Nations Cup
- Bucharest, 15 June 2008, 20:00 local, 17:00 GMT
Romania
(6)
13 - 12
(6)
Russia
(FT)
Teams
Romania
Russia
Tries
Tasca
Tries
none
Cons
Dumbrava
Cons
none
Pens
Dumbrava 2
Pens
Ianyushkin 4
Team
15
FB
Adrian Barbuliceanu
14
W
Catalin Fercu
13
C
Robert Dascalu
12
C
Ionut Dimofte
11
W
Gheorghita Bigiu
10
FH
Dan Dumbrava
9
SH
Florin Surugiu
1
P
Radu Basalau
2
H
Florin Tasca
3
P
Paulica Ion
4
L
Valentin Ursache
5
L
Valentin Poparlan
6
F
Florin Corodeanu
7
F
Mihai Macovei
8
N8
Costica Mersoiu
(c)
Replacements
16
Bogdan Zebega Suman
17
P
Mihai Lazar
18
BR
Daniel Carpo
19
BR
Stelian Burcea
20
Ciprian Caplescu
21
Csaba Gal
22
Florin Vlaicu
Team
15
FB
Oleg Kobzev
14
W
Dimitri Zubarev
13
C
Sergey Shishkov
12
C
Sergey Trishin
11
W
Mikhail Babaev
10
FH
Sergey Kuzmenko
9
SH
Alexandr Ianyushkin
1
P
Alexandr Khrokhin
2
H
Vladimir Marchenko
(c)
3
P
Alexei Travkin
4
L
Alexandr Voytov
5
L
Andrei Lugin
6
F
Kirill Kushnarev
7
F
Andrei Sorokin
8
N8
Vladislav Korshunov
Replacements
16
H
Alexei Volkov
17
P
Vladimir Botvinnikov
18
P
Alexei Chernyshev
19
L
Viktor Kobzev
20
SH
Viktor Motorin
21
N8
Rinat Timerbulatov
22
W
Valery Ignatev
Notes
Result
Romania won by a margin of 1 point
Nations Cup points
Romania 4, Russia 1 (1 losing bonus)
Ground name
Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Referee
A Falzone
(Italy)
Romania Test debuts
A Barbuliceanu
Russia Test debuts
none
Other scores
Nations Cup
Georgia
20 - 18
Uruguay
Bucharest
Pacific Nations Cup
Japan
35 - 13
Tonga
Miyagi