Romania - star players

ALIN PETRACHE
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The 25-year-old Dynamo Bucharest blindside captained his side inCardiff and relished the valuable experience in spite of their heavydefeat. Petrache has won 15 caps to date, enjoying his finest hour in the1999 World Cup when he contributed two tries to Romania's 27-25 victoryover the U.S.A in Dublin.

GABRIEL BREZOIANU
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Of the many Romanians playing their club rugby in France, this 24-year-oldhas enjoyed the most successful season in Europe. Starting at fullback in three of Bordeaux-Begles four matches in the Parker Pen EuropeanShield, he has scored six tries, five of them at the expense of hisinternational colleagues in the Dynamo Bucharest team. Brezoianu has ahealthy international strike-rate too, with eight tries in his 17 matchesfor Romania.

England play Romania at Twickenham on Saturday, November 17, 2001.

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