The 1981 Romania rugby union tour of Scotland was a series of three matches played by the Romania national rugby union team in Scotland in September 1981. Romania won two of their three matches but lost the international match against the Scotland national rugby union team. Scotland awarded full international caps to its players for the match, becoming the first British country to do so for a match against Romania.
<small>Edinburgh: A. R. Irvine (Heriot's F. P.) (c), I. Tukalo (Royal High), A. E. Kennedy (Watsonians), D. I. Johnston (Watsonians), B. H. Hay (Boroughmuir), K. D. M. Wilson (Boroughmuir), A. J. M. Lawson (Heriot's F. P.); W. S. Watson (Boroughmuir), D. Robertson (Heriot's F. P.), D. G. Armstrong (Leith Academicals), G. M. Watson (Boroughmuir), J. H. Calder (Stewart's-Melville F. P.), I. G. Milne (Heriot's F. P.), P. A. Black (Boroughmuir), N. A. Rowan (Boroughmuir).</small> <small>Romanians: G. Florea, S. Fuicu, A. Lungu, I. Constantin, M. Aldea, D. Alexandru, M. Paraschiv (c); P. Bors, E. Stoica, G. Caragea, G. Dumitru, A. Radalescu, O. Corneliu, M. Munteanu, I. Bucan (C. Dinu, 78 mins).</small>
<small>South of Scotland: A. R. Brown (Gala), V. T. .S. Chlebowski (Gala), K. T. Murray (Hawick), A. G. Cranston (Hawick) (c), G. R. T. Baird (Kelso), A. M. B. Ker (Kelso), I. G. Hunter (Selkirk); A. J. Campbell (Hawick), R. A> Lindores (Jedforest), T. J. Smith (Gala), K. R. Macaulay (Gala), G. Dickson (Gala), R. F. Cunningham (Gala), G. J. Callander (Kelso), B. Hislop (Langholm).</small> <small> Romanians: G. Florea, A. Lungu, G. Varzaru, I. Constantin, M. Aldea, S. Podarescu, E. Suciu; S Constantin, E. Stoica, G. Caragea, G. Dumitru (c), P. Bors, C. Scarlat, E. Grigore, C. Dinu.</small>
<small>Scotland: A. R. Irvine (Heriot's F. P.) (c), S. Munro (West of Scotland), J. M. Renwick (Hawick), D. I. Johnston (Watsonians), K. W. Robertson (Melrose), R. Wilson (London Scottish), R. J. Laidlaw (Jedforest); I. A. M. Paxton (Selkirk), A. J. Tomes (Hawick), W. Cuthbertson (Kilmarnock), D. G. Leslie (Gala), J. H. Calder (Stewart's-Melville F. P.), I. G. Milne (Heriot's F. P.), C. T. Deans (Hawick), J. Aitken (Gala).</small> <small>Romania: G. Florea, S. Fuicu, A. Lungu, I. Constantin, M. Aldea, D. Alexandru, M. Paraschiv (c); P. Bors, E. Stoica, G. Caragea, G. Dumitru, A. Radalescu, O. Corneliu, M. Munteanu, I. Bucan.</small>
By scoring all of Scotland's points, Andy Irvine set a new record of 217 points in internationals for one country, surpassing Don Clarke's previous record of 207.