Saturday, February 8, 2014

RUSSIA v ROMANIA: WCQ Europe R5; ENC 1A

08.02.2014

Venue: Krasnodar

Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)

Preview
This is a clash between the number two and number three sides in this competition. Russia are effectively struggling to get past either Georgia or Romania to gain an automatic qualification to the 2015 Rugby World Cup finals. Russia’s record against Romania is not impressive but the Russians have dragged the Romanians into deepest Siberia. I still can’t see the Romanians losing but the score will be close.

Last Five Encounters
08.06.2013 Romania 30-20 in Bucharest (IRB Nations Cup)
09.02.2013 Romania 29-14 in Bucharest (WCQ Europe R5; ENC 1A)
25.02.2012 Romania 25-0 in Sochi (ENC 1A)
26.02.2011 Romania 33-3 in Bucharest (ENC 1A)
27.02.2010 Drawn 21-21 in Sochi (WCQ Europe R5; ENC 1A)

Russia last defeated Romania in 2009, winning 28-19 in Bucharest, and last defeated Romania in Russia in 2008, winning 12-8 in Krasnodar

Russia Last Five P 5, W 1, L 4
01.02.2014 v Spain W 28-25 in Madrid (WCQ Europe R5; ENC 1A)
23.11.2013 v United States L 7-28 in London
15.11.2013 v Japan L 13-40 in Colwyn Bay
16.06.2013 v Argentina ‘A’ L 17-30 in Bucharest (IRB Nations Cup)
12.06.2013 v Emerging Italy L 19-27 in Bucharest (IRB Nations Cup)

Romania Last Five P 5, W 4, L 1
01.02.2014 v Portugal W 24-0 in Cluj (WCQ Europe R5; ENC 1A)
23.11.2013 v Fiji L 7-26 in Bucharest
16.11.2013 v Canada W 21-20 in Bucharest
09.11.2013 v Tonga W 19-18 in Bucharest
16.06.2013 v Emerging Italy W 26-13 in Bucharest

GWC Rugby Rankings
World Table: Romania 16th, Russia 19th
Europe Table: Romania 8th, Russia 15th

IRB Ranking Points
Romania 67.47, Russia 62.39

Prediction: Romania by 8

Teams

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Romania

15 Catalin Fercu RCM Timisoara
14 Madalin Lemnaru  RCM Timisoara
13 Csaba Gal  CSM Baia Mare
12 Florin Vlaicu  RCJ Farul Constanta
11 Ionut Dumitru  Steaua Bucuresti
10 Valentin Calafeteanu  RCM Timisoara
9 Florin Surugiu  CSM Bucaresti
8 Stelian Burcea RCM Timisoara
7 Mihai Macovei (Capt.)  Sporting Nazairien, France
6 Viorel Lucaci  Steaua Bucharesti
5 Valentin Poparlan  RCM Timisoara
4 Marius Sirbe  Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby, France
3 Paulica Ion  USA  Perpignan, France
2 Andrei Radoi  Ealing RFC, England
1 Mihaita Lazar  Castres Olympique, France
   
16 Eugen Capatana RCM Timisoara
17 Andrei Ursache US Carcassonne, France
18 Horatiu Pungea  Llanelly Scarlets, Wales
19 Cristian Munteanu U S Romans et Peageoise, France
20 Vlad Nistor Castres Olympique, France
21 Dorin Manole US Orthez, France
22 Florin Ionita Steaua Bucharesti
23 Cristian Dinis-Vartic  CSM Baia Mare
   
HEAD COACH: Lyn Howells

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Russia

15   Vasily Artemyev Northampton Saints, England
14   Andrei Otrokov  Krasny Yar
13   Dmitry Gerasimov  Enisey-STM-Krasnoyarsk
12   Alexey Makovetsky  Krasny Yar
11   Igor Galinovskiy  Krasny Yar
10   Yuri Kushnarev  RC Kuban Krasnodar
9   Alexander Yanyushkin VVA-Podmoskovye
8   Andrey Temnov  Enisey-STM-Krasnoyarsk
7   Andrei Garbuzov  Krasny Yar
6   Andrey Ostrikov  Sale Sharks, England
5   Kirill Kulemin  Sale Sharks, England
4   Alexander Voytov (Capt.)  VVA-Podmoskovye
3   Andrey Igretsov Glory-DPS
2   Vladislav Korshunov  VVA-Podmoskovye
1   Grigory Tsnobiladze  Krasny Yar
       
16   Valeriy Tsnobiladze  Enisey-STM-Krasnoyarsk
17   Alexey Volkov VVA-Podmoskovye
18   Innokenty Zykov  Enisey-STM-Krasnoyarsk
19   Pavel Butenko  Enisey-STM-Krasnoyarsk
20   Victor Gresev Krasny Yar
21   Anton Ryabov  Krasny Yar
22   Sergei Sugrobov Slava Moscow-CPS
23   Sergey Yanyushkin  VVA-Podmoskovye
       
    HEAD COACH: Kingsley Jones

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