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)
The Poms are pushing before the ball is in.
Try Tuilagi… too easy
England 53 / 3
117@ Loosehead:No, my own – bit of my own red wine, chillies and garlic from the garden, a bit of seasoning, 6 hours and the beast is edible again
Only 15 minutes of rubbish, then the match of the WC so far
124 @ Just For Kicks:
Old Loskoppie is a Masterchef… honestly
Penalty Romania, and can you believe it, they go for goal and miss again
124@ Just For Kicks:
Well thank goodness for that!
England’s speciality is to hold the ball up
Try Tom Croft
Another Pom try.
It looks like Snoek is on the money on superbru.
England 60 / 3
Quick throw in
132 @ Loosehead:
still 11 minutes left
Try Ashton
Try Chris Ashton again…
Pity, the Romanians have played well.
England 67 / 3
Dik fokken swak!
Comedy of errors
High tackle by Romania No 19
Knock by England, just shy of the Romanian line
Flood has to play before Wilko, much better lines, distribution and even kicking
What is being braaied on Natioanl braai day?
2 Minutes left…
Nothing going right for poor Romania
141@ grootblousmile:except I just cant get the joke!
145 @ Loosehead:
Flokkol for me thanks!
Time is up… Penalty England
Just boot it out man…. flok tog
Tyndall really is a lumbering carthorse
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