| FRANCE 56 | V | ROMANIA 8 | |||
| COMPETITION: Friendly-Rugby World Cup warm up match Updated 16.08.2007 | |||||
| VENUE: Stade Felix-Bollaert, Lens | DATE: 22 August, 2003 | SPECTATORS: 25,000 | |||
| REFEREE: G de Santis | HALFTIME: 35-5 | ||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||
| TRIES: Traille, Rougerie, Harinordoquy, Betsen, Crenca, | TRIES: Brezoianu | ||||
| Jauzion, Liebenberg, Magne | |||||
| CONVERSIONS: Michalak 7, Merceron | CONVERSIONS: Dumbrava | ||||
| PENALTY GOALS: | PENALTY GOALS: | ||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||
| 15 | Pepito Elhorga (22( | Agen RFC | 15 | Danut Dumbrava | Steau Bucuresti RFC |
| 14 | Christophe Dominici | Stade Francais RFC | 14 | Cristian Sauan | Rovigo RFC, Italy |
| 13 | Damien Traille | Pau RFC | 13 | Valentin Mattei | Aurillac RFC, France |
| 12 | Yannick Jauzion | Toulouse RFC | 12 | Romeo Gontineac (Capt.) | Aurillac RFC, France |
| 11 | Aurelien Rougerie | Montferrand RFC | 11 | Gabriel Brezoianu | Dax RFC, France |
| 10 | Frederic Michalak (21) | Toulouse RFC | 10 | Ionut Tofan (22) | Metro-Racing RFC, France |
| 9 | Fabien Galthie (Cap) (20) | Stade Francais RFC | 9 | Lucian Sirbu (20) | Metro-Racing RFC, France |
| 8 | Imanol Harinordoquy (19) | Pau RFC | 8 | Ovidiu Tonita | Biarritz RFC, France |
| 7 | Olivier Magne | Montferrand RFC | 7 | Costica Mersoiu | Steau Bucuresti RFC |
| 6 | Serge Betsen | Biarritz RFC | 6 | George Chiriac (19) | Farul Constanta RFC |
| 5 | Jerome Thion | Biarritz RFC | 5 | Cristian Petre (18) | Metro-Racing RFC, France |
| 4 | Fabien Pelous (18) | Toulouse RFC | 4 | Sorin Socol | Agen RFC, France |
| 3 | Sylvain Marconnet (17) | Stade Francais RFC | 3 | Marcel Socaciu (16) | Rovigo RFC, Italy |
| 2 | Yannick Bru (16) | Toulouse RFC | 2 | Marius Tincu (17) | Pau RFC, France |
| 1 | Jean-Jacques Crenca | Agen RFC | 1 | Petru Balan | Biarritz RFC, France |
| 16 | Raphael Ibanez (2) | Saracens RFC, England | 16 | Petrisor Toderasc (3) | Farul Constanta RFC |
| 17 | Olivier Milloud (3) | Bourgoin-Jallieu RFC | 17 | Cezar Popescu (2) | Tarbes RFC, France |
| 18 | David Auradou (4) | Stade Francais RFC | 18 | Agustin Petrichei (5) | Perpignan RFC, France |
| 19 | Christian Labit (8) | Toulouse RFC | 19 | Marian Tudori (6) | Unattached |
| 20 | Dimitri Yachvili (9) | Biarritz RFC | 20 | Cristian Podea (9) | Universistat Cluj RFC |
| 21 | Gerald Merceron (10) | Montferrand RFC | 21 | Iulian Andrei | Farul Constanta RFC |
| 22 | Brian Liebenberg (15) | Stade Francais RFC | 22 | Mihai Vioreanu (10) | De la Sale RFC, Ireland |
| COACH: Bernard Laporte | COACH: Phillippe Sauton | ||||
| MATCH NOTES A comfortable win to France to start their pre-World Cup programme. Liebenberg, born in South Africa, was making his debut for France. Sources www.planet-rugby.com; Cristian Spanu. http://www.ffr.fr/index.php/ffr/equipes_de_france/xv_de_france/tous_les_matchs/test_match_2003/test_match_2003_20030822_france_roumanie_56_8 |
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