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Romania’s national rugby squad on Saturday trounced Tonga
\nin a test-match, 32-20. The Oak Leaf Knights’ Tudor Bodnar and Florin Surugiu succeeded
\ntwo tries, with Tudor Boldor successfully scoring both. It was also Boldor who
\ntwice scored a penalty kick. Romanian national team’s other 12 points were
\nscored by Daniel Plai, also from penalty kicks. Romania national team’s recent
\nvictory triggered a swap in their favour: according to world rankings, Romania climbed
\none notch up, being 15th- placed, while Tonga are 16th- placed.
\nRomanian national team’ s record in the autumn of 2021 includes a 29-14 win against
\nUruguay, in a test match hosted by a stadium in Verona, Italy, and a 56-14 win against
\nthe Low Countries team. The latter match was played in Bucharest on November
\n13. Both fixtures were played as part of Rugby Europe Championship 2021. <\/p>\n
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In women’s handball this past Saturday, CSM Bucharest succeeded
\na 27-21 home win against Ferencvaros Budapest. In a match counting towards
\nChampions league’s group A. Head-coach Adrian Vasile’s trainees thus took their
\nrevenge as a week ago, they were outclassed by Ferencvaros by the narrowest of
\nmargins, thanks to a last-second goal scored by the Hungarians. CSM’s top
\nscorer was again Cristina Neagu, who scored 9 goals. The win against
\nFerencvaros earned CSM the 4th place in group A. At the end of the competition’s
\ngroup stage, the first two teams compete straight in the quarterfinals. To
\nadvance to the League’s upper stages, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th placed teams will have to prove their mettle in the playoffs.
\nThe Champions League will be resumed earlier next year, when CSM play an away game
\nagainst Brest in France on January 8th. <\/p>\n
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Also in women’s handball, in the European League this time,
\nSCM Ramnicu Valcea advanced to the competition’s group stage, following a
\ndouble win against Spain’s Super Amara Bera Bera, whom they defeated 34-28 at
\nhome and 29-27 in San Sebastian this past Saturday. M\u0103gura Cisn\u0103die outclassed
\nHungarian opponents Debrecen on aggregate, 22-all away from home and 25 -21 on
\nhome court, this past Saturday. Also on aggregate, Gloria Buzau was eliminated from
\ncompetition by Norway’s Storhamar, after a 26-all home draw this past Sunday and
\na previous 27-31 defeat in Norway. <\/p>\n
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In news from football, this past weekend saw matches being played,
\ncounting towards League One’s 16th round. On Friday in Giurgiu, Sepsi
\nSf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe defeated Academica Clinceni, 2-nil, while in Ploie\u0219ti, Chindia
\nT\u00e2rgovi\u0219te held Rapid Bucharest to a 2-all draw. On Saturday, in Ovidiu in the
\nsouth-east, Farul Constanta were held by UTA Arad to a blank draw, while CFR
\nCluj grabbed a 2-nil away win against FC U Craiova. On Sunday, FC Arge\u0219 secured
\na 3-2 win against Universitatea Craiova. In Bucharest, FCSB secured a 3-1 win
\nagainst FC Botosani. On Monday, CS Mioveni take on Gaz Metan Medias, while FC
\nVoluntari play Dinamo Bucharest. CFR Cluj are at the top of the table, with 42
\npoints, followed by FCSB, with 34. <\/p>\n
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