1984–85 Romania rugby union tour of England

The 1984–85 Romania rugby union tour of England was a series of three matches played by the Romania national rugby union team in England in December 1984 and January 1985. The Romanian team lost all three of their tour matches including the single international against the England national rugby union team.

1984–85 Romania rugby union tour of England
ManagerViorel Morariu
Tour captain(s)Mircea Paraschiv
Summary
P W D L
Total
03 00 00 03
Test match
01 00 00 01
Opponent
P W D L
 England
1 0 0 1

It was the first official match between England and Romania, at that time the best European team outside the Five Nations tournament.

Results edit

29 December 1984
Northern Division, England17 - 8Romania XV
Birkenhead

1 January 1985
South & S West of England15-3Romania XV
Kingsholm, Gloucester

5 January 1985
England  22 - 15  Romania
Twickenham, London

References edit

  • Stephen Jones, ed. (1985). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1985-86. Queen Anne Press.
  • Constantin Zamfir, ed. (1985). Povestea a 311 plus 159 meciuri6 (in Romanian). PACO. pp. 134–136. ISBN 973-8314-54-2.

Note edit