England (34) 67 / Romania (3) 3 (Final score)
England and Romania did battle in Dunedin at 08:00 SA Time (18:00 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
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There was ALWAYS only going to be one winner, and so it was, England winning by 10 tries to none.
Scorers:
England:
- Penalties – Johnny Wilkinson (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Mark Cueto (3), Chris Ashton (3), Ben Youngs (1), Ben Foden (1), Manu Tuilagi (1), Tom Croft (1)
- Conversions – Johnny Wilkinson (3), Toby Flood (4)
Romania:
- Penalties – Marin Dumbrava (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Teams:
England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Mike Tindall, 11 Mark Cueto, 10 Jonny Wilkinson, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 James Haskell, 7 Lewis Moody (captain), 6 Tom Croft, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Steve Thompson, 1 Alex Corbisiero.
Replacements: 16 Lee Mears, 17 David Wilson, 18 Simon Shaw, 19 Tom Wood, 20 Richard Wigglesworth, 21 Toby Flood, 22 Delon Armitage.
Romania: 15 Florin Vlaicu, 14 Stefan Ciuntu, 13 Ionel Cazan, 12 Iulian Dumitras, 11 Adrian Apostol, 10 Marin Dumbrava, 9 Lucian Sirbu, 8 Ovidiu Tonita, 7 Sandu Burcea, 6 Cosmin Ratiu, 5 Cristian Petre (captain), 4 Valentin Poperlan, 3 Silviu Florea, 2 Bogdan Zebega, 1 Nicolae Nere.
Replacements: 16 Marius Tincu, 17 Paulica Ion, 18 Mihai Macovei, 19 Daniel Ianus, 20 Valentin Calefeteanu, 21 Csaba Gal, 22 Catalin Nicolae.
Date: Saturday, September 24
Venue: Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Kick-off: 18.00 (06.00 GMT)
Expected weather: Showers with hail and a cold southwesterly developing. Max 12°C Min 5°C
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant referees: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa), Simon McDowell (Ireland)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Try Ben Youngs, 20 seconds into the half
That was quick, Youngs try
England 39 / 3
grootblousmile wrote:
It’s our turn for a bit today!
not 10?
94 @ Just For Kicks:
The wind is pumping here, it is cool, pretty bloody cool
Penalty Romania and they go for goal.. missed left
Romanians cant take the ball standing still
Romania playing dumb rugby… they deserve to be pummelled
Try Foden
Poor defence, straight up the middle, try
England 46 / 3
Kisser boy off
One can have a high scoring game but yet it’s not a good game, this game falls in that category
Penalty Romania, England’s dicipline is woeful
England just dont learn, dumb play – must be M Johnsons influence
Not straight into the lineout by Romania
@ grootblousmile:Agree with your sentiment
Romania turns England ball over…. scrum 5 for Romania
@ Just For Kicks:
Fillet in marinade? What are you thinking?
I was far too low again on SuperBru, for this one, picked the Poms by only 31
Come on Romania!
Great scrum Romania, poor execution of penalty
… and the sustained Romanian attack comes to an end….
Damn!
110@ Loosehead:Have you seen the scraggy beasts down here, need softening up a bit
116@ Just For Kicks:
Please tell me that you are not using Jimmy’s marinade?
These Romanian boys, if nothing else, are bloody strong
I really want Romania to at least score a try.
119 @ Loosehead:
2 tries, one unconverted, will do nicely for me….
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