Romania national under-20 rugby union team

The Romania national under-20 rugby union team is Romania's junior national team in rugby union. They have represented Romania in the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy, now known as the World Rugby U20 Trophy but have not yet participate in the World Rugby U20 Championship. They participated in the first three Junior World Trophies, winning it in 2009, and in 2018 they hosted of the World Rugby U20 Trophy for the first time.

Romania
Nickname(s)Stejăreii (The Little Oaks)
EmblemOak leaf
UnionRomanian Rugby Federation
Head coachNicolae Mocanu
First colours
Second colours
First international
Romania 28–26 Namibia 
(Stade Français, (Santiago, Chile 15 April 2008)
Biggest win
 South Korea 14–65 Romania
(RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya 25 April 2009)
Biggest defeat
 Spain 70–6 Romania
(Parque Pinares de Venecia, Zaragoza, Spain 8 December 2018)

Results in the World Rugby Under 20 Trophy

2008 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy

Pool

3rd place play-off

2009 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy

Pool

Final

2010 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy

Pool

3rd place play-off

2018 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy

Pool

7th place play-off

Players

Current squad

On 12 October 2023, the following 36 players were called up for the 2023 Rugby Europe Under 20s Championship.[1]

Head coach: Nicolae Mocanu

Player Position Age Club
Petre Alexandru Popa Hooker Tomitanii Constanța
Adrian Mircea Radu Hooker CS Rapid
George-Cosmin Iftemi Hooker CS Rapid
Marko-Ștefan Buruiană Prop Castres Olympique
Marian Bodorin Prop Tomitanii Constanța
Cristian – Josef Andrioaei Prop CSU ELBI Cluj
Lukas Mitu Prop Castres Olympique
Eduard Mocanu Prop Complutense Cisneros
Răzvan Alexandru Olteanu Prop CS Rapid
Alexandru Cristian Prop CS Rapid
Yanis Horvat Lock Albi
Nicolaie Ursu Lock Tomitanii Constanța
Andrei Ștefan Iulian Rusu Lock Steaua București
Eduard Nicolae Cioroabă Back Row Dinamo București
Marius Nicolae Nazîru Back Row Constanța
Mihai-Daniel Chirica Back Row Constanța
Mihnea Călin Miru Back Row CS Rapid
Petronel Arariței Back Row CS Politehnica Iași
Andrei-Ionuț Schutz Back Row Baia Mare
Alexandru Sava Scrum-half Constanța
Robert Petrișor Ionașcu Scrum-half Dinamo București
Cristian-Andrei Nedelcu Scrum-half Steaua București
Ionuț-Alexandru Sava Fly-half Constanța
Ioan Ștefan Cojocariu Fly-half Dinamo București
Fabian – Constantin Bunu Fly-half CSU ELBI Cluj
Mihai-Paul Graure Centre Dinamo București
Ștefan – Michael Borș Centre Dublin City University
Iulian Melinte Centre CS Rapid
Alexandru-Ciprian Neagu Centre Constanța
Liviu Cristian Stoian Centre Constanța
Daniel – Andrei Neagu Wing CS Rapid
Iulian Petrișor Manole Wing Constanța
Răzvan Călin Wing Constanța
Vali Traian Nițu Full-back Dinamo București
Ștefan Nedelcu Full-back CS Rapid
Toni Sebastian Maftei Full-back Aurillac

Coaches

Current coaching staff

The current coaching staff of the Romanian national team:[2]

Name Nationality Role
Ovidiu Cârcei ROUManager
Nicolae Mocanu ROUHead coach
Dănuț Dumbrăva ROUAssistant coach
Dr. Vlad-Constantin Ilie ROUTeam doctor
Marin Obretin ROUKinesiotherapist

See also

References

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