SA
	No.	Name
15Willie Le Roux, FB T
14Grant Williams, W T 2
13Canan Moodie, C
12Andre Esterhuizen, C
11Makazole Mapimpi, W T 3
10Damian Willemse, FH T  5
9Cobus Reinach, SH T 3
1Ox Nche, P
2Bongi Mbonambi, H
3Trevor Nyakane, P
4Jean Kleyn, L
5Marvin Orie, L
6Marco van Staden, FL
7Kwagga Smith, FL
8Duane Vermeulen, N8
Replacements
16Deon Fourie, R T
17Steven Kitshoff, R
18Frans Malherbe, R
19RG Snyman, R
20Jasper Wiese, R
21Jaden Hendrikse, R
22Faf de Klerk, R  2
23Jesse Kriel, R

ROM
	No.	Name
15Marius Simionescu, FB
14Tevita Manumua, W
13Jason Tomane, C
12Taylor Gontineac, C
11Nicolas Onutu, W
10Hinckley Vaovasa, FH
9Gabriel Rupanu, SH
1Iulian Hartig, P
2Ovidiu Cojocaru, H
3Alex Gordas, P
4Adrian Motoc, L
5Marius Iftimiciuc, L
6Andre Gorin, FL
7Vlad Neculau, FL
8Cristian Chirica, N8
16Rob Irimescu, R
17Alexandru Savin, R
18Thomas Cretu, R
19Stefan Iancu, R
20Damian Stratila, R
21Cristi Boboc, R
22Alin Conache, R
23Gabriel Pop, R

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Stade Matmut-Atlantique

2:00 PM, September 17, 2023

235dReuters

Merciless South Africa batter Romania 76-0 in Rugby World Cup

South Africa scrumhalf Cobus Reinach and wing Makazole Mapimpi scored a hat trick of tries each as their side cruised to a 76-0 Rugby World Cup Pool B win over Romania on Sunday and in the process tried out several of their squad experiments.

Match Commentary

74'		69-0 Try - Willie Le Roux , South Africa
69'		64-0 Conversion - Faf de Klerk , South Africa
68'		62-0 Try - Makazole Mapimpi , South Africa

Match Stats

ROM

60%

40%

46%

54%

ROM

121	Runs	81
810	Metres Run	246
12	Clean Breaks	2
127	Tackles	113
19	Missed Tackles	35
9	Turnover Knock On	8

Standings

Pool A
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	FRA	4	+178	18
2	NZL	4	+206	15
3	ITALY	4	-67	10
4	URUG	4	-99	5
5	NAMIB	4	-218	0
Pool B
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	IRE	4	+144	19
2	SA	4	+117	15
3	SCOT	4	+75	10
4	TONGA	4	-81	5
5	ROM	4	-255	0
Pool C
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	WALES	4	+84	19
2	FIJI	4	+5	11
3	AUS	4	-1	11
4	POR	4	-39	6
5	GEO	4	-49	3
Pool D
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	ENG	4	+111	18
2	ARG	4	+58	14
3	JPN	4	+2	9
4	SAMOA	4	+17	7
5	CHI	4	-188	0

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