| ROMANIA 17 | V | SPAIN 11 | |||||
| COMPETITION: European Nations Cup, Division 1 Updated 02.03.2008 | |||||||
| VENUE:Stade Universitaire de Madrid, Madrid | DATE: 23 February 2008 | SPECTATORS: 12,000 | |||||
| REFEREE: Dordolo (Italy) | HALFTIME: 7-11 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Poparlan, Coste, Petre | TRIES: Camacho | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Calafeteanu | CONVERSIONS: | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: | PENALTY GOALS: Nava (2) | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Catalin Fercu | Steaua Bucuresti | 15 | César Sempere | CR Complutense Madrid | ||
| 14 | Gheorghita Bagiu | Dinamo Bucuresti | 14 | David Mota | Liceo Francés CR | ||
| 13 | Csaba Gal | Universistat Cluj | 13 | Javier Canosa | CR Complutense Madrid | ||
| 12 | Daniel Vlad | Steaua Bucuresti | 12 | Jaime Nava | Jeep Alcobendies | ||
| 11 | Stefan Ciuntu | Universistat Cluj | 11 | Ignacio Martin | Bera Bera RT | ||
| 10 | Ionut Dimofte (21) | Contor Zenner Arad | 10 | Mathieu Gratton | S.C. Graulhétóis, France | ||
| 9 | Valentin Calafeteanu (20) | Dinamo Bucuresti | 9 | Pablo Feijóo | Leicester, England | ||
| 8 | Christian Petre | Beziers, France | 8 | Iván Criado (Capt.) (19) | CD El Salvador | ||
| 7 | Daniel Carpo | Farul Constanta | 7 | Cyril Hijar (21) | A.S.Lavaur, France | ||
| 6 | Costica Mersoiu (Capt.) | Dinamo Bucuresti | 6 | Rafael Camacho | Helvetia Rugby | ||
| 5 | Valentin Poparlan | Dinamo Bucuresti | 5 | César Bernasconi | FC Barcelona | ||
| 4 | Alin Coste | Narbonne, France | 4 | Leandro Fernández Aramburu | Helvetia Rugby | ||
| 3 | Ion Paulica | Bath Rugby, England | 3 | Javier Salazar | CR Complutense Madrid | ||
| 2 | Marcel Mihalache | Steaua Bucuresti | 2 | Jose Maria Bohorquez (16) | Ciencias Sevilla RC | ||
| 1 | Nicolas Nere | Steaua Bucuresti | 1 | Ion Insaust (17) | CD El Salvador | ||
| 16 | Andrei Radoi | CSM U Baia Mare | 16 | Manuel Serrano (2) | CD El Salvador | ||
| 17 | Flavius Dobre | Dinamo Bucuresti | 17 | Oscar Ferreras (1) | RC Le Hospitalet | ||
| 18 | Gheorghita Istrate | Dinamo Bucuresti | 18 | Andrew Ebbett | Jeep Alcobendies | ||
| 19 | Alexandru Grigore | Steaua Bucuresti | 19 | Alfonso Mata (8) | CD El Salvador | ||
| 20 | Iulian Andrei (9) | Steaua Bucuresti | 20 | Carlos Arenas | Ciencias Sevilla RC | ||
| 21 | Danut Dumbrava (10) | Steaua Bucuresti | 21 | Julien Tortoulou (7) | Colomiers, France | ||
| 22 | Alexandru Marin | Dinamo Bucuresti | 22 | Matías Tudela | CR Complutense Madrid | ||
| COACH: Marin Mot | COACH: Geoff Glynn | ||||||
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| MATCH NOTES | |||||||
| Yellow cards: Paulica (25), Mersoiu (77) | |||||||
| Carpo was making his test debut for Romania. 19 year-old Coste scored his first try for Romania. Petre had last appeared for Romania at the 2007 Rugby World Cup. | |||||||
| Salazar and Mata were both playing their 50th test for Spain. Fernández Aramburu last played for Spain v Russia November 2002. | |||||||
| Sources | |||||||
| http://www.rugby.ro/articol_a.asp?aid=13169&cid=&pgid=&offset=20 | |||||||
| http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/medias/matches/080222_CEN.pdf | |||||||
| http://www.ferugby.com/ | |||||||