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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · York Park, Launceston · 30 October 2003Head-to-head
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Romania won by 30 points.Half-time 0–32 · Tries 1–5

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Tacklesmademissed
NAM9028
ROU7412
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
NAM1/10/00
ROU3/32/20
← Romania attack · Namibia 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
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  • 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
5′RomaniaTry, Augustin Petrichei, converted0–5
27′RomaniaTry, Lucian Mihai Sirbu, converted0–18
30′RomaniaTry, George Chiriac, converted0–25
42′RomaniaTry, Ioan Teodorescu0–32
57′NamibiaTry, Eben Izaacs, converted5–32
79′RomaniaTry, Cristian Sauan7–37
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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5′Augustin Petrichei27′Lucian Mihai Sirbu30′George Chiriac42′Ioan Teodorescu57′Eben Izaacs79′Cristian Sauan
NAM

Team stats

ROU
17%Possession83%
81Carries151
247Metres gained667
1Clean breaks16
12Defenders beaten28
88Passes192
6Offloads21
90Tackles made74
28Tackles missed12
48/52Rucks won62/67
18/23Lineouts won14/15
10/11Scrums won20/20
7/8Mauls won11/13
13Turnovers won11
11Penalties conceded13
21Kicks from hand22
631Kick metres629
Goal kicking
NAM conversions 1/1, penalties 0/0 · ROU conversions 3/3, penalties 2/2. 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

Namibia

  1. 1Kees LensingProp
  2. 2Johannes MeyerHooker
  3. 3Neil du ToitProp
  4. 4Heino SenekalSecond row
  5. 5Eben IzaacsSecond row
  6. 6Schalk van der MerweFlanker
  7. 7Wolfie DuvenhageFlanker
  8. 8Sean FurterNumber 8
  9. 9Neil SwanepoelScrum-half
  10. 10Morne SchreuderFly-half
  11. 11Vince DreyerWing
  12. 12Emile WesselsCentre
  13. 13Du Preez GroblerCentre
  14. 14Deon MoutonWing
  15. 15Ronaldo PedroFull-back
  16. 16Cor van TonderBench
  17. 17Andries BlaauwBench
  18. 18Herman LindveltBench
  19. 19Jurgens van LillBench
  20. 20Rudi van VuurenBench
  21. 21Deon GrunschlossBench
  22. 22Corne PowellBench

Romania

  1. 1Petru BalanProp
  2. 2Razvan MavrodinHooker
  3. 3Marcel SocaciuProp
  4. 4Augustin PetricheiSecond row
  5. 5Cristian PetreSecond row
  6. 6George ChiriacFlanker
  7. 7Ovidiu TonitaFlanker
  8. 8Sorin SocolNumber 8
  9. 9Lucian Mihai SirbuScrum-half
  10. 10Ionut TofanFly-half
  11. 11Gabriel BrezoianuWing
  12. 12Romeo Stefan GontineacCentre
  13. 13Valentin MafteiCentre
  14. 14Ioan TeodorescuWing
  15. 15Danut DumbravaFull-back
  16. 16Cezar PopescuBench
  17. 17Petrisor ToderascBench
  18. 18Silviu FloreaBench
  19. 19Alexandru TudoriBench
  20. 20Iulian AndreiBench
  21. 21Cristian SauanBench
  22. 22Mihai VioreanuBench

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Context

All-time, Namibia 1–5 Romania in 6 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Namibia 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.