Romania

Octavian Morariu has led calls for the Six Nations to consider expanding the tournament in order to give emerging European nations such as Georgia and Romania greater exposure to international rugby at the highest level.

Romania head coach Lynn Howells believes a strong showing in defeat to Italy on Sunday afternoon proves his side deserve a chance to take on tier one nations on a regular basis.

Italy's Rugby World Cup ended on a high as they survived a late rally from Romania to win their Pool D clash at Exeter's Sandy Park.

The battle for automatic qualification for the 2019 World Cup boils down to the tale of two missing number eights for Italy and Romania.

Romania stunned Canada 17-15 in a rain-drenched encounter in Leicester.

Romania have received a timely boost ahead of their World Cup grudge match with Canada on Tuesday with the news that head coach Lynn Howells has penned a new two-year contract.

Two tries from Sofiane Guitoune helped France to a battling 38-11 victory over Romania as the 2011 World Cup finalists moved above Ireland to the top of Pool D.

There will be no shortage of expectations hoisted upon the likes of Julian Savea, Duane Vermeulen and George North when the Rugby World Cup begins later this month.

Any team that enters this year’s Rugby World Cup has but one initial goal – emerge from the group stages and qualify for the quarter-finals.

There is plenty of rugby union for fans around the world to debate this coming weekend. Talking Rugby Union have shared several articles this week, centred on Stuart Lancaster and his England team.

In stark contrast to Round 1, there are ten games in the November Internationals 2014 Round 2 and if you get through this round with a 100 per cent record then as Fitzy used to say, "full credit".

They’ve featured in every World Cup since its inauguration and are preparing for the sport’s biggest stage once again in less than 500 days in England. So how do Romania remain so consistent?

The November Autumn Rugby Internationals Round 4 features ten mouth-watering matches including the All Blacks vs Ireland match which is sure to see history made

Rugby is often referred to as a global game, implying its tentacles stretch into every continent. In fact, it is global in appeal but it is far from globally competitive.

Back in their heyday of the 1980's, Romania could list France, Wales and the 1984 Grand Slam winning Scotland side amongst their list of major scalps, while in 1981, they fell to the All Blacks by a mere 14 points to 6 in a game that also saw the 'Oaks' have two tries disallowed.

Canada are one of the stalwarts of World Cup rugby, being one of only three countries outside the Six Nations and The Rugby Championship powerhouses to feature in every tournament (alongside Japan and Romania) and have consistently proven themselves as one of the second tier's most combative of opponents.

10 tries including hat-tricks from Mark Cueto and Chris Ashton, helped England secure a comfortable win as they finally announced their arrival at the tournament.

Martin Johnson has called for his England side to make "big improvements€ when they face Romania on Saturday morning.

Argentina look to get their push for the World Cup quarter-finals back on track on Saturday afternoon as they face a Romania at Rugby Park, with the inhabitants of Invercargill hoping for a more engrossing affair than Scotland and Georgia offered up on Wednesday night.

Scotland narrowly avoided an embarrassing opening game defeat as their World Cup campaign got off to a stuttering start.