Romania Edge Out Romania at u20 Junior Challenger

Romania edged out Brazil on the opening day of the World Rugby Junior Challenger. Played in Santiago del Chile on Friday, Romania were 27-26 winners.

The match-up was between two highly contrasting rugby countries. On the one hand there was Rugby World Cup regulars Romania. While, on the other hand was Os Curumins. Brazil has never qualified for a Men’s Rugby World Cup.

Romania opened the scoring with an early penalty to Mihai-Antonio Mitrea. Brazil responded with two penalties landed by Isac Lopes. The 6-3 included Brazil getting the better of the Eastern Europeans in the contact area.

The first try saw the South Americans over for a fantastic score featuring high-speed play and execution. Daniel Caetano went over with Tobías Duret providing the assist.

Romania hit-back swiftly and sharply with back-to-back tries. Center Alexandru Boldor and fullback Edward Brășnean each scored to give Romania the lead. However, the first-half ended with Brazil leading 16-15 after a maul try scored by hooker Túlio Oliveira.

The Romanians regained the lead with a flashy try to Dragoș Tatomir. Then, late in the third quarter, Túlio Oliveira scored a second try, this time doing so from a pick-and-go.

The game was balanced as the final quarter started and concluded. Romania scored the game’s final try to open a four point lead. Cauã Tenório then landed a penalty to cut the gap to a single point. It remained as such until the final whistle.

Round two of the World Rugby Junior Challenger in Santiago will be played on Wednesday, October 07. Brazil will take-on Hong Kong while Romania face Chile.

 

SCORING

BRAZIL (26)
TRY – T Oliveira (2), D Caetano
CON – I Lopes
PEN –  I Lopes, C Tenório

ROMANIA (27)
TRY – A Boldor (2), E Brășnean, D Tatomir
CON – Mitrea (2)
PEN – Mitrea (1)

TEAMS

BRAZIL
15 Cauã Tenório, 14 Daniel Caetano, 13 Tobías Duret 12 Kleber Baracho, 11 Guilherme Landim, 10 Isac Lopes, 9 Gustavo Gonçalves, 8 Francisco da Ros (c), 7 Gabriel Mohallem, 6 Segundo Duret, 5 Iago Araújo, 4 Cauã Oliveira, 3 Derick Estevão, 2 Túlio Oliveira, 1 Rafael Jesus

Replacements: 16 Valentin Reyes, 17 Marcus Furini, 18 Rodrigo Ramos, 19 Lucas Neves, 20 Louis Moroni, 21  Rafael Cavalcante, 22 Carlos Eduardo Andrade, 23 Abraão Avelino

ROMANIA
15 Edward Brășnean, 14 Raul Pop, 13 Mihai-Antonio Mitrea, 12 Alexandru Boldor, 11 Ștefan – Ionuț Firică, 10 Andrei Carp, 9 Dragoș Tatomir, 8 Florentin Pîndaru, 7 Ionuț Matiș, 6 Leontin Moroianu, 5 Gabriel Mic, 4 Mihai-Augustin Vlasa, 3 Alexandru Berbec, 2 Damian Albert, 1 Alexandru Todică

Replacements: 16 Albert Ianis, 17 George Marghioala, 18 Rareș Jugănaru, 19 Victor Sâncrăian, 20 Matei Niculai, 21 Viorel Tirli, 22 David Petrescu, 23 Teodor Cioriciu