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Saturday, 17 November, 2001, 15:51 GMT
Clockwatch: England 134-0 Romania
All the action from Twickenham as England set a new points record against Romania.

Latest updates first - scroll down for earlier action


1604: Dan Luger becomes the last hat-trick hero, giving Hodgson an opportunity to become the leading individual points scorer in an international, but his kick hits the post to deny the debutant as the whistle blows.

1559: With minutes to go, Robinson continues to heap misery on the visitors, taking the ball at full tilt to add his fourth try. Hodgson again slots the extras.

1555: Joe Worsley adds to Romania's pains, diving through after a well rehearsed line-out to push England 120 points up. Hodgson pushes his personal tally up to 42 - three short of the world record.

1551: Luger then adds his second, taking a direct line through the defence, as Romania all but throw in the towel. Hodgson's conversion sets an all-time highest points record for England at 115-0.

1548: Mark Regan gets his name on the scoresheet after the England pack drive over the Romania line.

1555: Charlie Hodgson becomes England's highest points scorer in an international with another successful conversion.

1544 : Cohen then equals Robinson's hat-trick to push England pass the 100-point mark, breaking the scoreboard at Twickenham which fails to cope with three figures.

England captain Neil Back led the team superbly against a weak Romania side
England captain Neil Back led the team superbly against a weak Romania side
1540: Robinson is the first player to grab a hat-trick of tries, after replacement scrum-half Kieran Bracken puts him over with a delicate inside pass. Hodgson equals Paul Grayson's individual points record with the resulting conversion to take his tally to 35.

1538: Cohen grabs his second try, coming off his wing beautifully to wrong-foot the defence and score under the posts. This time Hodgson adds the extras.

1535: Dan Luger grabs his 14th try for England in only his 23rd international after Robinson pulls the defence wide on the blind. Hodgson remains on 32 points after missing the conversion.

1527: Half-time replacement Alex Sanderson opens up the second-half with a try on his debut - England's 11th of the match.

1525 Romania earn their first penalty of the game, with Ionut Tofan slotting the ball into the corner. But it comes to nothing when England earn the scrum.


1515: Charlie Hodgson pushes England 72 points ahead before the break, finishing off another free-flowing move and adding the conversion to push his personal tally to 32 ponts.

1510: Robinson again proves his class, beating six Romanian defenders to touch down underneath the posts. Hodgson's kick sails through to add yet another two points.

1507: Moody notches up his second with ease, as Hodgson pushes England 58-0 up.

1505: Tindall then grabs his second, barging through some dismal Romania defending on the on the blind side. Hodgson slots a brilliant conversion from the left-hand touchline.

Charlie Hodgson looked every part the international fly-half at Twickenham
Charlie Hodgson looked every part the international fly-half at Twickenham
1500: Mike Tindall bags his second of the afternoon thanks to a long, floating pass from Austin Healey.

1458: Jason Robinson slices through the Romania defence to notch up his first try for England from the 10-metre line. Hodgson pushes his personal tally to 19 points.

1455: Austin Healey excelerates through the slightest of gaps on the Romania 22 to add England's fourth try of the afternoon. Hodgson pushes England 32-0 up.

1447: Minutes later Lewis Moody finishes off another superb England move, diving over on the right. Hodgson's superb afternoon continues as he again add the extra with a pin-point conversion.

1445: Hodgson dives over to cap his first international appearance with a try after a superb break from Mike Tindall, before slotting the conversion.

1440: Ben Cohen adds England's first try of the afternoon after the pack win a ball against the head five yards from the Romanian try-line. Hodgson misses the extras.

1436: Debutant Charlie Hodgson adds his second international penalty to push England 6-0 up.

1432: Hodgson slots England's first points after Romania re caught offside.

1430: Match kicks-off with England prop Jason Leonard making his 93rd appearance for his country - making him the most capped forward in world rugby.


England: 15-Jason Robinson; 14-Ben Cohen, 13-Mike Tindall, 12-Will Greenwood; 11-Dan Luger; 10-Charlie Hodgson, 9-Austin Healey; 8-Joe Worsley, 7-Neil Back (captain), 6-Lewis Moody, 5-Steve Borthwick/Tom Palmer, 4-Ben Kay, 3-Jason Leonard, 2-Mark Regan, 1-Graham Rowntree.

Romania: 15-Gabriel Brezoianu; 14-Ionut Toedorescu, 13-Flaviu Dobre, 12-Nicolae Oprea, 11-Vasile Ghioc; 10-Ionut Tofan, 9-Lucian Sarbu; 8-Alin Petrache (captain), 7-Razvan Samuil, 6-Florin Corodeanu, 5-Cristian Petre, 4-Vasile Nedelcu, 3-Marcel Socaciu, 2-Petru Balan, 1-Dragos Dima.

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