History of rugby union matches between Georgia and Romania

Georgia and Romania have played each other on 22 occasions.^[1] Georgia have won 12 times, Romania 9 times and 1 match has been drawn. They regularly play each other in the Rugby Europe Championship (previously named European Nations Cup).

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

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 - Rugby Europe Championship

Details	Played	Won by  Georgia	Won by  Romania	Drawn	Georgia points	Romania points
In Georgia	10	7	3	0	222	161
In Romania	10	4	5	1	147	175
Neutral venue	2	1	1	0	48	36
Overall	22	12	9	1	417	372

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
1	18 November 1998	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	23 – 27	Romania	1999 Rugby World Cup – European qualification
2	2 April 2000	Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi	20 – 23	Romania	2000 European Nations Cup First Division
3	7 April 2001	Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest	20 – 31	Georgia	2000–01 European Nations Cup First Division
4	6 April 2002	Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi	23 – 31	Romania	2001–02 European Nations Cup First Division
5	30 March 2003	Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi	6 – 19	Romania	2003–04 European Nations Cup First Division
6	27 March 2004	Iași	25 – 18	Romania	2003–04 European Nations Cup First Division
7	12 March 2005	Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi	20 – 13	Georgia	2004–06 European Nations Cup First Division
8	25 February 2006	Stadionul Ghencea II, Bucharest	35 – 10	Romania	2004–06 European Nations Cup First Division
9	7 October 2006	Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest	20 – 8	Romania	2007 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification
10	3 February 2007	Stadionul Ghencea II, Bucharest	17 – 20	Georgia	2006–08 European Nations Cup First Division
11	9 February 2008	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi	22 – 7	Georgia	2006–08 European Nations Cup First Division
12	14 March 2009	Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi	28 – 23	Georgia	2008–10 European Nations Cup First Division
13	13 March 2010	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest	22 – 10	Romania	2008–10 European Nations Cup First Division
14	12 March 2011	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi	18 – 11	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
16	10 March 2012	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest	13 – 19	Georgia	2010–12 European Nations Cup First Division
17	16 March 2013	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest	9 – 9	draw	2012–14 European Nations Cup First Division
18	15 March 2014	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi	22 – 9	Georgia	2012–14 European Nations Cup First Division
19	21 March 2015	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest	6 – 15	Georgia	2014–16 European Nations Cup First Division
20	19 March 2016	Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi	38 – 9	Georgia	2014–16 European Nations Cup First Division
21	19 March 2017	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest	8 – 7	Romania	2017 Rugby Europe Championship
22	18 March 2018	Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi	25 – 16	Georgia	2018 Rugby Europe Championship

See also

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

References