Injuries deny Romania top side
Friday November 10 2006
Key players missing from the yellow jerseysRomania have announced their team for the clash with Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday. However they have suffered a series of injuries in the build up to the game, and will be without a few key players.
Having beaten Scotland on two out of ten occasions they will be aiming to add a third success over the Scots, which would be their first since 1991.
Romania: 15 Florin Vlaicu, 14 Gabriel Brezoianu, 13 Catalin Dascalu, 12 Romeo Gontineac, 11 Ioan Teodorescu, 10 Ionut Dimofte, 9 Valentin Calafeteanu, 8 Ovidiu Tonita, 7 Cosmin Ratiu, 6 Florin Corodeanu, 5 Cristian Petre, 4 Sorin Socol (c), 3 Bogdan Balan, 2 Marius Tincu, 1 Petru Balan
Replacements: 16 Razvan Mavrodin, 17 Ion Paulica, 18 Cezar Popescu, 19 Valentin Ursache, 20 Alexandru Lupu
21 Ionut Tofan, 22 Csaba Gal
Kick-off: 14.30 GMT
Date: Saturday, 11 November
Venue: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: Matt Goddard (Australia)
Touch-judges: Tony Spreadbury (England), Federico Cuesta (Argentina)
Television Match Official: Tim Hayes (Wales)