Jone Kuruduadua tries to put down a Romania A player during their International friendly at Lautoka's Churchill Park on Saturday.

The Fiji Warriors' proved too good for Romania to come away with a comfortable 31-13 win in their international friendly at Lautoka's Churchill Park.

Sharks and Nadroga winger Apisalome Waqatabu scored two tries in the Warriors' 5-try feat whilst Ropate Ratu, Sailosi Rabonaqica and Jone Kuruduadua contributed a try each.


Quotes:
Joji Rinakama (Fiji Warriors’ coach):
“I am happy with the boys’ performance. They performed to expectations and played according to the game plan. We still need to look into our set-pieces before the next game against the Junior Waratahs.”

Mot Mot (Romania coach):
“This is a good experience. This is the final game in our Pacific tour and I believe the boys have learnt a lot having played in New Zealand and Samoa; some prominent rugby countries in the world and people who play rugby not for money but for the love of the sport.”

Scoring Sequence (Fiji's Warriors' scores shown first):
6min - PEN GOAL FIJI WARRIORS, Satini (missed) - 0-0
10min - PEN GOAL ROMANIA, Vlaicu - 0-3
16min - TRY FIJI WARRIORS, Waqatabu, conversion Murimurivalu - 7-3
21min – TRY FIJI WARRIORS, Ratu, conversion Murimurivalu (missed – 12-3
Half-time
51min – TRY ROMANIA Dimofte, conversion Vlaicu – 12-10
58min – PEN GOAL ROMANIA Vlaicu – 12-13
59min – TRY FIJI WARRIORS, Waqatabu, conversion Murimurivalu – 19-13
66min – PEN GOAL FIJI, Murimurivalu  (missed) – 19-13
68min - TRY FIJI WARRIORS, Rabonaqica, conversion Murimurivalu – 26-13
80min - TRY FIJI WARRIORS, Kuruduadua, conversion Fatiaki(missed) – 31-13
Full-time

 
Saturday 27 September 2008
Air Pacific Fiji Warriors 31  Romania A 13
International Match
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Half-time: 12-3
Referee: James Bolabiu
Att: 3.000

FIJI WARRIORS: 15 Kini Murimurivalu (Jone Kuruduadua 77), 14 Tikiko Uluiviti (Sionasa Vunisa 78), 13 Ropate Ratu, 12 Josefa Satini(capt), 11 Apisalome Waqatabu, 10 Ravai Fatiaki, 9 Emosi Vucago (Nemia Kenatale 77), 8 Samu Kunanitu, 7 Sailosi Rabonaqica, 6 Turuva Lumelume (Temo Vakaloloma 79), 5 Leone Nakarawa (Samuela Bola 60), 4 Apisalome Ratuniyarawa, 3 Setefano Somoca, 2 Navi Bolatagici (Viliame Veikoso 47), 1 Viliame Seuseu (Ravuama Samo)
Tries: Waqatabu (2), Ratu, Rabonaqica, Kuruduadua; Conversions: Murimurivalu (3)

ROMANIA A: 15 Florin Vlaicu, 14 George Bigiu, 13 Catalin Dascalu (Ionel Cazan 58), 12 Csaba Gal (Dan Dumbrava 54), 11 Madalin Lemnaru, 10 Ionut Dimofte (capt), 9 Florin Surugiu (Valentin Ivan 66), 8 Daniel Carpo, 7 Alexandra Grigore (Bogdan Petreanu 45), 6 Costica Mersoiu, 5 Valentin Ursache (Daniel Bejan 51), 4 Marius Sirbe, 3 Radu Basalau (Constantin Dumitru 58), 2 Florin Tasca, 1 Mihai Lazar (Nicolae Nere 30)
Try: Dimofte; Conversion: Vlaicu; Penalty goals: Vlaicu (2)

 
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