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The month of July is entirely dedicated to international friendly confrontations,
\naccording to the rugby schedule at world level. Most of the official international
\ncompetitions have drawn to a close, so the main teams’ head-coaches can rely on
\ntheir star players. That also holds for Romanian teams where their best rugby
\nplayers have been summoned for three test matches. On July the first, Romanian
\ntook on Italy in Bucharest. The Oak leaf Knights were overpowered in every
\nrespect, especially as regards the physical training, and were trounced by
\ntheir opponents, 13 to 45. So harsh a defeat came as no surprise, though, given
\nthat Italy is one of Europe’s best teams. We recall that for 22 years now, Italy
\nhas been proving its mettle in the Six Nations Tournament. Then a tournament in Latin America was on schedule for
\nthe Romanians. The Romanian national squad will twice be playing Uruguay, the
\nteam that in South America is second only to Argentina. Uruguay has already
\nbooked its ticket for the 2023 edition of the World Cup in France. Ahead of the
\ncoming tournament, Uruguay is 18th-placed according to the world
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This past Sunday in Montevideo Romania played its first game against
\nUruguay and won the confrontation, 30 to 22. Romania’s Alexandru Bucur, Gabriel
\nRupanu and Cristi Boboc successfully scored three tries. Rupanu scored the
\nfirst two, while Vladut Popa, the third one. Later during the game Rupanu successfully
\nconverted three penalty kicks on a number of occasions, which increased Romania’s number of points. Tudor Butnariu got red-booked for dangerous tackling on 13
\nminutes, so the Romanian line-up was one player shy on the pitch. <\/p>\n
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On Sunday, July 17, also in Montevideo, Romania will yet again take on
\nUruguay, in the second test match on schedule. At the moment, Romanian is 16th
\nplaced according to world rankings, while Uruguay is 20th placed. <\/p>\n
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