Sports Roundup

Romania's national fifteen has ended in the third place the 2023 edition of the continental competition Rugby Europe Championship.

In the bronze final held in Spain, "The Oaks" outperformed the host country 31 - 25. Marius Simionescu, Cristi Chirica, Gabriel Pop and Gabriel Rupanu scored four tries for the Romanian side while Paul Popoaia and Vladut Popa have converted a couple of penalty tries. Georgia won the competition for the sixth time in a row after a 38-11 win against Portugal.  

Last weekend saw the first round of the qualifying play-offs for the quarterfinals of the women's Champions League. In Slovenia, local side Krim Ljubljana on Sunday outperformed Rapid Bucharest 29 - 24. The best player of the Romanian side was the French Orlane Kanor, who scored five times. Eliza Buceschi and Spanish Alicia Fernandez, also managed good shows during the match each scoring four goals.

That was Rapid's first international match with Danish coach Kim Rasmussen at the helm. We recall that in 2016 Rasmussen coached CSM Bucharest into winning the Champions League trophy. The return game will be played next Sunday. If Rapid beat Krim, they will be playing the trophy holder Norwegian side Vipers  Kristiansand,  in the competition's quarters.

Let's now have a look at the latest leg of the Romanian football championship.

FSCB Bucharest versus Universitatea Craiova ended in a one-all draw, while in Ovidiu, on the Romanian Black Sea coast, local side Farul secured a 2-1 win against Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe. In Cluj, western Romania, CFR versus Rapid Bucharest ended in a two-all draw. Farul tops the table with 35 points followed by CFR with 33.

In other matches on Friday, FC Voluntari ended in a one-all draw their match against Hermannstadt, while in Ploiesti, southern Romania, local side Petrolul secured a 1-0 win against UTA. On Saturday, FC Botosani also clinched a 1-0 win against Chindia Targoviste.

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