| RUSSIA 33 | V | ROMANIA 24 | |||
| COMPETITION: European Nations Cup | |||||
| VENUE: Krasnodar | DATE: 20 March, 2004 | SPECTATORS: | |||
| REFEREE: Gérard
Borreani (France) |
HALFTIME: 21-3 | ||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||
| TRIES: Kazantsev, Grachev, Shelepkov, Kljuchnikov | TRIES: Sauan, Toderasc, penalty | ||||
| CONVERSIONS: Simonov (2) | CONVERSIONS: Dumbrava (3) | ||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Simonov (3) | PENALTY GOALS: Dumbrava | ||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||
| 15 | Igor Klyuchnikov | VVA Podmoskovye RFC | 15 | Valentin Maftei | Aurillac RFC, France |
| 14 | Jaroslav Rechnev | Enisei STM RFC | 14 | Bogdan Voicu | Universistat Cluj RFC |
| 13 | Dmitry Loskutov | 13 | Cristian Sauan | Rovigo RFC, Italy | |
| 12 | Alexi Korobeinikov | Enisei STM RFC | 12 | Romeo Gontineac | Aurillac RFC, France |
| 11 | Vladimir Simonov | Krasny Yar RFC | 11 | Ioan Teodeorescu | Universistat Cluj RFC |
| 10 | Alexandr Kazantsev | VVA Podmoskovye RFC | 10 | Danut Dumbrava | Steau Bucuresti RFC |
| 9 | Alexander Shakirov | Enisei STM RFC | 9 | Lucian Sirbu | Metro-Racing RFC, France |
| 8 | Yuri Shelepkov (20) | Enisei STM RFC | 8 | Sorin Socol (Cap) | Agen RFC, France |
| 7 | Viacheslav Grachev (17) | Mountauban RFC, France | 7 | Ovidiu Tonita | Biarritz RFC, France |
| 6 | Alexei Sarychev (19) | Krasny Yar RFC | 6 | Marian Tudori | Peyrehorade RFC, France |
| 5 | Sergei Sergeev (Cap) | Mountauban RFC, France | 5 | Augustin Petrichei | Perpignan RFC, France |
| 4 | Valarei Fedchenko | Krasny Yar RFC | 4 | Cristian Petre | Metro-Racing RFC, France |
| 3 | Oleg Shukailov | Krasny Yar RFC | 3 | Marcel Socaciu | Rovigo RFC, Italy |
| 2 | Roman Romak | Enisei STM RFC | 2 | Razvan Mavrodin | Tarbes RFC, France |
| 1 | Alexander Khrokine (16) | VVA Podmoskovye RFC | 1 | Dragos Dima | Toulouse RFC, France |
| 16 | Sergeys Novoselo (1) | 16 | Petrisor Toderasc | Farul Constanta RFC | |
| 17 | Vladislav Korshunov (7) | VVA Podmoskovye RFC | 17 | Cezar Popescu | Tarbes RFC, France |
| 18 | Ivan Prischepenko | Enisei STM RFC | 18 | Bogdan Zebega | Steau Bucuresti RFC |
| 19 | Dmitry Djatlov (6) | Penza RFC, Italy | 19 | Florin Tatu | Farul Constanta RFC |
| 20 | Vyacheslav Zykov (8) | Enisei STM RFC | 20 | Costica Mersoiu | Steau Bucuresti RFC |
| 21 | Vicktor Motorin | VVA Podmoskovye RFC | 21 | Iulian Andrei | Steau Bucuresti RFC |
| 22 | Denis Akulov | Enisei STM RFC | 22 | Constantin Gheara | Farul Constanta RFC |
| COACH: Alexander Pervukhin | COACH: Phillippe Sauton | ||||
| MATCH NOTES The Russians bumped Romania off the ENC Championship table (even if temporarily) with a convincing win in Krasnodar. The 'Bears' put on a strong first half performance to lead 21-3 at the break. The Romanians could not peg back that lead in the second half. Romeo Gontineac returned to the Romanian side from injury but Socol retained the captaincy. Constantin Gheara was unavailable injured as was Petru Balan, still. |
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