64’TWales try · Gavin Thomas47–8
  17. 86’TWales try · Shane Williams52–8
  18. 87’CWales conversion · Gavin Henson54–8

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Paul JamesProp
  2. 2Mefin DaviesHooker
  3. 3Ben EvansProp
  4. 4Ian GoughSecond row
  5. 5Brent CockbainSecond row
  6. 6Jonathan ThomasFlanker
  7. 7Gavin ThomasFlanker
  8. 8Alix PophamNumber 8
  9. 9Mike PhillipsScrum-half
  10. 10Nicky RobinsonFly-half
  11. 11Shane WilliamsWing
  12. 12Andy MarinosCentre
  13. 13Matthew WatkinsCentre
  14. 14Nathan BrewWing
  15. 15Gavin HensonFull-back
  16. 16Paul YoungBench
  17. 17Chris AnthonyBench
  18. 18Deiniol JonesBench
  19. 19James BaterBench
  20. 20Gareth WyattBench
  21. 21Jon BryantBench
  22. 22Andy WilliamsBench

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. 16Daniel TudosaBench
  17. 17Petrisor ToderascBench
  18. 18Cezar PopescuBench
  19. 19Augustin PetricheiBench
  20. 20Alexandru TudoriBench
  21. 21Iulian AndreiBench
  22. 22Ioan TeodorescuBench

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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.