Marius Vasilică Țincu (born 7 April 1978 in

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Scrum.com is a Romanian former rugby union footballer. He played as a

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. Since 2007, he has held dual

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-Romanian citizenship. He was first noticed in Romania, but soon moved to France, where he already played for

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, La Teste,

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(until 2005). He played for USA Perpignan, from the 2005-06 Top 14. Tincu played his first game for Romania on 3 February 2002 against Portugal. He played in four games at the

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, scoring three tries, in the games against Italy, Portugal and the New Zealand. He also competed at the

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Honours

Club

USA Perpignan

* Top 14 ** Champion:

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** Runner-up:

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International

;Romania * European Nations Cup (2): 2001–02, 2004–06

Notes

1978 births Living people Romanian rugby union players Rugby union hookers CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (rugby union) players Section Paloise players USA Perpignan players Romania international rugby union players Romanian expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in France Romanian expatriate sportspeople in France People from Iași County {{romania-rugbyunion-bio-stub