Sandu Stelian Burcea (born 7 October 1983) is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a lock, flanker and number eight. Burcea is a player and the captain for

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in the

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. He won the National Championship titles in 2011/12 and 2012/13. He is also player and captain for

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, a team made from the best players at the Romanian Rugby Championship that competes at the

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. He has 44 caps for

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, since 2006, with 4 tries scored, 20 points on aggregate. Burcea first cap came at the 14-62 loss to

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, in

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, in a friendly game, at 17 June 2006, when he was 22 years old. He was called for the

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, playing in two games but without scoring.Stelian Burcea International Statistics
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, being used in three games, but once again remaining scoreless.

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