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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin · 18 October 2003Head-to-head
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Australia won by 82 points.Half-time 38–8 · Tries 13–1 · ROU 1 yellow card

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Tacklesmademissed
AUS634
ROU16432
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
AUS11/111/10
ROU0/01/10
← Romania attack · Australia attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Territory is not in the feed for this match.
  • Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
2′AustraliaTry, Elton Flatley, converted5–0
14′AustraliaTry, Mat Rogers, converted15–0
21′RomaniaTry, Petrisor Toderasc17–5
26′AustraliaTry, Matt Burke, converted22–5
30′AustraliaTry, Mat Rogers, converted29–5
39′AustraliaTry, Matt Burke, converted36–8
50′AustraliaTry, Stephen Larkham, converted43–8
59′AustraliaTry, Stirling Mortlock50–8
61′AustraliaTry, Joe Roff, converted55–8
63′AustraliaTry, Stephen Larkham, converted62–8
65′AustraliaTry, Mat Rogers69–8
68′AustraliaTry, Matt Giteau, converted74–8
75′AustraliaTry, Lote Tuqiri, converted81–8
78′AustraliaTry, George Smith, converted88–8
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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2′Elton Flatley14′Mat Rogers21′Petrisor Toderasc26′Matt Burke30′Mat Rogers39′Matt Burke50′Stephen Larkham59′Stirling Mortlock61′Joe Roff63′Stephen Larkham65′Mat Rogers68′Matt Giteau75′Lote Tuqiri78′George Smith
AUS

Team stats

ROU
93%Possession7%
149Carries59
1,097Metres gained187
23Clean breaks0
32Defenders beaten4
210Passes67
16Offloads8
63Tackles made164
4Tackles missed32
93/97Rucks won35/35
11/12Lineouts won11/16
12/13Scrums won7/8
3/3Mauls won5/6
2Turnovers won5
8Penalties conceded7
25Kicks from hand22
790Kick metres601
Goal kicking
AUS conversions 11/11, penalties 1/1 · ROU conversions 0/0, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Bill YoungProp
  2. 2Brendan CannonHooker
  3. 3Al BaxterProp
  4. 4Dan VickermanSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6George SmithFlanker
  7. 7Phil WaughFlanker
  8. 8David LyonsNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Joe RoffWing
  12. 12Elton FlatleyCentre
  13. 13Matt BurkeCentre
  14. 14Wendell SailorWing
  15. 15Mat RogersFull-back
  16. 16Jeremy PaulBench
  17. 17Ben DarwinBench
  18. 18Justin HarrisonBench
  19. 19Matt CockbainBench
  20. 20Matt GiteauBench
  21. 21Stirling MortlockBench
  22. 22Lote TuqiriBench

Romania

  1. 1Petrisor ToderascProp
  2. 2Razvan MavrodinHooker
  3. 3Silviu FloreaProp
  4. 4Sorin SocolSecond row
  5. 5Cristian PetreSecond row
  6. 6Marius NicolaeFlanker
  7. 7Ovidiu TonitaFlanker
  8. 8George ChiriacNumber 8
  9. 9Lucian Mihai SirbuScrum-half
  10. 10Ionut TofanFly-half
  11. 11Cristian SauanWing
  12. 12Romeo Stefan GontineacCentre
  13. 13Valentin MafteiCentre
  14. 14Gabriel BrezoianuWing
  15. 15Danut DumbravaFull-back
  16. 16Cezar PopescuBench
  17. 17Marcel SocaciuBench
  18. 18Alexandru TudoriBench
  19. 19Bogdan TudorBench
  20. 20Cristian PodeaBench
  21. 21Mihai VioreanuBench
  22. 22Ioan TeodorescuBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Australia 3–0 Romania in 3 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia 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.