Samoa v Romania — Nations Cup
Samoa
3rd in Nations Cup
· UTC
37
38
Full-time
1st half 17–142nd half 20–24
Romania
4th in Nations Cup
Samoa scorers:
Tries Motuga 14′, Papali'i 40′, Mapu 42′, Faiilagi 49′
Cons Alatimu 15′, Alatimu 40′, Alatimu 43′, Alatimu 50′
Pens Alatimu 11′, Toala 71′, Toala 79′
Romania scorers:
Tries Onutu 22′, Tiqe 34′, Savin 57′, Simionescu 68′, Boboc 76′, Savin 80+3′
Cons Conache 23′, Conache 35′, Conache 69′, Rupanu 80+4′
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Match info
Kick-off, venue, form and the table.
Kick-off
· UTC
- UK & Ireland (BST)
- Sat 15:30
- South Africa (SAST)
- Sat 16:30
- Sydney (AEST)
- Sun 00:30
- New Zealand (NZST)
- Sun 02:30
Form and season so far
Season figures: Nations Cup table.
Nations Cup table
Scoring timeline
Final · newest first
- Full-time37–38
- 80+4′ Conversion Romania: Gabriel Rupanu Conversion 37–38
- 80+3′ Try Romania: Alexandru Savin Try 37–36
- 79′ Penalty goal Samoa: Danny Toala Penalty goal 37–31
- 78′ Replacement Romania: Alexandru Bucur On for Jason Tomane
- 76′ Try Romania: Cristi Boboc Try 34–31
- 76′ Yellow card Samoa: Lolani Faleiva Yellow card
- 73′ Replacement Romania: Gabriel Rupanu On for Alin Conache
- 71′ Penalty goal Samoa: Danny Toala Penalty goal 34–26
- 69′ Conversion Romania: Alin Conache Conversion 31–26
- 69′ Replacement Samoa: Jay Tuivaiti On for Samuel Slade
- 68′ Try Romania: Marius Simionescu Try 31–24
- 64′ Replacement Romania: Jacopo Bianchi On for Etienne Terblanche
- 61′ Replacement Romania: Mihai Graure On for Iliesa Lesumaitaiti Tiqe
- 59′ Replacement Samoa: Ere Enari On for Joel Lam
- 59′ Replacement Samoa: Danny Toala On for AJ Alatimu
- 57′ Try Romania: Alexandru Savin Try 31–19
- 55′ Replacement Samoa: Manaaki Boyle-Tiatia On for Richie Asiata
- 55′ Replacement Samoa: Lolani Faleiva On for Marco Lorenzo Fepulea'i
- 55′ Replacement Samoa: Jarred Adams On for Aki Seiuli
- 51′ Replacement Romania: Jean-Pierre Smith On for Cosmin Manole
- 51′ Replacement Samoa: Niko Jones On for Alamanda Motuga
- 51′ Replacement Romania: Tudor Butnariu On for Ștefan Buruiană
- 51′ Replacement Romania: Alexandru Savin On for Iulian Hartig
- 51′ Replacement Romania: Andrei Mahu On for Keanan Murray
- 50′ Conversion Samoa: AJ Alatimu Conversion 31–14
- 49′ Try Samoa: Miracle Faiilagi Try 29–14
- 43′ Conversion Samoa: AJ Alatimu Conversion 24–14
- 42′ Try Samoa: Iakopo Mapu Try 22–14
- 41′ Replacement Samoa: Iakopo Mapu On for Abraham Papali'i
- Half-time17–14
- 40′ Conversion Samoa: AJ Alatimu Conversion 17–14
- 40′ Try Samoa: Abraham Papali'i Try 15–14
- 35′ Conversion Romania: Alin Conache Conversion 10–14
- 34′ Try Romania: Iliesa Lesumaitaiti Tiqe Try 10–12
- 23′ Conversion Romania: Alin Conache Conversion 10–7
- 22′ Try Romania: Nicolas Onutu Try 10–5
- 15′ Conversion Samoa: AJ Alatimu Conversion 10–0
- 14′ Try Samoa: Alamanda Motuga Try 8–0
- 11′ Penalty goal Samoa: AJ Alatimu Penalty goal 3–0
TRY 5 ptsCON 2PEN 3YC yellow card (10 min)RC red cardSUB replacement
Line-ups
Samoa
Coach: Tusi Pisi- 1 Aki Seiuli Prop
- 2 Richie Asiata Hooker
- 3 Marco Lorenzo Fepulea'i Prop
- 4 Benjamin Nee-Nee Lock
- 5 Samuel Slade Lock
- 6 Miracle Faiilagi (captain) Flanker
- 7 Alamanda Motuga Flanker
- 8 Abraham Papali'i No. 8
- 9 Joel Lam Scrum-half
- 10 AJ Alatimu Fly-half
- 11 Warren Solomona Wing
- 12 Peter Umaga-Jensen Centre
- 13 Duncan Paia'Aua Centre
- 14 Tuna Tuitama Wing
- 15 Latrell Smiler Ah-Kiong Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Manaaki Boyle-Tiatia on at 55′
- 17 Jarred Adams on at 55′
- 18 Lolani Faleiva on at 55′
- 19 Jay Tuivaiti on at 69′
- 20 Niko Jones on at 51′
- 21 Iakopo Mapu on at 41′
- 22 Ere Enari on at 59′
- 23 Danny Toala on at 59′
Romania
Coach: David Gérard- 1 Iulian Hartig Prop
- 2 Ștefan Buruiană Hooker
- 3 Cosmin Manole Prop
- 4 Nicolaas Immelman Lock
- 5 Logan Weidner Lock
- 6 Keanan Murray Flanker
- 7 Cristi Boboc (captain) Flanker
- 8 Etienne Terblanche No. 8
- 9 Alin Conache Scrum-half
- 10 Hinckley Vaovasa Fly-half
- 11 Iliesa Lesumaitaiti Tiqe Wing
- 12 Jason Tomane Centre
- 13 Nicolas Onutu Centre
- 14 Tevita Manumua Wing
- 15 Marius Simionescu Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Tudor Butnariu on at 51′
- 17 Alexandru Savin on at 51′
- 18 Jean-Pierre Smith on at 51′
- 19 Andrei Mahu on at 51′
- 20 Jacopo Bianchi on at 64′
- 21 Gabriel Rupanu on at 73′
- 22 Mihai Graure on at 61′
- 23 Alexandru Bucur on at 78′
Match stats · full-time
Possession: Samoa 43%, Romania 56%
Carries: Samoa 74, Romania 86
Metres made: Samoa 331, Romania 282
Line breaks: Samoa 3, Romania 5
Tackles made: Samoa 129, Romania 97
Tackles missed: Samoa 11, Romania 16
Turnovers won: Samoa 5, Romania 4
Lineouts won: Samoa 13/13, Romania 20/21
Scrums won: Samoa 5/6, Romania 3/3
Penalties conceded: Samoa 12, Romania 7
Yellow cards: Samoa 1, Romania 0
Red cards: Samoa 0, Romania 0
Passes: Samoa 115, Romania 88
Tries: Samoa 4, Romania 6
Try assists: Samoa 3, Romania 3
Conversions: Samoa 4, Romania 4
Penalty goals: Samoa 3, Romania 0
Drop goals: Samoa 0, Romania 0
Turnovers: Samoa 10, Romania 14
Offloads: Samoa 6, Romania 2
The leading value in each row is bold. Bars are relative to the combined total.
Head-to-head
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