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Uruguay

Friday 8th June 2012, KO: 16:00 Stadionul National Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest

Headlines

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Romania centre CSABA GAL wins his 50th cap for Romania for the clash against Uruguay. He made his debut as a replacement in 2005 in the 43-12 defeat to Ireland. It will be his 11th Nations Cup match. Uruguay tighthead prop MARIO SAGARIO will win his 23rd cap when he lines out against Romania. SAGARIO is the only Uruguay player to have featured in every Test against Romania, including the sides’ two IRB Nations Cup clashes. With 397 caps in the side that will take on Uruguay, Romania have a noticeable advantage over their South American rivals who can count on just 157 caps in total. Romania also have a sizeable power advantage up front when they can rely on forwards with an average weight of 110kg in contrast to Uruguay’s 99kg. Uruguay however do have a younger side with an average of 25 compared to Romania’s 27.

Head to Head

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Friday’s Nations Cup clash between Romania and Uruguay is the 5th match between these two sides. Uruguay are still waiting for their first win in the series, having been on the wrong end of three defeats. Two of the four games were IRB European Nations Cup matches. The sides have drawn once before, in 2010 when Uruguay held Romania to a 21-21 draw in Montevideo. Romania’s domination of the fixture can be seen in the total try tally, where they have scored double the amount of tries than that of Uruguay (10 tries to Uruguay’s 5). The first Test between the two sides was played in 2008 in Bucharest. Romania won that game 10-6 and followed it up a year later with another win over Uruguay (17-11) in Bucharest. The most recent clash between the two sides resulted in a big victory for Romania, who beat the visitors 39-12 in Bucharest.

Form guide

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Romania go into the Test having enjoyed mixed form during this year’s European Nations Cup competition. The year started well, with wins over Portugal (15-7 in Bucharest) and Russia (25-0 in Sochi) but defeats against Georgia (19-13 in Bucharest) and Spain (13-12 in Madrid) were a blow. However Romania finished spring on a high, hammering Ukraine 71-0 in Bucharest. Uruguay come into the Test against Romania fresh from a 27-15 win over Brazil in the South American Championship. A 27-26 win over Chile cemented their second place in the competition after a disappointing opening 40-5 defeat to Argentina. Uruguay’s tour to Europe last November was an encouraging start to the season, with the South American side defeating Portugal 16-9 in Lisbon before going down to Spain 16-13 in Madrid.

New Kids on the Block

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Replacement hooker OTAR TURASHVILI will win his first cap for Romania if he comes off the bench against Uruguay. TURASHVILI, who plays for RC Timisoara, already has three caps to his name for Georgia at Under 19 level. Meanwhile flanker FRANCO LAMANNA will make his debut for Uruguay if he comes on as a replacement against Romania.

Man in the Middle



All Time Records >> Points Points 119 70 49 47 46 45 45 44 44

Player Luciano Orquera

Italy A

Danut Dumbrava

Romania

Florin Vlaicu

Romania

Santiago Gonzáles Iglesias

Argentina Jaguars

Valentin Calafeteanu

Romania

Alexander Yanyushkin

Russia

Louis Strydom

Emerging South Africa

Hernán Senillosa

Argentina Jaguars

Peter Grant

Emerging South Africa

>> Tries Tries 6

Player Joaquín Tuculet

Argentina Jaguars

6

Siyanda Grey

4

Michele Sepe

4

Tomás de Vedia

3

Juan Ignacio Gauthier

3

Marius Delport

3

Tonderai Chavanga

3

Hernán Senillosa

3

Catalin Fercu

South African Kings Italy A

Argentina Jaguars Argentina Jaguars

Emerging South Africa Emerging South Africa Argentina Jaguars Romania

Andrew Small of England makes his 10th appearance as an international referee when he officiates in Romania’s match against Uruguay in the IRB Nations Cup. Small made his debut in 2006 for the meeting of Czech Republic v Spain.

Pacific Nations Cup Facts & Figures

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Uruguay need 13 more points to break through the century barrier in terms of points scored in the IRB Nations Cup. Romania and Italy A have made more appearances at the competition than any other sides – 15. These two teams have also scored more points in the competition than any other teams. Romania has scored 253 while Italy A has scored 316 points.

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Romania

Uruguay

Team Sheets

15 Iulian Dumitras

ROMANIA IRB RANKING: 18 Test #: 383

Replacements

Lourdes

14

13

Catalin Fercu

12

Csaba Gal

RC Timisoara

11

Cristian Dinis

CSM Baia Mare

Madalin Lemnaru

CSM Baia Mare

RC Timisoara

10

9

Dorin Manole

Valentin Calafeteanu

US Orthez

RC Timisoara

Key Stats

8 Mihai Macovei (C) CSM Baia Mare

6 Vasile Rus

7

5 Alin Coste

Saint Etienne

Bressane

RC Timisoara

3

Steaua Bucuresti

Officials

2

Mihai Adascalitei

Andrei Radoi

1

2

3

Nicolás Klappenbach (C)

Mario Sagario

SIC Isidro

Champagnat

UE Santboiana

4 Fernando Bascou

5

Diego Bascou

Cristofer Soares

Pucaru Stade Gaulois

Tests at Venue: 2 Tests Romania: 0 Tests Uruguay: 0 Tests Test Debut: 16/09/2006 - Czech Republic v Spain

CSM Baia Mare

Alejo Corral

6

Referee: Andrew Small (England) - 9 Tests

1 Andrei Ursache

CSM Baia Mare

Dinamo Bucuresti

7

Montevideo Cricket Club

Pucaru Stade Gaulois

Diego Magno Montevideo Cricket Club

8 Juan Ormaechea

9 Felipe Berchesi

Carrasco Polo

Carrasco Polo

11

Old Christians

10

Agustin Ormaechea

12 Alberto Roman

13 Santiago Gibernau

Pucaru Stade Gaulois

Cajasol Rugby Ciencias Sevilla

Replacements 16 Arturo Avalo (Carrasco Polo) 17 Gaston Ibarburu (St Jean de Luz Olympique) 18 Alejandro Nieto (Champagnat) 19 Franco Lamanna (Carrasco Polo) 20 Rodolfo De Mula (Pucaru Stade Gaulois) 21 Guillermo Lijtenstein (Trebol) 22 Gaston Mieres (Lobos)

Carrasco Polo

Leandro Leivas

# Caps Starting Lineup: 397 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 27 Oldest Player: Cristian Petre (33) Youngest Player: Madalin Lemnaru (23) Avg Weight Forwards: 110 kg

Viorel Lucaci

4

Cristian Petre

16 Otar Turashvili (RC Timisoara) 17 Flavius Dobre (Dinamo Bucuresti) 18 Marius Sirbe (Tarbes) 19 Cosmin Ratiu (Dinamo Bucuresti) 20 Florin Surugiu (CSM Bucharest) 21 Constantin Gheara (RCJ Farul Constanta) 22 Ionut Botezatu (CSM Baia Mare)

14 Francisco Bulanti Trebol

15 Jeronimo Etcheverry

Key Stats # Caps Starting Lineup: 157 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 25 Oldest Player: Gaston Ibarburu (33) Youngest Player: Franco Lamanna (20) Avg Weight Forwards: 99 kg

RC Valpolicella ASD URUGUAY IRB RANKING: 21 Test #: 194

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Romania

Uruguay

Head to Head

Recent Results Date

Team A

Result

Team B

Venue

27/11/2010

Romania

39

12

Uruguay

Bucharest

13/11/2010

Uruguay

21

21

Romania

Montevideo

12/06/2009

Uruguay

11

17

Romania

Bucharest

11/06/2008

Uruguay

6

10

Romania

Bucharest

Summary Romania

4 Matches (1 Draw)

Uruguay

3

Won

0

87

Points

50

10

Tries

5

8

Conversions

2

7

Penalties

7

0

Drop Goals

0

Player Records For Romania against Uruguay 3 Players - 4

For Uruguay against Romania Appearances

4 - 3 Players

Danut Dumbrava - 23

Points

Alexandru Manta - 3

Tries

Danut Dumbrava - 4

Conversions

2 - Matias Arocena

Danut Dumbrava - 5

Penalties

4 - Matias Arocena

-

16 - Matias Arocena 1 - 5 Players

Drop Goals

-

Player Records in a Match For Romania against Uruguay

For Uruguay against Romania

On 2 Occasions - 12

Points

On 9 Occasions - 1

Tries

1 - On 5 Occasions

Danut Dumbrava on 27/11/2010 - 3

Conversions

1 - On 2 Occasions

Danut Dumbrava on 13/11/2010 - 3

Penalties

-

11 - Matias Arocena on 13/11/2010

3 - Matias Arocena on 13/11/2010

Drop Goals

-

Team Records in a Match For Romania against Uruguay

For Uruguay against Romania

On 27/11/2010 - 39

Points

21 - On 13/11/2010

On 27/11/2010 - 5

Tries

2 - On 2 Occasions

On 27/11/2010 - 4

Conversions

1 - On 2 Occasions

On 13/11/2010 - 3

Penalties

3 - On 13/11/2010

-

Drop Goals

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Romania

Recent Matches

Head Coach: Haralambie Dumitras Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match:

04/02/2012 v Portugal (W 15-7) 60.00% 3.60

Romania Record Under Haralambie Dumitras 2 Lost

Date

Opponent

Result

Venue

31/03/2012

Ukraine

W

71

0

Bucharest

17/03/2012

Spain

L

12

13

Madrid

10/03/2012

Georgia

L

13

19

Bucharest

25/02/2012

Russia

W

25

0

Sochi

04/02/2012

Portugal

W

15

7

Bucharest

3 Wins

0 Drawn

136 For

Points

39 Against

18 For

Tries

3 Against

11 For

Conversions

3 Against

Points For

136

8 For

Penalties

5 Against

Points Ag

39

0 For

Drop Goals

1 Against

Tries For

18

Tries Ag

3

Player Info For Romania Pos

Age

Debut

Caps

Caps as Sub

Caps v Opponent

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points

Tries

Cons

Pens

DGs

Andrei Ursache Andrei Radoi Mihai Adascalitei Alin Coste Cristian Petre Vasile Rus Viorel Lucaci Mihai Macovei (C) Valentin Calafeteanu Dorin Manole Madalin Lemnaru Cristian Dinis Csaba Gal Catalin Fercu Iulian Dumitras

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

28 25 29 25 33 28 25 25 27 25 23 28 27 25 29

04/02/2012 22/03/2008 04/11/2007 01/12/2007 17/11/2001 04/11/2007 28/11/2009 03/06/2006 20/11/2004 14/02/2009 07/02/2009 04/02/2012 26/11/2005 19/11/2005 03/03/2002 Total

Otar Turashvili Flavius Dobre Marius Sirbe Cosmin Ratiu Florin Surugiu Constantin Gheara Ionut Botezatu

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

25 31 25 32 27 30 24

5 17 6 16 90 8 9 31 48 4 16 5 49 51 42 397 0 7 8 31 21 13 11

3 12 5 4 9 3 2 11 28 3 2 0 15 1 6 104 0 4 5 14 14 7 5

0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 2 4 3 20 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

3 11 2 9 47 2 6 14 24 2 7 3 24 33 20 207 0 5 6 15 12 9 5

0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

2 6 4 7 41 6 3 17 22 2 8 2 24 16 20 180 0 2 2 16 9 4 5

5 0 0 5 30 0 5 20 147 0 20 0 17 110 73 432 0 0 0 10 10 5 5

1 0 0 1 6 0 1 4 8 0 4 0 3 22 10 60 0 0 0 2 2 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 1 0 4 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 5 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player

17/11/2001 22/03/2008 22/06/2003 11/06/2008 14/02/2004 14/02/2009

Records For Romania Caps

Tries

Points

90 - Cristian Petre

33 - Petre Motrescu

369 - Danut Dumbrava

77 - Adrian Lungu

28 - Gabriel Brezoianu

335 - Petre Mitu

77 - Romeo Stefan Gontineac

27 - Florica Murariu

322 - Ionut Tofan

Player Records (In a Match)

Team Records (In a Match)

Points:

30 - Ionut Tofan v Spain on 05/10/2002

Points:

100 v Bulgaria on 21/09/1976

Tries:

5 - 3 players

Tries:

17 v Morocco on 17/11/1976

Conversions:

12 - Virgil Popisteanu v Portugal on 13/04/1996

Conversions:

12 v Portugal on 13/04/1996

Penalties:

6 - 2 players

Penalties:

7 v Argentina Jaguars on 15/06/2010

Drop Goals:

3 - 2 players

Drop Goals:

4 v West Germany on 29/10/1967

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Uruguay

Recent Matches

Head Coach: Pablo Lemoine Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match:

20/05/2012 v Argentina (L 5-40) 66.67% 2.33

Date

Opponent

26/05/2012

Brazil

W

27

15

Santiago

23/05/2012

Chile

W

27

26

Santiago

1 Lost

20/05/2012

Argentina

L

5

40

Santiago

Uruguay Record Under Pablo Lemoine

Result

Venue

2 Wins

0 Drawn

59 For

Points

81 Against

19/11/2011

Spain

L

13

16

Madrid

7 For

Tries

10 Against

13/11/2011

Portugal

W

16

9

Caldas da Rainha

3 For

Conversions

8 Against

6 For

Penalties

5 Against

0 For

Drop Goals

0 Against

Points For

88

Points Ag

106

Tries For

9

Tries Ag

11

Player Info For Uruguay Pos

Age

Debut

Caps

Caps as Sub

Caps v Opponent

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points

Tries

Cons

Pens

DGs

Alejo Corral Nicolás Klappenbach (C) Mario Sagario Diego Bascou Cristofer Soares Fernando Bascou Diego Magno Juan Ormaechea Agustin Ormaechea Felipe Berchesi Leandro Leivas Alberto Roman Santiago Gibernau Francisco Bulanti Jeronimo Etcheverry

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

30 30 25 28 24 25 23 23 21 21 23 25 24 32 24

Arturo Avalo Gaston Ibarburu Alejandro Nieto Franco Lamanna Rodolfo De Mula Guillermo Lijtenstein Gaston Mieres

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

25 33 24 20 27 21 22

14/11/2009 12/11/2005 22/07/2006 14/05/2011 14/05/2011 13/11/2011 20/06/2008 13/11/2011 13/11/2011 13/11/2011 08/11/2008 14/05/2011 25/04/2009 25/04/2004 08/11/2008 Total 14/05/2011 11/05/2005 20/05/2012

17 18 22 5 6 5 19 5 4 3 16 8 6 9 14 157 6 6 3 0 6 6 16

5 12 7 1 3 2 5 1 0 0 5 1 2 2 1 47 2 4 1 0 2 1 1

2 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

8 8 8 2 4 3 10 3 2 2 5 4 3 3 6 71 3 2 2 0 3 3 7

1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

8 10 13 3 2 2 8 2 2 1 10 4 3 6 8 82 3 4 1 0 3 3 8

10 0 0 5 0 0 10 5 5 5 50 10 20 5 83 208 10 0 0 0 0 0 20

2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 10 2 4 1 5 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 4

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player

14/05/2011 14/05/2011 16/05/2010

Records For Uruguay Caps

Tries

Points

65 - Rodrigo Sanchez

30 - Diego Ormaechea

259 - Federico Sciarra

59 - Diego Aguirre

13 - Alfonso Cardoso

256 - Juan Menchaca

54 - Diego Ormaechea

13 - Federico Sciarra

244 - Matias Arocena

Player Records (In a Match)

Team Records (In a Match)

Points:

31 - Matias Arocena v Chile on 02/05/2009

Points:

102 v Paraguay on 14/05/2011

Tries:

4 - 4 players

Tries:

16 v Paraguay on 14/05/2011

Conversions:

8 - 2 players

Conversions:

11 on 2 Occasions

Penalties:

6 - 6 players

Penalties:

7 v Chile on 27/10/1977

4 - Juan Menchaca v Chile on 07/09/2002

Drop Goals:

4 v Chile on 07/09/2002

Drop Goals:

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