ROM
	No.	Name
15Catalin Fercu, -
14Madalin Lemnaru, -
13Paula Kinikinilau, -
12Florin Vlaicu, -  2 
11Ionut Botezatu, -
10Mike Wiringi, -
9Valentin Calafeteanu, -
1Mihaita Lazar, -
2Otar Turashvili, -
3Paulica Ion, -
4Valentin Poparlan, - T
5Johan van Heerden, -
6Valentin Ursache, -
7Viorel Lucaci, -
8Daniel Carpo, -
Replacements
16Andrei Radoi, -
17Andrei Ursache, -
18Horatiu Pungea, -
19Marius Antonescu, -
20Stelian Burcea, -
21Tudorel Bratu, -
22Adrian Apostol, - T 2
23Csaba Gal, -

ITALY
	No.	Name
15Luke McLean, -
14Leonardo Sarto, - T
13Michele Campagnaro, -
12Tommaso Benvenuti, -
11Giovanbattista Venditti, -
10Tommaso Allan, - T  3  2
9Edoardo Gori, - T
1Matias Aguero, -
2Andrea Manici, -
3Lorenzo Cittadini, -
4Quintin Geldenhuys, -
5Josh Furno, -
6Francesco Minto, -
7Simone Favaro, -
8Alessandro Zanni, - T
16Davide Giazzon, -
17Alberto de Marchi, -
18Dario Chistolini, -
19Valerio Bernabo, -
20Samu Vunisa, -
21Guglielmo Palazzani, -
22Carlo Canna, -
23Enrico Bacchin, -

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Sandy Park

9:30 AM, October 11, 2015

Attendance: 11,450

3330dPA Sport

Italy see off Romanian threat to book Japan 2019 place

Italy made up for a poor Rugby World Cup campaign by defeating Romania to seal third spot in Pool D and with it a place at the next tournament in Japan in 2019.

Match Commentary

81'		ESPN's Alex Perry (@AlexPerryESPN) had this to say: "Excuse the cliché, but that was a game of two halves. Italy dominated the first and notched up enough points to ultimately win them the match. But what might have been if the Romania that came out for the second 40 had showed up in the first. Three late tries had the 11,450 packed into Sandy Park on their feet, but it was far too little, far too late. Italy have qualified for the 2019 tournament in Japan. Too early to talk of extending the Six Nations? Not if this match is anything to go by…" Another late try but it's too little, too late. If only this Romania had turned up in the first half... #ITAvROM — Alex Perry (@AlexPerryESPN) October 11, 2015
81'+2		22-32 End of second half
80'		No bonus point as the it's done here at Sandy Park! FULL TIME! Analysis to come in a few moments...

Match Stats

ROM

ITALY

63%

37%

62%

38%

ROM

ITALY

131	Runs	74
315	Meters Run	311
4	Clean Breaks	7
63	Tackles	146
21	Missed Tackles	7
6	Turnover Knock On	5

Standings

Pool A
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	FRA	4	+178	18
2	NZL	4	+206	15
3	ITALY	4	-67	10
4	URUG	4	-99	5
5	NAMIB	4	-218	0
Pool B
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	IRE	4	+144	19
2	SA	4	+117	15
3	SCOT	4	+75	10
4	TONGA	4	-81	5
5	ROM	4	-255	0
Pool C
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	WALES	4	+84	19
2	FIJI	4	+5	11
3	AUS	4	-1	11
4	POR	4	-39	6
5	GEO	4	-49	3
Pool D
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	ENG	4	+111	18
2	ARG	4	+58	14
3	JPN	4	+2	9
4	SAMOA	4	+17	7
5	CHI	4	-188	0

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