TheBreakdown
Full time26 June 2004
Romania
25–24
Italy
Stadionul Lia Manoliu, Bucharest, RomaniaHead-to-head

Romania won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. 7’TRomania try · Ionut Tofan5–0
  2. 8’CRomania conversion · Ionut Tofan7–0
  3. 11’TItaly try · Nicola Mazzucato7–5
  4. 21’TRomania try · Costica Mersoiu12–5
  5. 22’CRomania conversion · Ionut Tofan14–5
  6. 25’TRomania try · Ovidiu Tonita19–5
  7. 39’PRomania penalty · Danut Dumbrava22–5
  8. 72’TItaly try · Kaine Robertson22–10
  9. 73’CItaly conversion · Francesco Mazzariol22–12
  10. 75’TItaly try · Gonzalo Canale22–17
  11. 77’TItaly try · Paul Griffen22–22
  12. 78’CItaly conversion · Paul Griffen22–24
  13. 80’PRomania penalty · Ionut Tofan25–24

Line-ups

Romania

  1. 1Petru BalanProp
  2. 2Bogdan ZebegaHooker
  3. 3Marcel SocaciuProp
  4. 4Cornel TatuSecond row
  5. 5Cristian PetreSecond row
  6. 6Costica MersoiuFlanker
  7. 7Ovidiu TonitaFlanker
  8. 8Adrian -Alin PetracheNumber 8
  9. 9Lucian Mihai SirbuScrum-half
  10. 10Ionut TofanFly-half
  11. 11Vasile GhiocWing
  12. 12Cristian SauanCentre
  13. 13Romeo Stefan GontineacCentre
  14. 14Bogdan VoicuWing
  15. 15Danut DumbravaFull-back
  16. 16Paulica IonBench
  17. 17Petrisor ToderascBench
  18. 18Valentin UrsacheBench
  19. 19Marius BejanBench
  20. 20Iulian AndreiBench
  21. 21Stefan DumitruBench
  22. 22Tiberius Ionut DimofteBench

Italy

  1. 1Andrea Lo CiceroProp
  2. 2Fabio OngaroHooker
  3. 3Salvatore CostanzoProp
  4. 4Marco BortolamiSecond row
  5. 5Carlo Del FavaSecond row
  6. 6Enrico PavanelloFlanker
  7. 7Aaron PersicoFlanker
  8. 8Andrea de RossiNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Francesco MazzariolFly-half
  11. 11Kaine RobertsonWing
  12. 12Walter PozzebonCentre
  13. 13Andrea MasiCentre
  14. 14Nicola MazzucatoWing
  15. 15Gonzalo CanaleFull-back
  16. 16Giorgio IntoppaBench
  17. 17Mario SaviBench
  18. 18Roberto MandelliBench
  19. 19Scott PalmerBench
  20. 20Paul GriffenBench
  21. 21Danilo CarpenteBench
  22. 22Matteo BarbiniBench

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Context

All-time, Romania 16–25 Italy, 3 drawn in 44 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Romania going in
Italy going in

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