Romania’s national rugby union team defeated Chile’s national team 30-23 in a test match on Saturday at the national rugby stadium “Arcul de Triumf” in Bucharest.

It was the first match of the “Oaks” in a series of three scheduled in the international competition calendar this fall, writes Agerpres.

In front of more than 3,000 spectators, the tricolors won, but with great emotion towards the end, in the context that, after a very good first half, they slowed down in the second half, allowing the visitors to recover step by step and even, at one point, turn the final score .

The score was opened in the 10th minute by debutant Atila Septar, who put the ball into the visitors’ goal after Tudor Boldor missed a penalty in the first minutes of the match. Tudor Boldor scored an essay, after which he also managed to score another penalty in the 17th minute.

The “assault” of the tricolor team continued, and in the 25th minute it was the turn of Marius Simionescu, who realized Boldor’s essay, so that in the middle of the first half, Romania led with a score of 17:0.

The Chileans felt a jolt of pride in the 32nd minute after they pushed for the Oaks’ 22nd with a try but failed to convert through Clemente Saavedra. However, Vladuc Popa restored the difference on the scoreboard after a penalty awarded to Stežari following a high tackle by the Chilean, and the half-time score was 20-5 in favor of Romania.

In the second half, the visitors, who came out of the dressing room much more motivated, scored another try in the 50th minute through Augusto Bome, but failed to convert, so Santiago Videla added another 3 points ten minutes later. “Condors” after a missed penalty.

With a score of 20-13, the “tricolors” increased the pace, released the ball more, stayed longer in the guests’ half of the field, realizing Vladuc Popa’s penalty in the 63rd minute.

However, after a short period of time, the Chileans took advantage of an errant pass from Florin Surugui, which they intercepted, and after a solo run of almost 40 meters, Matias Garafulic put the ball into our goal area and Videla converted an essay to make it 23-20.

The last minutes were simply dramatic. The Romanians forced an essay, which they finally managed, in the 73rd minute through Kamil Sobota, who converted Popa, and the Condors put three more points on the scoreboard in the 77th minute through the same Videl, who converted a penalty, the final score 30 -23.

Our national team will play the next test match against Uruguay on November 13, also in Bucharest, and then, on November 19, Romania will meet Samoa.