Romania win well in Ricany

Romania went east to Ricany and beat the Czech Republic 46-13.

The Romanians led 29-7 at half-time.

It did not take Romania to get onto the scoreboard for they were simply too strong for the Czechs.  Big Ovidiu Tonita was the first to score and Dumbrava added a penalty.  Inside ten minutes the Romanians led 8-0.  It was 22-0 after tries by scrumhalf Vali Calafeteanu and wing Gabriel Brezoianu before Martin Hudák intercepted and scored the home side's only try.

After half-time Cosmin Ratiu, hooker Marius Tincu and captain Sorin Socol scored tries -- all forwards, which tells the tale of Romanian superiority up front.

Scorers:

For Romania:
Tries:  Tonita, Calafeteanu 2, Brezoianu, Ratiu, Tincu, Socol
Cons:  Dumbrava 3, Calafateanu
Pen:  Dumbrava

For Czech Republic:
Try:  Hudák
Con:  Tomcik
Pens:  Tomcik

Teams:

Czech Republic:  15 Martin Snídal, 14 Petr Okle¿tek, 13 Pavel Vokrouhlík, 12 Jaroslav Tomcík, 11 Roman Kodera, 10 Antonín Brabec, 9 Pavel Syrový, 8 Patrik Leroch, 7 Martin Hudák, 6 Vlastimil Madry, 5 Miroslav Nemecek, 4 Robert Voves, 3 Pavel Indrák, 2 Jan Oswald, 1 Jirí Skall
Replacements:  16 Jan Zacharias, 17 Roman Suster, 18 Jan Benda, 19 Martin Duda, 20 Martin Mensik, 21 Vitezslav Dosedla, 22 Tomas Krejci

Romania:  15 Iulian Dumitras, 14 Catalin Fercu, 13 Catalin Dascalu, 12 Dan Vlad, 11 Gabriel Brezoianu, 10 Danut Dumbrava, 9 Vali Calafateanu, 7 Cosmin Ratiu, 8 Ovidiu Tonita, 6 Costica Mersoiu, 5 Petre Cristian, 4 Sorin Socol, (captain) 3.  Silviu Florea, 2 Marius Tincu, 1 Cezar Popescu.
Replacements:  16 Ion Paulica, 17 Nicolae Nere, 18 Valentin Ursache, 19 Alex Tudori, 20 Ciprian Caplescu, 21 Csaba Gal, 22 Florin Vlaicu

Referee:  James Jones (Wales)
Touch judges:  Lynn Davies (Wales), Gregg Morgan (Wales)