Rugby World Cup , Pool B - Invercargill, 10 September 2011, 13:00 local, 01:00 GMT
Romania (11) 24 - 34 (18) Scotland (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
2 0 - 3

Chris Paterson slots a penalty from in front of the posts to give Scotland the lead

7 0 - 8

Mike Blair races away to score Scotland's first try of the 2011 Rugby World Cup

11 3 - 8

Dumbrava has made up for is earlier miss by stroking the ball through the posts to make it 8-3 to Scotland

20 3 - 15

TRY SCOTLAND Joe Ansbro bursts through the Romania defence to touchdown under the posts

22 6 - 15

PENALTY ROMANIA Dumbrava slots his second penalty from the left side to keep Romania interested

37 6 - 18

PENALTY SCOTLAND Paterson does his stuff to edge Scotland a bit further ahead after a tough period

40 11 - 18

TRY ROMANIA Romania are celebrating after a push over from the line-out sees Mihai Lazar plunge over

51 11 - 21

PENALTY SCOTLAND Paterson finds his kicking boots and increases Scotland's slender lead

53 14 - 21

PENALTY ROMANIA Dimofte, who takes over from Dumbrava, has slotted the penalty to reduce the deficit again

61 17 - 21

PENALTY ROMANIA Dimofte converts from in front and Romania reduce the lead again

66 22 - 21

TRY ROMANIA Carpo has it, and Romania lead!!

67 24 - 21

Dimofte - conversion

70 24 - 24

PENALTY SCOTLAND Paterson converts a straightforward kick after Romania strayed offside. It's all level

75 24 - 29

TRY SCOTLAND Redemption for Danielli as he races clear to put Scotland ahead with minutes remaining after butchering a great try chance in the first half

78 24 - 34

TRY SCOTLAND Danielli dives in at the left corner for his second try after a great move full of fizzing passing and great pace

Timeline

Time Romania  Score  Scotland
0 start of first half start of first half
2 0 - 3 Paterson - penalty goal
7 0 - 8 Blair - try
11 Dumbrava - penalty goal 3 - 8
20 3 - 15 Ansbro - try
Paterson - conversion
22 Dumbrava - penalty goal 6 - 15
37 6 - 18 Paterson - penalty goal
40 Lazar - try 11 - 18
40+1 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
51 Cazan - sub on
Surugiu - sub on
Sirbu - sub off
Dumbrava - sub off
11 - 21 Paterson - penalty goal
52 Jackson - sub off
Parks - sub on
Hines - sub on
Gray - sub off
53 Dimofte - penalty goal 14 - 21
58 Dumitras - sub off
Vlaicu - sub on
61 Dimofte - penalty goal 17 - 21 Jacobsen - sub off
Dickinson - sub on
Cusiter - sub on
Blair - sub off
62 Rennie - sub on
Barclay - sub off
66 Carpo - try 22 - 21
67 Dimofte - conversion 24 - 21
68 Zebega Suman - sub on
Tincu - sub off
Florea - sub on
Ion - sub off
Ford - sub off
Lawson - sub on
70 24 - 24 Paterson - penalty goal
75 24 - 29 Danielli - try
76 Macovei - sub off
Burcea - sub on
78 24 - 34 Danielli - try
79 Poparlan - sub on
Petre - sub off
80 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result Scotland won by a margin of 10 points
Rugby World Cup points Scotland 5 (1 try bonus), Romania 0
 
Ground name Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill (neutral venue)
Attendance 12592
 
Referee D Pearson (England)
 
Romania Test debuts none
Scotland Test debuts none

Teams

Romania Scotland
Tries Lazar (40), Carpo (66) Tries Blair (7), Ansbro (20), Danielli (75, 78)
Cons Dimofte (67) Cons Paterson (20)
Pens Dumbrava (11, 22), Dimofte (53, 61) Pens Paterson (2, 37, 51, 70)

Match stats

Romania   Scotland
2 Tries 4
1 from 2 Conversion goals 1 from 4
4 from 6 Penalty goals 4 from 5
62.5% Kick at goal success 55.6%
0 (1 missed) Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
20 Kicks from hand 20
55 Passes 126
81 Runs 101
184 Metres run with ball 496
Attacking
44% Possession 56%
47% Territory 53%
0 Clean breaks 4
4 Defenders beaten 23
12 Offloads 12
57 from 61 (93.4%) Rucks won 75 from 80 (93.8%)
4 from 4 (100.0%) Mauls won 1 from 1 (100.0%)
11 Turnovers conceded 11
Defensive
103/23 Tackles made/missed 76/4
81.8% Tackling success rate 95.0%
Set pieces
7 won, 2 lost (77.8%) Scrums on own feed 6 won, 1 lost (85.7%)
7 won, 1 lost (87.5%) Lineouts on own throw 11 won, 1 lost (91.7%)
Discipline
12 Penalties conceded 11
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Rom stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Dumitras 0/0 0 4/2/3 8 0 0 0 0 1/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Ciuntu 0/0 0 1/3/5 17 0 0 0 3 1/1 0/0 2 0/0
C Gal 0/0 0 0/1/3 12 0 1 0 0 10/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Dimofte 0/0 8 1/3/3 6 0 1 1 0 9/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Lemnaru 0/0 0 0/0/3 13 0 0 1 0 1/4 0/0 0 0/0
FH Dumbrava 0/0 6 2/2/1 0 0 0 0 2 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Sirbu 0/0 0 1/13/3 8 0 0 0 1 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Lazar 1/0 5 0/3/10 8 0 0 3 0 6/1 0/0 2 0/0
H Tincu 0/0 0 0/1/8 13 0 0 1 0 6/0 0/0 2 0/0
P Ion 0/0 0 0/1/4 2 0 0 0 1 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Ursache 0/0 0 0/0/8 18 0 0 0 2 12/3 1/0 1 0/0
L Petre 0/0 0 0/1/6 8 0 0 0 1 7/0 3/0 1 0/0
F Macovei 0/0 0 0/3/3 4 0 0 1 0 14/1 2/1 0 0/0
F Tonita 0/0 0 0/6/7 21 0 1 2 1 9/1 1/0 1 0/0
N8 Carpo 1/0 5 0/5/7 22 0 0 1 0 7/3 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Zebega Suman 0/0 0 0/0/2 3 0 0 0 0 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Florea 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Poparlan 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Burcea 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Surugiu 0/0 0 3/10/2 3 0 0 2 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Cazan 0/0 0 1/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Vlaicu 0/0 0 2/0/3 18 0 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Scot stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Paterson 0/0 14 0/5/9 77 0 4 3 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Evans 0/1 0 0/3/9 119 1 5 3 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Ansbro 1/0 5 0/1/5 18 1 3 1 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
C SF Lamont 0/0 0 0/6/10 38 1 3 2 2 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Danielli 2/1 10 0/4/9 114 0 3 1 2 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Jackson 0/0 0 4/26/1 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 1/0 0 0/0
SH Blair 1/0 5 3/49/4 22 0 1 0 1 2/1 0/1 0 0/0
P Jacobsen 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 2 0/0
H Ford 0/0 0 0/0/7 8 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Cross 0/0 0 0/0/3 10 0 0 1 0 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Gray 0/0 0 0/0/4 0 0 0 1 1 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Kellock 0/0 0 0/0/6 12 0 1 0 0 8/1 5/0 0 0/0
F Brown 0/0 0 0/1/10 13 0 1 0 1 4/0 1/0 1 0/0
F Barclay 0/0 0 0/1/4 8 0 0 0 2 11/0 1/0 4 0/0
N8 Vernon 0/2 0 0/4/9 45 1 2 0 1 2/1 2/0 0 0/0
(H) Lawson 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Dickinson 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Hines 0/0 0 0/1/3 2 0 0 0 1 3/0 1/0 0 0/0
(F) Rennie 0/0 0 0/0/2 9 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Cusiter 0/0 0 5/15/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Parks 0/0 0 3/8/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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