Romania Complete Perfect November, Downing Uruguay

Romania completed the perfect November series, downing Uruguay this afternoon. The 36-10 win follows victories over the USA and Canada.

In losing Los Teros return home winless. Esteban Meneses’ players fell to both Germany and Spain prior to losing in Bucharest. The team will rest up before preparing for the Americas Rugby Championship which gets underway in February.

Against Romania Los Teros started well. The opening quarter was very evenly fought. It took 31 minutes for the game’s first try when New Zealand-born Stephen Shennan scored his first of a double.

A second Shennan try came with one to Johan van Heerden giving the Oaks a sizable lead. Uruguay would eventually score but would not do so until the 73rd minute. Guillermo Lijtenstein’s try came after Romania had scored two more of their own.

 

SCORING

ROMANIA 36
Tries – S. Shennan 2 (31′, 37′), J. van Heerden (40′), F. Surugiu (55′), C. Fercu (75′)
Cons – F. Vlaicu 4 (38′, 40′, 56′, 76′)
Pens – F. Vlaicu (17′)
Yellow cards – F. Tangimana (71′)

URUGUAY 10
Tries – G. Lijtenstein (73′)
Cons – F. Berchesi (74′)
Pens – F. Berchesi (35′)
Yellow cards – M. Blengio (44′)

 

TEAMS

ROMANIA
1 Mihaita Lazar (17 Ionel Badiu 70′), 2 Andrei Radoi (16 Eugen Capatana 54′), 3 Alexandru Tarus (18 Alex Gordas 48′), 4 Johan van Heerden, 5 Valentin Poparlan (19 Ionut Muresan 74′), 6 Viorel Lucaci (20 Cristian Chirica 62′), 7 Stelian Burcea (capt.), 8 Andrei Gorcioaia, 9 Florin Surugiu (21 Alexandru Tigla 76′), 10 Florin Vlaicu, 11 Stephen Shennan (23 Ionut Dumitru 61′), 12 Vladut Popa, 13 Jack Umaga (22 Paula Kinikininilau 67′), 14 Fonovai Tangimana, 15 Catalin Fercu

URUGUAY
1 Ignacio Secco (17 Mateo Sanguinetti 56′), 2 Carlos Arboleya (16 Facundo Gattas 56′), 3 Mario Sagario (capt.) (18 Francisco Jiménez 66′), 4 Franco Lamanna, 5 Diego Ayala (19 Diego Magno 56′), 6 Joaquín Dell’Acqua, 7 Santiago Hernández (20 Marcos Chamyan 66′), 8 Gonzalo Soto, 9 Agustín Ormaechea (21 Guillermo Lijtenstein 66′), 10 Felipe Berchesi, 11 Santiago Arata, 12 Nicolas Freitas, 13 Santiago Gibernau (23 Andrés Rocco 66′), 14 Mauro Daverio (22 Juan Manuel Cat 48′), 15 Manuel Blengio

 

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
Assistants: Lloyd Linton (SRU) & Ian Tempest (RFU)
TMO: Neil Paterson (SRU)