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South Africa vs Romania Predictions - Boks to cruise past poor Romania

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Last updated: 13 Sep 2023
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  • Watch South Africa vs Romania in the Rugby World Cup on Sunday (15:00 SAST)
  • Springboks have won their last 5 games
  • Can Romania avoid another humiliation?
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South Africa to thrash Romania but by less than 69 points (Getty Images)

South Africa vs Romania Preview


South Africa will almost certainly cruise to victory despite resting a host of players. However, Romania won’t have to face the fast fluent attack that Ireland produced this past weekend.
  • South Africa vs Romania Preview
  • Head to Head
  • South Africa Form
  • South Africa Injuries & Team News
  • Romania Form
  • Romania Injuries & Team News

The handicap is set at 69 points and while Romania will struggle to break the Springbok defence, I’m not sure the men in green will be running in tries like the Irish did. I’m backing Romania to lose by under 69 points.

  • South Africa have won their last 5 matches.
  • South Africa beat both Wales and New Zealand convincingly.
  • South Africa are very likely to rest players for this match.
  • Romania lost their last match by 74 points.

Head to Head


South Africa and Romania have only met once before and that was way back during the 1995 Rugby World Cup. South Africa won that match 21-8 at Newlands.

South Africa Form


South Africa are starting to look like the side that won the Rugby World Cup in 2019. They have been quite inconsistent since that triumph but seem to have found some form recently.

During the warm-up games, the Springboks beat Argentina away and then thrashed Wales and New Zealand. In their opening game this past weekend South Africa beat Scotland 18-3 to put themselves in a strong position in Pool B.

The match was tight for the first half although South Africa were dominant. They didn’t give the Scotland attack any time to breathe, which resulted in two second-half tries.

South Africa Injuries & Team News


South Africa will no doubt make 10+ changes for this clash. They face Ireland after this so they will not want key players to be injured.

Romania Form


Romania were the one tier-two side to disappoint this past weekend. Strangely enough, a year or two ago Romania were the talk of the town as they competed, and almost beat a full-strength Argentine side.

However, things have gone backward fast for them over the last 12-18 months. While qualifying for the World Cup, they lost by 50 points to Georgia and Italy. They also suffered a defeat to USA who did not qualify for this year’s tournament.

In their opening Rugby World Cup clash Romania threw an early punch against Ireland with a superb try, but thereafter fell to pieces, losing the game 82-8. It was a very strong Ireland side though so the Europeans may fancy being more competitive against a weakened South Africa.

Romania Injuries & Team News


Romania’s target at this World Cup will be their game against Tonga. However, I don’t think they will rest many players for this clash given that they’ve had a week break.

Verdict

I am backing Romania to lose by less than 69 points against South Africa.

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