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2019 Rugby Europe Championship
The 2019 Rugby Europe Championship is the premier rugby union competition outside of the Six Nations Championship in Europe. This is the third season under its new format, that sees Georgia, Germany, Russia, Spain, Belgium and Romania compete for the title. After the eligibility controversy of the 2018 Championship, Romania had to face Portugal for the promotion- / relegation- play-off and defeated them, hence joining the competition as the sixth contender. Table Fixtures Week 1 ---- ---- Week 2 ---- ---- Week 3 ---- ---- Week 4 ---- ---- Week 5 ---- ---- Relegation/promotion play-off See also * Rugby Europe International Championships * 2018–19 Rugby Europe International Championships * Six Nations Championship * Antim Cup References External links Rugby Europe official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Championship 2018-19 2018–19 Rugby Europe International Championships 2018–19 in Belgian rugby union 2018–19 in Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florin Vlaicu
Florin Vlaicu (born 26 July 1986 in Bucharest) is a former Romanian rugby union player. He played as a fly half or centre for professional Liga Națională de Rugby club SCM Timișoara. He could also play as a fullback, thus being considered a utility back due to his versatility. He is Romania's all time leading point scorer and the most capped player. Club career Junior years Vlaicu started playing rugby at RC Flamingo București, an amateur rugby club that recruited schoolboys suited for the sport. He then moved to local club RC Grivița București, where he continued his junior years. Senior years After finishing his junior career he joined local giants Steaua. After 8 seasons with Steaua, with a brief stint with RCM Timișoara for whom he played one single match in 2011, he was signed in early 2014 by RCJ Farul Constanța, where he played for the whole season. Beginning with 2015 a move to local team CSM Olimpia București followed. After an impressive performance at the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cluj Arena
Cluj Arena () is a multi-purpose stadium in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It serves as the home of FC Universitatea Cluj, Universitatea Cluj of the Liga II and was completed on 1 October 2011. It is also the home of the Untold Festival. The facility, owned by the county council of Cluj County, Cluj, can also be used for a variety of other activities such as track and field events and rugby union games. It replaced the Stadionul Ion Moina (1911), Stadionul Ion Moina, which served as Universitatea Cluj's home from 1919 until the end of the 2007-08 season. The stadium seats 30,201, making it the List of football stadiums in Romania, fifth largest stadium in Romania by seating capacity. It has four two-tiered stands, all of them covered. The seats of the stadium are grey. The building is located west of Central Park, and next to the Someșul Mic river and the BT Arena. History The first stadium for Association football, football and track and field was built from 1908 to 1911. The Stadio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Plai
Daniel Plai (born 5 September 1994) is a Romanian rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ... football player. He plays as a scrum-half for professional SuperLiga club Steaua București. Career Daniel Plai played during his career for Politehnica Iași from where he transferred to Steaua in 2018. References External links * * * 1994 births Living people People from Gura Humorului Romanian rugby union players CSA Steaua București (rugby union) players CS Politehnica Iași (rugby union) players Rugby union scrum-halves Romania international rugby union players Sportspeople from Suceava County {{Romania-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentin Calafeteanu
Valentin Nicolae Calafeteanu (born 25 January 1985) is a Romanian rugby union player. His position on the field is scrum-half. He has played for Dinamo Bucarest (2004–09), RCM UVT Timişoara (2010–17) and CSM Bucharest (2017–19). Playing for Dinamo, Calafeteanu became two times National Champion (2007, 2008) and won twice the National Cup. Alongside RCM UVT Timișoara, Calafeteanu captured 9 major titles in his career, becoming 4 times Romanian Rugby Cup champion (2011, 2014, 2015, 2016), 4 times Romanian Rugby Superliga champion (2012, 2013, 2015, 2017) and one time King's Cup champion (2015). He also played for the Bucharest Wolves team. Aged only 19, Calafeteanu had his debut for Romania on 20 November 2004, in a friendly game against Japan, contributing to a 25–10 win. Calafeteanu holds 100 caps for Romania, with 11 tries, 32 conversions, 37 penalties and 1 drop goal scored, on an aggregate of 233 points. He won the Rugby Europe Championship in 2006 & 2017. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Gorcioaia
Andrei, Andrey or Andrej (in Cyrillic script: Андрэй , Андрей or Андреј) is a form of Andreas/Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include: * Andrei of Polotsk (–1399), Lithuanian nobleman *Andrei Alexandrescu, Romanian computer programmer * Andrey Amador, Costa Rican cyclist * Andrei Arlovski, Belarusian mixed martial artist *Andrey Arshavin, Russian football player *Andrej Babiš, Czech prime minister * Andrey Belousov (born 1959), Russian politician * Andrey Bolotov, Russian agriculturalist and memoirist * Andrey Borodin, Russian financial expert and businessman * Andrei Broder, Romanian-Israeli American computer scientist and engineer * Andrei Chikatilo, prolific and cannibalistic Russian serial killer and rapist * Andrei Denisov (weightlifter) (born 1963), Israeli Olympic weightlifter * Andrey Ershov, Russian computer scientist * Andrey Esionov, Russian painter * Andrei Glavina, Istro-Romanian writer and politician * Andre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Ion
Adrian Ion (born 9 August 1986) is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays the position of flanker. His father Gheorghe nicknamed ''Tarzan'' was also a professional rugby player. Club career He currently plays for and captains CSM București Clubul Sportiv Municipal București, commonly known as CSM București is a Romanian professional Sports club, multi-sports club based in Bucharest. Departments Active branches: *Sport of athletics, Athletics *Basketball *Dancesport *Handball *Jud ..., in the Romanian SuperLiga, transferring in 2013 from Farul Constanța. Before playing for Farul, Ion played for Bucharest side, Dinamo. International career Ion also plays for The Oaks making his international debut in a 2012 test match against '' Los Leones''. In 2018 he was recalled for the national team for the game against Portugal and November Tests. In 2019 Ion also was selected for The Oaks and played in Europe Rugby Championship. Ion captained The Oaks in the wins against Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (sports)
In team sport, captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field. In either case, it is a position that indicates honor and respect from one's teammates – recognition as a leader by one's peers. In association football and cricket, a captain is also known as a skipper. Various sports have differing roles and responsibilities for team captains. Depending on the sport, team captains may be given the responsibility of interacting with game officials regarding application and interpretation of the rules. In many team sports, the captains represent their respective teams when the match official does the coin toss at the beginning of the game. The team captain, in some sports, is selected by the team coach, who may consider factors ranging from playing ability to leadership to serving as a good moral example to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihai Macovei
Mihai Macovei (born 29 October 1986) is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays in the flanker and occasionally number 8 position for French Pro D2 club Colomiers. Macovei also plays for Romania's national team the Oaks. He represented Romania in the 2011 Rugby World Cup, and, following the retirement of Marius Tincu, was named captain for the 2015 tournament and has of 2022 captained the Oaks 68 times. He went on to be Romania's star performer in the pool stages, scoring two tries in the Oaks' dramatic comeback victory against Canada. In 2022 Macovei became the fifth Romanian test centurion, earning his 100th international appearance in the defeat against Samoa in the 2022 autumn internationals. References External links * * * Mihai Macoveiat US Colomiers Union sportive Colomiers Rugby or US Colomiers is a French rugby union club currently competing in Pro D2, the second level of the French rugby pyramid. They had been relegated from Pro D2 after finishing last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marius Antonescu
Marius Constantin Antonescu (born 9 August 1992) is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a lock. He plays for Tarbes in France. He has 10 caps for Romania, since his debut in 2014, and still has to score his first points. Antonescu was part of the squad at the 2015 Rugby World Cup The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was onl ..., playing a single game, as a substitute. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Antonescu, Marius Living people 1992 births Romanian rugby union players Romania international rugby union players US Colomiers players Rugby union locks Union Sportive Bressane players People from Mangalia Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby players Expatriate rugby union players in France Romanian expatriate rugby union players Romanian expatriate sportsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Van Heerden
Johannes Petrus van Heerden (born 9 December 1986) is a Romanian rugby union player of South African background. He plays as lock, and occasionally flanker. He plays for SuperLiga club Baia Mare and București based European Challenge Cup side the Wolves The wolf (''Canis lupus''; plural, : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large Canis, canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus, subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been reco .... Van Heerden also plays for Romania's national team the Oaks. References External links * * * * * 1986 births Living people Romanian rugby union players Romania international rugby union players South African rugby union players București Wolves players CSM Știința Baia Mare players USA Perpignan players Rugby union locks Rugby union flankers South African emigrants to Romania Rugby union players from Pretoria {{Romania-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Ursache
Andrei Ursache (born 10 May 1984) is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays in the prop position for amateur Pro D2 club Carcassonne and formally for București based European Challenge Cup side the Wolves. Ursache also plays for Romania's national team the Oaks. He is the older brother of fellow rugby union player Valentin Ursache Valentin Niculae Ursache (born 12 August 1985 in Târgu Neamt) is a Romanian former rugby union player. Ursache played in Romania for Contor Zenner Arad, Steaua Bucharest and CSM Baia Mare. He also played in France for Pays d'Aix RC and Oyonna .... References External links * * 1984 births Living people Romanian rugby union players Romania international rugby union players Rugby union props Sportspeople from Bacău County US Carcassonne players 2015 Rugby World Cup players {{Romania-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otar Turashvili
Otar Turashvili ( ka, ოთარ ტურაშვილი; born 14 July 1986) is a Georgian-born Romanian rugby union player. He plays primarily as a hooker and occasionally as a prop for professional SuperLiga club București and București-based European Challenge Cup side the Wolves. Turashvili also plays for Romania's national team the Oaks. References External links * * * Otar Turashviliat US Colomiers Union sportive Colomiers Rugby or US Colomiers is a French rugby union club currently competing in Pro D2, the second level of the French rugby pyramid. They had been relegated from Pro D2 after finishing last in the 2006-07 season, but earned p ... 1986 births Living people Rugby union players from Tbilisi Romanian rugby union players Romania international rugby union players Rugby union players from Georgia (country) Emigrants from Georgia (country) to Romania București Wolves players CSM București (rugby union) players Colomiers Rugby playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
