Haralambie Dumitraș (born 11 February 1960), also known as Hari Dumitraș, is a Romanian former rugby union player and current coach. He played as number eight.

Professional career

He played for

Section Paloise Section Paloise (, Bearnese: ), commonly referred to as ''Section'' or as ''Pau'' , is a professional rugby union club based in Pau, France. They compete in the Top 14, France's top division of rugby, and the EPCR Challenge Cup. Their home g ...

and RC Strasbourg in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

. Dumitraș was a leading name for

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

during the "Golden Era" of the 1980s. He had 47 caps, from 1984 to 1993, scoring 7 tries, 30 points in aggregate. He was the captain in 13 games. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing in two games, without scoring, and for the

1991 Rugby World Cup The 1991 Rugby World Cup was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup, and was jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France: at the time, the five European countries who participated in the Five Nations Championship. This was ...

, playing in all the three games and scoring a try in the 17-15 win over Fiji at 12 October 1991. After finishing his player career, he became a coach. He settled in France, where he was one of the two head coaches of

CA Périgueux Club Athlétique Périgueux Dordogne (also known as just CA Périgourdin) is a French rugby union club that currently competes in the second division of French club rugby, the Pro D2 competition. Périgueux played in the higher divisions in the ea ...

. He afterwards went to coach Entente Astarac Bigorre XV, RC Strasbourg and US Argelésienne, since 2009/10. He was for a short period of time the head coach of Romania national team in 2012, and now is the head of

Romanian Rugby Federation The Romanian Rugby Federation ( ro, Federația Română de Rugby), abbreviated as FRR, is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Romania. Romania currently comprises 24,610 players, 9,810 members of which are registered and 113 clubs i ...

Personal life

His son,

Iulian Dumitraș Iulian Dumitraş (born 22 June 1982 in Suceava) is a Romanian former rugby union fly-half or fullback. He is the son of former Romania international Hari Dumitraş. He played for a number of clubs in France including US Dax, Tarbes, FC Grenobl ...

, is also a professional rugby union player following his father's footspeps, and was a member of Romania's national team, playing at the 2007 and 2011 Rugby World Cups.Spiritul "stejarilor" merge mai departe! Cel mai tare duo tată-fiu din rugby, reunit de ProSport!
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* 1960 births Living people Romanian rugby union players Romania international rugby union players Romanian rugby union coaches Section Paloise players Rugby union number eights Barbarian F.C. players Romanian expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in France Romanian expatriate sportspeople in France Romania national rugby union team coaches Presidents of the Romanian Rugby Federation {{romania-rugbyunion-bio-stub