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1981 Romania rugby union tour of Scotland

Field	Value
team	Romania
yearstart	1981
yearfinish	1981
manager	Viorel Morariu
captain	Mircea Paraschiv
top point scorer	Ion Constantin (26)
matchplayed	3
matchwon	2
matchdraw	0
matchlost	1
testplayed	1
testwon	0
testdraw	0
testlost	1
opponent1
played1	1
won1	0
draw1	0
lost1	1

The 1981 Romania rugby union tour of Scotland was a series of three matches played by the Romania national rugby union team in Scotland in September 1981. Romania won two of their three matches but lost the international match against the Scotland national rugby union team. Scotland awarded full international caps to its players for the match, becoming the first British country to do so for a match against Romania.

Touring party

Manager: Viorel Morariu
Assistant Managers: Valeriu Irimescu
Captain: Mircea Paraschiv

Backs

Forwards

Results Summary

:Scores and results list Romania's points tally first.

Opposing Team	Result	For	Against	Date	Venue
Edinburgh	Won	18	13	19 September	Myreside, Edinburgh
South of Scotland	Won	18	10	22 September	The Greenyards, Melrose
SCOTLAND	Lost	6	12	26 September	Murrayfield, Edinburgh

Matches

Hay Bors

Edinburgh: A. R. Irvine (Heriot's F. P.) (c), I. Tukalo (Royal High), A. E. Kennedy (Watsonians), D. I. Johnston (Watsonians), B. H. Hay (Boroughmuir), K. D. M. Wilson (Boroughmuir), A. J. M. Lawson (Heriot's F. P.); W. S. Watson (Boroughmuir), D. Robertson (Heriot's F. P.), D. G. Armstrong (Leith Academicals), G. M. Watson (Boroughmuir), J. H. Calder (Stewart's-Melville F. P.), I. G. Milne (Heriot's F. P.), P. A. Black (Boroughmuir), N. A. Rowan (Boroughmuir). Romanians: G. Florea, S. Fuicu, A. Lungu, I. Constantin, M. Aldea, D. Alexandru, M. Paraschiv (c); P. Bors, E. Stoica, G. Caragea, G. Dumitru, A. Radalescu, O. Corneliu, M. Munteanu, I. Bucan (C. Dinu, 78 mins).

Stoica

South of Scotland: A. R. Brown (Gala), V. T. .S. Chlebowski (Gala), K. T. Murray (Hawick), A. G. Cranston (Hawick) (c), G. R. T. Baird (Kelso), A. M. B. Ker (Kelso), I. G. Hunter (Selkirk); A. J. Campbell (Hawick), R. A Lindores (Jedforest), T. J. Smith (Gala), K. R. Macaulay (Gala), G. Dickson (Gala), R. F. Cunningham (Gala), G. J. Callander (Kelso), B. Hislop (Langholm). Romanians: G. Florea, A. Lungu, G. Varzaru, I. Constantin, M. Aldea, S. Podarescu, E. Suciu; S Constantin, E. Stoica, G. Caragea, G. Dumitru (c), P. Bors, C. Scarlat, E. Grigore, C. Dinu.

Scotland: A. R. Irvine (Heriot's F. P.) (c), S. Munro (West of Scotland), J. M. Renwick (Hawick), D. I. Johnston (Watsonians), K. W. Robertson (Melrose), R. Wilson (London Scottish), R. J. Laidlaw (Jedforest); I. A. M. Paxton (Selkirk), A. J. Tomes (Hawick), W. Cuthbertson (Kilmarnock), D. G. Leslie (Gala), J. H. Calder (Stewart's-Melville F. P.), I. G. Milne (Heriot's F. P.), C. T. Deans (Hawick), J. Aitken (Gala). Romania: G. Florea, S. Fuicu, A. Lungu, I. Constantin, M. Aldea, D. Alexandru, M. Paraschiv (c); P. Bors, E. Stoica, G. Caragea, G. Dumitru, A. Radalescu, O. Corneliu, M. Munteanu, I. Bucan.

By scoring all of Scotland's points, Andy Irvine set a new record of 217 points in internationals for one country, surpassing Don Clarke's previous record of 207.

References

Sources

References

Rothmans, p66
Rothmans, p65

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