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[November Tests 2016 EOYT] Romania vs. Canada (19/11/2016)
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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 825154" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>Great to hear about Popa, I might rewatch it to look out for him if only to understand how a man that hasn't even played in the Superliga can last 80mins in an international! Between him, Simonescu and Bolder (who I massively rate as a prospect at 18, both mentally and in all physical aspects) your tough decades of watching the decline of Romanian rugby may be coming to an end. It's fun reading lots of Canadian comments expressing surprise at how damn good the Romanian backs were!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Bizarre! The tragic thing is that could be true. As you seem permanently banned from playing Tier 1, you don't get many opportunities to thoroughly test your defence (except against Georgia). Howells will get plenty of defensive practice for that in Japan next year!</p><p></p><p>Although I also read that some of the US substitutes (including LangiLangi, who is a very good raw talent) are considered stronger than the players picked to start the match. So it may have simply been a combination of the US XV getting stronger and the Romanian XV, as is usual, having their best players start the match.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 825154, member: 74121"] Great to hear about Popa, I might rewatch it to look out for him if only to understand how a man that hasn't even played in the Superliga can last 80mins in an international! Between him, Simonescu and Bolder (who I massively rate as a prospect at 18, both mentally and in all physical aspects) your tough decades of watching the decline of Romanian rugby may be coming to an end. It's fun reading lots of Canadian comments expressing surprise at how damn good the Romanian backs were! Bizarre! The tragic thing is that could be true. As you seem permanently banned from playing Tier 1, you don't get many opportunities to thoroughly test your defence (except against Georgia). Howells will get plenty of defensive practice for that in Japan next year! Although I also read that some of the US substitutes (including LangiLangi, who is a very good raw talent) are considered stronger than the players picked to start the match. So it may have simply been a combination of the US XV getting stronger and the Romanian XV, as is usual, having their best players start the match. [/QUOTE]
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