Romania national under-20 rugby union team

Romania
NicknameStejăreii (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)

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.

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: Romania Nicolae Mocanu

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

Coaches

Current coaching staff

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

Name Nationality Role
Ovidiu Cârcei  ROU Manager
Nicolae Mocanu  ROU Head coach
Dănuț Dumbrăva  ROU Assistant coach
Dr. Vlad-Constantin Ilie  ROU Team doctor
Marin Obretin  ROU Kinesiotherapist

See also

References

  1. ^ 36 de jucători selectați pentru România U20 în vederea participării la Campionatul European U20
  2. ^ "Romania Rugby Under 20s` Coaching Staff". rugbyromania.ro. Romania Rugby. 20 October 2021.