PORTUGAL  22 V   ROMANIA  21
  COMPETITION: World Cup Qualifier, Europe R5; ENC 1 DATE: 21 March 2009                            Updated: 31.05.2009
  VENUE: Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest  SPECTATORS:
  REFEREE: Phillippe Bonhoure (France) HALFTIME: 6-15
  SCORERS: SCORERS:
  TRIES: Severino TRIES: Fercu, Manta
  CONVERSIONS: Cabral CONVERSIONS: Mitu
  PENALTY GOALS: Cabral (5) PENALTY GOALS: Mitu (3)
  DROPPED GOALS: DROPPED GOALS:
   
15 Antonio Aguilar (22) GD Direito 15 Catalin Nicolae  Dinamo Bucuresti
14 David Mateus (21) OS Belenenses 14 Catalin Fercu  Steaua Bucuresti
13 Pedro Silva  OS Belenenses 13 Adrian Barbuliceanu  Dinamo Bucuresti
12 Diogo Mateus  OS Belenenses 12 Ionut Dimofte  Contor Zenner Arad
11 Goncalo Foro  CD University Lisboa 11 Stefan Ciuntu (22) Dinamo Bucuresti
10 Pedro Cabral  CR Madrid, Spain 10 Razvan Stanca (21) Dinamo Bucuresti
9 José Pinto  Rugby Roma Olimpic, Italy 9 Petre Mitu (20) Montauban, France
8 Tiago Girão (18) CR Madrid, Spain 8 Alexandru Manta (19) CA Brive, France
7 João Uva (20) OS Belenenses 7 Stelian Burcea (Capt.) Dinamo Bucuresti
6 Vasco Uva  GD Direito 6 Florin Corodeanu  St Marcellin Sport, France
5 Eduardo Acosta (17) GD Direito 5 Cristian Petre (18) Beziers, France
4 David Penalva  FC Auch, France 4 Alin Coste  Narbonne, France
3 Cristian Spachuck  FC Auch, France 3 Ion Paulica (17) Bath Rugby, England
2 João Correia (Capt.)  GD Direito 2 Catalin Beca (16) Dinamo Bucuresti
1 Juan Murre (16) Sporting Nazairien Rugby, France 1 Nicolae Nere  Steaua Bucuresti
   
16 João Júnior (1) CD University Lisboa 16 Florin Tasca (2) Dinamo Bucuresti
17 Juan Severino (5) AEIS Agronomia 17 Mihai Adascalitei (3) Dinamo Bucuresti
18 Julien Bardi (8) Clermont-Ferrand, France 18 Cosmin Ratiu (5) Dinamo Bucuresti
19 Diogo Gama  CRC Madrid, Spain 19 Daniel Carpo (8) Farul Constanta
20 Salvador Palha (7) GD Direito 20 Valentin Calafeteanu (9) Dinamo Bucuresti
21 Aderito Esteves (14) GD Direito 21 Csaba Gal (10) Dinamo Bucuresti
22 Pedro Leal (15) GD Direito 22 Florin Vlaicu (11) Steaua Bucuresti
   
  HEAD COACH: Tomaz Moraiz HEAD COACH: Marin Mot
   
MATCH NOTES

This was Portugal's first win over Romania.

Romania was coached by Marin Mot who took over, temporarily, from Ellis Meachen who was dismissed after the game against Georgia.

Adascalitei last played for Romania v Russia (his only test) November 2007.

Sources
http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/forum2007/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3054&p=23642#p23642 and special thanks to
'Billingham' and 'Solovastru' from that forum.
http://www.rugby.ro/articol/romania-–-portugalia-21-22-la-ultima-faza-a-meciului-cupa-mondiala-se-vede-in-ceata-14279/