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unusual facts about Romania national rugby union team


Wade Dooley

Dooley made his international debut on 5 January 1985 against Romania.


1981 New Zealand rugby union tour of Romania and France

The All Blacks won eight of the ten games, including the international match against Romania and both internationals against France.

2010 IRB Nations Cup

It pits the "A" Teams of the stronger (Tier 1) rugby nations (Argentina Jaguars, Italy A and Scotland A) against some of the Tier 2 and 3 nations (Romania, Namibia and Georgia).

2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying

The twentieth place at the 2011 tournament was determined by a final place play-off which involved the third-place teams from the American and European qualifying tournaments (Uruguay and Romania).

Argentina Jaguars

They've played alongside the full national teams of Namibia, Romania, Georgia, the United States, and Canada as well as other second national teams like Italy A, the Emerging Springboks, and the England Saxons.

History of rugby union matches between Romania and Scotland

Scotland and Romania have played each other on thirteen occasions of which Scotland have won eleven matches and Romania two.

Lionel Nallet

Nallet made his international debut for France on 28 May 2000 in a test match against Romania at Bucharest's Dinamo Stadion.

Nicolae Mărăscu

Mărăscu had 5 caps for the newcomer Romania, without ever scoring, since his first match, in 1919, a 48-5 loss to France XV, in Paris, for the Inter-Allied Games, and his last, at 22 May 1927, in a 21-5 win over Czechoslovakia, in Bratislava.

Sila Puafisi

He was called up to Tonga for the 2013 Autumn Internationals against Romania, France and Wales.

Will Caldwell

Will Caldwell was named vice-captain for the Waratahs clashes with the Czech Republic and Romania on a tour of Eastern Europe.


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