History of rugby union matches between Georgia and Romania

Georgia and Romania have played each other on 20 occasions. Georgia have won 11 times, Romania 8 times and 1 match has been drawn.

They regularly play each other in the European Nations Cup with Georgia having won 10, Romania 6 and 1 match has been drawn.

The first match was played on 18 November 1998 at Lansdowne Road that has been won by Romania 27–23.

The two sides have played each other once in a Rugby World Cup game in the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Georgia won the match 25–9.

Antim Cup

Main article: Antim Cup

Since 2002, the winner of Georgia – Romania matches have been awarded the Antim Cup. It is named after the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan Anthim the Iberian, who came from Georgia. The Antim Cup is contested each time Georgia and Romania meet in a senior international match other than World Cup matches or qualifiers. The holder retains the cup unless the challenger wins the match in normal time. It is challenge cup along the lines of the Calcutta Cup and Bledisloe Cups to be annually played for between the Georgians and the Romanians.

Summary

Overall

Georgia and Romania have played each other on Rugby World Cup, Rugby World Cup qualification and in annual tournament - European Nations Cup

Details	Played	Won by  Georgia	Won by  Romania	Drawn	Georgia points	Romania points
In Georgia	9	6	3	0	197	145
In Romania	9	4	4	1	140	167
Neutral venue	2	1	1	0	48	36
Overall	20	11	8	1	385	348

Records

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
20	19 March 2016	Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi	38 – 9	Georgia	2014–16 European Nations Cup First Division
19	21 March 2015	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest	6 – 15	Georgia	2014–16 European Nations Cup First Division
18	15 March 2014	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi	22 – 9	Georgia	2012–14 European Nations Cup First Division
17	16 March 2013	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest	9 – 9	draw	2012–14 European Nations Cup First Division
16	10 March 2012	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest	13 – 19	Georgia	2010–12 European Nations Cup First Division
15	28 September 2011	Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North, New Zealand	25 – 9	Georgia	2011 Rugby World Cup Pool B
14	12 March 2011	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi	18 – 11	Georgia	2010–12 European Nations Cup First Division
13	13 March 2010	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest	22 – 10	Romania	2008–10 European Nations Cup First Division
12	14 March 2009	Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi	28 – 23	Georgia	2008–10 European Nations Cup First Division
11	9 February 2008	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi	22 – 7	Georgia	2006–08 European Nations Cup First Division
10	3 February 2007	Stadionul Ghencea II, Bucharest	17 – 20	Georgia	2006–08 European Nations Cup First Division
9	7 October 2006	Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest	20 – 8	Romania	2007 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification
8	25 February 2006	Stadionul Ghencea II, Bucharest	35 – 10	Romania	2004–06 European Nations Cup First Division
7	12 March 2005	Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi	20 – 13	Georgia	2004–06 European Nations Cup First Division
6	27 March 2004	Iași	25 – 18	Romania	2003–04 European Nations Cup First Division
5	30 March 2003	Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi	6 – 19	Romania	2003–04 European Nations Cup First Division
4	6 April 2002	Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi	23 – 31	Romania	2001–02 European Nations Cup First Division
3	7 April 2001	Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest	20 – 31	Georgia	2000–01 European Nations Cup First Division
2	2 April 2000	Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi	20 – 23	Romania	2000 European Nations Cup First Division
1	18 November 1998	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	23 – 27	Romania	1999 Rugby World Cup – European qualification

See also

• History of rugby union matches between Georgia and Russia
• History of rugby union matches between Romania and Scotland

Sources

1. http://stats.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/stats/index.html?class=1;opposition=12;orderby=date;team=81;template=results;type=team;view=match