France Rugby World Cup 2023: Romania is fit for the job in hand under Andy Robinson in RWC 2023

Romania's failure to qualify for the Rugby World Cup was a heartbreaking blow for all rugby fans in the proud eastern European country. It was the first time the Oaks had failed to qualify for the game's most prestigious competition, and the hope is that it won't happen again. Rugby Fans can buy Rugby World Cup 2023 Tickets from our website.

Choosing Andy Robinson, the former England and Scotland head coach, to guide them back to where they believe they belong in November 2019 was a significant statement of the country's desire to get back on track. And thus far, everything is going swimmingly.

Romania enters this year's campaign - the second half of the Rugby World Cup 2023 regional qualification process – with a strong base to build on, having carried over three wins and 14 points from last year's Rugby Europe Championship.

Romania also came close to beating Argentina in November before going on to beat Uruguay and Tonga, so confidence is strong, and with three home games in the Rugby Europe Championship 2022, they will be favorites to beat Portugal and Spain in the race for the Europe 2 slot at the RWC 2023.

"What's good is that whoever has been in the team has realized they have a role to do, and our performance has been consistent," Robinson, a former England flanker, said. There was consistency from each squad member, regardless of who was playing.

Rugby is rugby, and you have to be able to play the situation you're in. We're working to strengthen our maul, and we're starting to see some progress. We're also encouraging people to work on their talents, whether it's sprinting with the ball or tackling technique.

"We've also improved our fitness." I believe that if you are always improving your fitness, your defense will increase, and as a result, your work rate will improve. Florin Tasca, who played hooker for Romania many years ago, is in charge of the S&C program. But it's not only about what we do in the gym; it's also about the intensity of our workouts. We want to develop players that are able to increase their performance by utilizing their fitness.

Intricate margins

Romania fought back from a 27-point deficit against Portugal in March last year, scoring two converted tries in the closing 10 minutes to win 28-27, and they finished strongly in November wins over Uruguay and Tonga. The last encounter between Argentina and Los Pumas went the opposite way, with Los Pumas scoring late to prevent the biggest upset of the year.

Robinson has been around long enough in his outstanding career as a player and coach to know that the 2021 results sheet could have looked a lot different than it does now, with six wins and three losses. "We've started to win some games, which has instilled confidence in the players," he remarked.

"If you look at the games from last year, we could have won all of them, including the ones against Argentina and Georgia, or we could have lost all of them, with the exception of the game against the Netherlands."

We were in a position to win all of the games we lost with 10 minutes to go. When you look at the games we've won, you'll notice that we've been in similar situations and yet triumphed. It all came down to a few missed tackles and a couple of stupid penalties given away against Argentina (a 24-17 loss).

The margins are razor-thin.

That is the aspect we emphasize to the players as coaches. More of those fine margins will fall in our favor if we continue to enhance our talents and work hard.

Starting at the beginning

Romania will play Russia in the Rugby Europe Championship 2022 opener on Saturday, February 5 in Bucharest. Robinson is taking it on with an open mind. With any performance, he continued, you have to start over and build it up, focusing on what you do well and how you'll make it work.

We can't go out on the field with a 32-20 lead as we did against Tonga. You must begin with nil-nil. We haven't beaten Russia in a few years, and they have overpowered us in games, so we need to figure out how to turn things around.

Robinson isn't taking anything for granted when it comes to the Rugby World Cup in 2023. We can't get any further ahead of ourselves than beating Russia as our first goal. After that, we'll take it one step at a time.

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