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Santamans shows faith

Romania Team Manager Robert Antonin and captain Sorin Socol

Romania coach Daniel Santamans has shown faith in the starting XV that lost 24-18 to Italy last week.

The only two changes he has made for the Edinburgh game against Scotland on Tuesday are on the bench.

Prop Silviu Florea will wear the number 16 jersey in Cardiff while Florin Vlaicu replaces the inexperienced Bucaresti full-back Dan Vlad as back-up in the backline.

Prop Cezar Popescu has also been discarded from the starting 22.

The move has meant that Pau hooker Razvan Mavrodin has shifted from reserve hooker to being reserve prop for the clash at Murrayfield, Edinburgh on Tuesday.

Romania15 Iulian Dumitras, 14 Catalin Fercu, 13 Csaba Gal, 12 Romeo Gontineac, 11 Gabriel Brezoianu, 10 Ionut Dimofte, 9 Lucian Sirbu, 8 Ovidiu Tonita, 7 Alexandru Manta, 6 Florin Corodeanu, 5 Cristian Petre, 4 Sorin Socol (c), 3 Bogdan Balan, 2 Marius Tincu, 1 Petrisor Toderasc
Replacements:16 Silviu Florea, 17 Razvan Mavrodin, 18 Cosmin Ratiu, 19 Alexandru Tudori, 20 Valentin Calafeteanu, 21 Ionut Tofan, 22 Florin Vlaicu

Date: Tuesday September 18, 2007
Kick off: 21:00 (20:00 BST)
Venue: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: Nigel Owens
Touch judges: Craig Joubert, Christophe Berdos
Television match official: Mark Lawrence
Assessor: Bob Francis

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