Romania national rugby union team

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Romania
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Stejarii (The Oaks)
EmblemOak leaf
UnionRomanian Rugby Federation
Head coachDavid Gérard
CaptainOvidiu Cojocaru
Most capsFlorin Vlaicu (129)
Top scorerFlorin Vlaicu (1,030)
Top try scorerCătălin Fercu (33)
Home stadiumStadionul Arcul de Triumf
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current20 (as of 11 March 2024)
Highest13 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
Lowest20 (2019, 2022, 2023, 2024)
First international
 United States 23–0 Romania 
(Paris, France; 26 June 1919)
All military sides
Biggest win
 Bulgaria 0–100 Romania 
(Burgas, Bulgaria; 21 September 1976)
Biggest defeat
 England 134–0 Romania 
(London, England; 17 November 2001)
World Cup
Appearances9 (First in 1987)
Best resultPool stage (1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2023)
Medal record
Websiterugbyromania.ro

The Romania national rugby union team (Romanian: Echipa națională de rugby a României) represents Romania in men's international rugby union competitions. Nicknamed Stejarii (The Oaks), the team is long considered one of the stronger European teams outside the Six Nations. They have participated in all but one Rugby World Cup and currently compete in the first division of the European Nations Cup, which they won in 2017. Rugby union in Romania is administered by the Romanian Rugby Federation.

France first played rugby against Romania in 1924 when they tried to establish a rival to the Five Nations championship. Romania holds with 25 matches the record for the longest unbeaten run.[1] Although not regarded as a first-tier team in more recent times, their history includes an away draw against Ireland, and wins against four (France, Italy, Scotland, Wales) of the other Six Nations Championship teams.[2]

Romania played in every Rugby World Cup through to 2015, but were disqualified from the 2019 Rugby World Cup after fielding an ineligible player during the qualification process.[3] In the 2023 Rugby World Cup which saw the teams return to the tournament, Romania was in Pool B and finished bottom; losing all of their matches.

History[edit]

Early history[edit]

Romania at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France

The game itself was introduced by students returning with rugby balls from their studies in Paris to form clubs such as Stadiul Roman from 1913 onwards. Seventeen other teams would be formed in the capital, Bucharest.

Romania's first international was played against the US in 1919. France first officially played rugby union against Romania in May 1924 when they tried to establish a rival to the Five Nations Championship (now the Six Nations). France were victorious by 59 points to 3.

Romania were one of three teams who entered the 1924 Olympics in Paris. France won 59–3, scoring 13 tries including four by the fine Stade Francais winger Adolphe Jaureguy. The United States then defeated Romania 39–0. Romania finishing third claimed the bronze medal. The Federaţia Română de Rugby was formed in 1931. In 1939 a team was formed in Braşov at an aircraft factory. This was the first team outside Bucharest.

Post-World War II[edit]

Viorel Morariu (right) captained Romania in the 1950s and early 1960s
Alex Penciu, one of Romania's greatest players in the 1960s.
The Oaks starting lineup that beat France 15–0 in November 1980.
The Oaks before a test match against Wales in 1983.

A generation of French school trained coaches[citation needed] from late 1940s, and 1950s built a system and led the national team to success of the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. In this era Romania began to compete more regularly against the major nations. Their first win over France came in 1960 in Bucharest, in a tour match won by 11–5. In 1974 Romania won against France 15–10 in Bucharest,[4] and the FIRA – Association of European Rugby championship.[5] In 1975 Romania went for an 8-game tour to New Zealand, concluding in Wellington with a 10–10 draw against the Junior All Blacks. Exposure to international rugby developed the country's game and they began to form their own distinctive style of play, built around strong, bruising packs. That Romania was emerging as a real force on the world stage became clear on their 1979 Romania rugby union tour of Wales at Cardiff Arms Park, in an unofficial, non-cap international. The Oaks led going into the dying minutes, when only a last-gasp drop goal from Gareth Davies gave a narrow 13–12 victory for Wales. The improvement continued in 1980, when Romania crushed the French in a record 15–0 win in Bucharest. A trip to Lansdowne Road in the 1980 Romania rugby union tour of Ireland then yielded a 13–13 draw against Ireland in another unofficial, non-cap match.

In the 1980s the country boasted more than 12,000 players in 110 clubs. Home nations sides began to award international caps for matches against Romania in 1981; Scotland were the first to do so when Romania visited them on their 1981 tour, Scotland winning the international by 12 points to 6.[6] Wales travelled to Bucharest in November 1983 and were totally overwhelmed, falling to a 24–6 defeat. Romania's first win over Scotland came in Bucharest in 1984 and their first away win against Five Nations opposition came in 1988 against Wales; 15–9 at Cardiff Arms Park.

Their national side beat Wales (twice – 1983: 24–6 in Romania, 1988: 15–9 in Wales), Scotland (the 1984 Grand Slam side 28–22 in Romania), France (twice 1980: 15–0 in Romania, 1982: 13–9 in Romania) and drew with Ireland (13–13, in 1980, at Dublin). In 1981, they lost to the All Blacks 14–6 but had two tries disallowed. Many felt it was wrong for the rugby union powers to fail to bring them into top-flight competition. Romania beat Zimbabwe 21–20 in their first ever Rugby World Cup match in 1987 but did not win any other games and failed to progress beyond the group stage.

After the collapse of Communism[edit]

However, with the deterioration of the domestic political and economic situation in the country in the 1990s, Romanian rugby union suffered; the two leading rugby union teams – Dinamo Bucharest and Steaua Bucharest, represented the police and the army respectively, so their state funding fell.[citation needed]

Post-revolution, Romanian rugby union was still alive and kicking. In 1990 they recorded a prestigious win to date by beating France 12–6 on French soil for the first time. The following year they beat Scotland 18–12. At the 1991 World Cup they beat Fiji 17–15 and as recently as the 1995 World Cup, Romania held the eventual winners South Africa to a highly respectable 21–8.

The professionalism that followed immediately upon the heels of that World Cup was the undoing of the sport in Romania. Approximately 200 Romanian players are thought to be playing in France and Italy. It was not just playing numbers that suffered, but a whole generation of potential referees and administrators was lost to the game. By 1994 Romania's rugby fortunes had declined sharply, when a Welsh team travelled to Bucharest for an uncapped international the visitors came away with a 16–9 win. In 1997 the Romanians toured Wales. They lost 36–21 to Wales A at Pontypridd and 70–21 in a test held in Wrexham. At the 1999 World Cup Romania could again only manage a single win 27–25 against the United States.

The new millennium[edit]

Romania plays its home games at the Stadionul Arcul de Triumf in Bucharest.
Romania playing Ireland at Lansdowne Road in 2005.

In 2000, Romania won the first European Nations Cup by a large margin, recording victories in all four matches. By 2001, Romania had been caught by the likes of Georgia who defeated them to take the 2001 European Nations Cup, crowned with a decisive 31–20 win over Romania in Bucharest. The national side lost to England by 134–0 in 2001 and Dinamo Bucharest lost 151–0 to Saracens in the European Rugby Shield. Several French-based players refused to turn up for the England debacle simply because their clubs refused to pay them for the week. Players in that Romanian squad were getting £30 a day in expenses while England's top earners scooped £6,000 for their afternoon's work.[citation needed]

In January 2002, Bernard Charreyre was appointed coach of the national team both supplied by and paid by the French Rugby Federation (FFR). Under Charreyre (known by The Oaks as 'Little Napoleon'), the Oaks' decline has been stopped and the team has started to slowly climb from the basement of international rugby union. With a change of format in the European Nations Cup, Romania started in 2002 trailing Georgia due to the inclusion of 2001 results. The Oaks won all of the remaining five games, including a hard-fought 31–23 victory in Tbilisi to win the tournament. They qualified for the World Cup in 2003, where they beat Namibia and lost to Ireland (45–17), after an honourable display, and then to Australia (90–8) and Argentina (50–3). Charreyre was dismissed after the World Cup as the Romanian Federation was not satisfied by the World Cup performance and decided not to renew his contract. Three other French coaches followed: first, Phillipe Sauton, for a very short period, Robert Antonin as a temporary stand-in and then Daniel Santamans.

In the 2003–2004 European Nations Cup, Portugal were surprise 16–15 winners over Romania in Lisbon and installed themselves on the top of the 2003 table. In the second half of the competition, Romania seemed back on track (36–6 against Portugal in Constanţa), but went down 24–33 to Russia in Krasnodar following allegations of players having been doped. Then Portugal clinched their first title with a last-minute 19–18 win over Russia in Lisbon. In 2004, the Romanians scored a narrow 25–24 victory over Italy, their first victory to date over a Six Nations Championship side.

In 2005 Romania was given 'second tier' status by the IRB and replaced Russia in the Super Powers Cup. The USA beat a Romanian team stripped of their France-based players 23–16 in the third place play-off. The 2005–06 European Nations Cup also served as a qualifying group for the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Romania triumphed despite finishing level on points with Georgia.

Romania qualified for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, finishing at the top of their pool during the Round 5 of the European qualifying tournaments. Romania won their first qualifying match on 7 October, defeating Georgia in Bucharest 20–8. Their 43–20 win over Spain in Madrid on 14 October ensured that they qualified directly for the World Cup in 2007. In June 2007, Romania hosted the IRB Nations Cup in Bucuresti.[7] In the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, Romania won a bonus point in the 18–24 loss to Italy and to win a second game with Portugal by a narrow margin (14–10), but suffered heavy losses to Scotland (42–0) and New Zealand (85–8).

On 21 March 2009, Romania lost 22–21 at home to Portugal, leaving them with an uphill struggle to qualify for the 2011 World Cup – qualification for which is determined by performances in the European Nations Cup in 2009 and 2010. Romania went unbeaten, with a draw at Russia, in the 2010 phase of the European Nations Cup. The Oaks' strong finish put them in third place and the final phase of the European qualification playoffs, in which they easily defeated Ukraine over two legs (94–10 on aggregate) for the European place in the Final Place Playoff for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Romania emerged as the last qualifier for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand by overcoming first Tunisia in a winner-takes-it-all game (56–13) and later Uruguay (60–33 on aggregate). Thus, the Oaks are one of only 12 teams to participate at all World Cups alongside New Zealand, Australia, England, France, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, Argentina, Canada, and Japan.

In November 2016, Romania achieved home soil wins against the US, Canada and Uruguay.[8]

In 2018, Romania finished top of the Rugby Europe Championship, meaning they qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup to be played in Japan in 2019. But after the conclusion of the tournament World Rugby conducted a review of player eligibility and found Romania fielded Sione Faka'osilea, who previously played for the Tonga Sevens team, which made him ineligible to play for Romania in the competition. Romania was stripped of 30 competition points, which placed them third and meant that they failed to qualify for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, with Russia taking their place.[9]

On 29 May 2018, it was confirmed that Romania had appealed the decision.[10] On 6 June, the appeal failed and the decision was upheld, meaning Russia was confirmed as Europe 1 and qualified for the World Cup, whilst Germany advanced to round 6.[11]

Honours[edit]

Record[edit]

Romania holds the record for the longest unbeaten run: 25 matches in between May 1959 and November 1964.[1]

Wins against Tier 1 nations[edit]

Date Home Score Away Venue Status
14 April 1940 Romania  3–0  Italy Kingdom of Romania Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest Test Match
5 June 1960[12] Romania  11–5  France Socialist Republic of Romania Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest Test Match
10 June 1962 Romania  14–6  Italy Socialist Republic of Romania Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest Test Match
11 November 1962 Romania  3–0  France Socialist Republic of Romania Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest Test Match
14 May 1967 Romania  15–14  Italy Socialist Republic of Romania Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest 1966–67 FIRA Nations Cup
1 December 1968 Romania  24–3  France Socialist Republic of Romania Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest 1968–69 FIRA Nations Cup
25 October 1970 Italy  3–14  Romania Italy Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo 1969–70 FIRA Nations Cup
11 April 1971 Romania  32–6  Italy Socialist Republic of Romania Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest 1970–71 FIRA Nations Cup
13 October 1974 Romania  15–10  France Socialist Republic of Romania Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest 1974–75 FIRA Trophy
14 November 1976 Romania  15–12  France Socialist Republic of Romania Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest 1976–77 FIRA Trophy
1 May 1977 Romania  69–0  Italy Socialist Republic of Romania Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest 1976–77 FIRA Trophy
22 April 1979 Romania  44–0  Italy Socialist Republic of Romania Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest 1978–79 FIRA Trophy
23 November 1980 Romania  15–0  France Socialist Republic of Romania Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest 1980–81 FIRA Trophy
12 April 1981 Romania  35–9  Italy Socialist Republic of Romania Brăila 1980–81 FIRA Trophy
31 October 1982 Romania  13–9  France Socialist Republic of Romania Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest 1982–83 FIRA Trophy
10 April 1983 Romania  13–6  Italy Socialist Republic of Romania Buzău 1982–83 FIRA Trophy
12 November 1983 Romania  24–6  Wales Socialist Republic of Romania Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest Test Match
20 May 1984 Romania  28-22  Scotland Socialist Republic of Romania Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest Test Match
14 April 1985 Romania  7–6  Italy Socialist Republic of Romania Brașov 1984–85 FIRA Trophy
12 April 1987 Romania  9–3  Italy Socialist Republic of Romania Constanța 1985–87 FIRA Trophy
2 April 1988 Italy  3–12  Romania Italy San Siro, Milan 1987–89 FIRA Trophy
10 December 1988 Wales  9–15  Romania Wales Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Test Match
15 April 1989 Romania  28–4  Italy Socialist Republic of Romania Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest 1987–89 FIRA Trophy
14 April 1990 Italy  9–16  Romania Italy Frascati 1989–90 FIRA Trophy
24 May 1990 France  9–12  Romania France Stade du Moulias, Auch 1989–90 FIRA Trophy
31 August 1991 Romania  18–12  Scotland Romania Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest Test Match
14 May 1994 Romania  26–12  Italy Romania Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest 1992–94 FIRA Trophy
26 June 2004 Romania  25–24  Italy Romania Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest Test Match

European competitions[edit]

Romania's only annual tournament is a competition involving Europe's tier 2 and tier 3 national teams. From 1936 through 1938, they competed in the FIRA Tournament against France, Germany and Italy. In 1965 until 1973 the FIRA Nations Cup was formed allowing other teams to be promoted or relegated from the competition. Romania won the competition once in 1969, being the only team to defeat France.

Pre–WWII Tournament (1936–1938)
Nation Games Points Table
points
Champs
played won drawn lost for against diff
 France 6 6 0 0 133 48 +85 3
 Germany 6 3 0 3 83 92 −9 0
 Italy 5 3 0 2 75 76 −1 0
 Romania 7 1 0 6 81 114 −33 0
 Belgium 2 1 0 1 20 48 −28 0
 Netherlands 2 0 0 2 8 62 −54 0
FIRA Nations Cup (1965–1973)
Nation Games Points Table
points
Champs
played won drawn lost for against diff
 France 26 25 0 1 824 198 +626 65 7
 Romania 26 17 1 8 528 222 +306 51 1
 Czechoslovakia 17 2 2 13 135 411 −267 16 0
 Morocco 9 2 0 7 65 332 −267 13 0
 Italy 13 4 1 8 86 227 −141 12 0
 West Germany 10 1 1 8 81 132 −51 6 0
 Spain 3 1 0 2 56 55 +1 5 0
 Poland 3 0 0 3 19 132 −113 3 0
 Portugal 3 0 0 3 23 108 −85 0 0

European Nations Cup (2000–present)[edit]

Winners[edit]

Year First Division Lower Division Champions
Winner Second Third Relegated Division 2 Division 3
2000  Romania  Georgia  Morocco  Russia  Czech Republic
2001  Georgia  Romania  Russia  Poland Not played[13]
2001–2002  Romania  Georgia  Russia  Netherlands  Czech Republic[14]  Slovenia
2003–2004  Portugal  Romania  Georgia  Spain  Ukraine  Moldova
2004–2006  Romania  Georgia  Portugal  Ukraine  Spain  Latvia
2006–2008  Georgia  Russia  Romania  Czech Republic  Germany  Sweden
2008–2010  Georgia  Russia  Portugal  Germany [15]  Ukraine  Lithuania
2010  Romania  Georgia  Russia
2011  Georgia  Romania  Portugal  Ukraine [15]  Belgium  Sweden
2012  Georgia  Spain  Romania
2013  Georgia  Romania  Russia  Belgium [15]  Germany  Netherlands
2014  Georgia  Romania  Russia
2015  Georgia  Romania  Spain  Portugal  Belgium  Estonia
2016  Georgia  Romania  Russia
2017  Romania  Georgia  Spain  Portugal  Czech Republic /  Malta
2018  Georgia  Russia  Germany
2019  Georgia  Spain  Romania  Germany
2020  Georgia  Spain  Romania  Belgium  Netherlands
2021  Georgia  Romania  Portugal
2022  Georgia  Romania  Spain  Russia  Belgium  Sweden /
 Croatia
2023  Georgia  Portugal  Romania

All-time table[edit]

Pld W D L PF PA PD AVPPG Pts Champs
 Georgia 100 83 4 13 3096 1151 +1945 30.96 334 11
 Romania 100 72 2 26 3024 1311 +1713 30.24 288 5
 Russia 85 47 3 34 2190 1788 +402 26.07 186 0
 Portugal 85 35 3 47 1605 1865 −260 18.88 152 1
 Spain 80 25 4 51 1575 2020 −445 19.69 145 0
 Czech Republic 29 6 0 23 362 1075 −713 12.48 40 0
 Germany 25 3 1 21 341 1064 −723 13.64 26 0
 Netherlands 15 1 0 14 278 652 −374 18.53 17 0
 Ukraine 20 1 0 19 201 998 −797 10.05 15 0
 Morocco 5 3 0 2 94 69 +25 18.80 11 0
 Belgium 20 2 1 17 204 412 −208 13.6 8 0

Rivalries[edit]

Romania and Georgia have enjoyed a rivalry between the two most successful teams in the European Nations Cup. The winner of the rivalry takes home the Antim Cup.

Rugby World Cup[edit]

Romania had competed in every Rugby World Cup since the inaugural tournament in 1987; that streak ended in 2018, when they were expelled from the 2019 tournament via points deduction for fielding ineligible players. Their best finish was with one win in 1987, 1991, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015. They lost all pool matches in 1995, 2011 and 2023.

World Cup record World Cup Qualification record
Year Round P W D L F A P W D L F A
AustraliaNew Zealand 1987 Pool stage 3 1 0 2 61 130 -
United KingdomIrelandFrance 1991 Pool stage 3 1 0 2 31 64 3 2 0 1 85 42
South Africa 1995 Pool stage 3 0 0 3 14 97 4 2 0 2 105 46
Wales 1999 Pool stage 3 1 0 2 50 126 6 4 0 2 300 127
Australia 2003 Pool stage 4 1 0 3 65 192 2 1 0 1 84 31
France 2007 Pool stage 4 1 0 3 40 161 12 10 0 2 452 122
New Zealand 2011 Pool stage 4 0 0 4 44 169 12 8 1 3 376 142
England 2015 Pool stage 4 1 0 3 60 129 10 8 1 1 242 106
Japan 2019 Expelled after qualification 8 6 0 2 296 106
France 2023 Pool stage 4 0 0 4 32 287 10 6 0 4 289 232
Total 9/10 32 6 0 26 397 1,355 67 47 2 18 2229 954

Overall[edit]

Top 20 as of 18 March 2024[16]
Rank Change* Team Points
1 Steady  South Africa 094.54
2 Steady  Ireland 090.69
3 Steady  New Zealand 089.80
4 Steady  France 087.92
5 Steady  England 085.75
6 Steady  Scotland 082.82
7 Steady  Argentina 080.68
8 Increase1  Italy 079.41
9 Increase1  Australia 077.48
10 Decrease2  Wales 077.26
11 Steady  Fiji 076.38
12 Steady  Japan 074.27
13 Steady  Georgia 074.02
14 Steady  Samoa 072.23
15 Increase1  Tonga 071.57
16 Decrease1  Portugal 070.28
17 Steady  United States 067.94
18 Steady  Uruguay 067.39
19 Steady  Spain 064.37
20 Steady  Romania 061.66
21 Steady  Canada 060.90
22 Steady  Namibia 060.56
23 Steady  Chile 060.49
24 Steady  Hong Kong 059.80
25 Steady  Russia 058.06
26 Steady   Switzerland 057.44
27 Steady  Netherlands 057.29
28 Increase1  Belgium 055.89
29 Decrease1  Brazil 055.37
30 Increase1  Korea 053.46
* Change from the previous week
Romania's historical rankings
See or edit source data.
Source: World Rugby[16]
Graph updated to 4 March 2024

Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Romania national XV at test level up until 17 March 2024.[17]

Opponent Played Won Lost Drawn Win % For Aga Diff
 Argentina 9 0 9 0 0.00% 114 341 −227
 Argentina XV 5 4 1 0 80.00% 113 74 +39
 Australia 3 0 3 0 0.00% 20 189 −169
 Belgium 9 9 0 0 100.00% 447 104 +343
 Brazil 2 2 0 0 100.00% 78 26 +52
 Bulgaria 2 2 0 0 100.00% 170 3 +167
 Canada 8 6 2 0 75.00% 138 142 −4
 Chile 2 2 0 0 100.0% 57 34 +23
 Czech Republic 6 6 0 0 100.00% 307 53 +254
 Czechoslovakia 18 17 0 1 94.44% 349 105 +244
 East Germany 13 12 0 1 92.31% 393 69 +324
 England 5 0 5 0 0.0% 24 335 −311
 Fiji 3 1 2 0 33.33% 42 70 −28
 France 50 8 40 2 16% 462 1315 −853
 France A 1 0 1 0 0.00% 16 20 −4
 France XV 5 0 5 0 0.00% 30 153 −123
 Georgia 29 9 19 1 31.03% 452 660 −208
 Germany 11 6 5 0 54.55% 367 158 +209
 Ireland 10 0 10 0 0.00% 110 472 −362
 Ireland XV 1 0 0 1 0.90% 13 13 +0
Ireland Emerging Ireland 1 0 1 0 0.00% 10 31 −21
 Italy 44 16 25 3 36.36% 654 711 −57
 Italy A 4 2 2 0 50.00% 65 87 −22
 Emerging Italy 2 2 0 0 100.00% 43 26 +17
 Japan 6 1 5 0 16.67% 119 152 −33
 Japan XV 1 1 0 0 100.00% 30 25 +5
 Morocco 8 7 1 0 87.5% 342 56 +286
 Namibia 6 5 1 0 83.33% 158 66 +92
 Netherlands 9 9 0 0 100.00% 390 73 +317
 New Zealand 2 0 2 0 0.00% 14 99 −85
 New Zealand XV 1 0 1 0 0.00% 30 60 −30
 Junior All Blacks 1 0 0 1 0.00% 10 10 +0
 Poland 18 16 2 0 88.89% 601 178 +423
 Portugal 29 24 5 0 82.76% 884 400 +484
 Russia 24 16 7 1 66.67% 580 347 +233
 Samoa 3 2 1 0 66.67% 49 59 −10
 Scotland 14 2 12 0 15.38% 192 559 −367
 Scotland A 1 0 1 0 0.00% 18 21 −3
 South Africa 2 0 2 0 0.00% 8 97 −89
South Africa Emerging Springboks 2 0 2 0 0.00% 20 86 −66
 Soviet Union 15 12 3 0 80% 251 153 +98
 Spain 40 35 5 0 87.5% 1148 482 +666
 Tonga 5 2 3 0 40% 111 129 −18
 Tunisia 5 4 1 0 80.00% 189 42 +147
 Ukraine 7 7 0 0 100.00% 400 43 +357
 United States 9 2 7 0 22.22% 121 240 −119
 Uruguay 13 10 2 1 76.92% 354 188 +166
 Wales 8 2 6 0 25.0% 96 342 −246
 Wales XV 1 0 1 0 0.00% 12 13 −1
 West Germany 9 8 1 0 88.89% 199 69 +130
 Zimbabwe 4 4 0 0 100.00% 123 84 +39
Total 486 273 201 12 56.17% 10,923 9264 +1659

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

Romania announced their 33-player squad on 16 August 2023.[18]

On 28 August 2023, Mihai Macovei, Mihai Mureșan and Paul Popoaia were ruled out of the World Cup, after sustaining various injuries. They were replaced in the Romania squad by André Gorin, Sioeli Lama and Taliaʻuli Sikuea.[19]

Head Coach: Romania Eugen Apjok

  • Caps Updated: 9 September 2023
Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Florin Bărdașu Hooker (1991-09-23) 23 September 1991 (age 32) 12 Romania Steaua București
Ovidiu Cojocaru Hooker (1996-11-19) 19 November 1996 (age 27) 32 Romania Dinamo București
Robert Irimescu Hooker (1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 (age 28) 4 Romania Știința Baia Mare
Costel Burțilă Prop (1991-07-14) 14 July 1991 (age 32) 13 France Hyères Carqueiranne
Thomas Crețu Prop (2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 (age 22) 5 France Aurillac
Gheorghe Gajion Prop (1992-11-13) 13 November 1992 (age 31) 9 France Mont-de-Marsan
Alexandru Gordaș Prop (1994-05-11) 11 May 1994 (age 29) 35 Romania Dinamo București
Iulian Harțig Prop (1998-10-11) 11 October 1998 (age 25) 9 France Bassin d'Arcachon
Alexandru Savin Prop (1995-02-12) 12 February 1995 (age 29) 25 Romania Steaua București
Ștefan Iancu Lock (1998-07-01) 1 July 1998 (age 25) 5 Romania Știința Baia Mare
Marius Iftimiciuc Lock (1997-08-13) 13 August 1997 (age 26) 22 France Carcassonne
Adrian Moțoc Lock (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 (age 27) 27 France Biarritz
Cristi Boboc Back row (1995-10-09) 9 October 1995 (age 28) 9 Romania Steaua București
Cristi Chirică (c) Back row (1997-04-09) 9 April 1997 (age 26) 34 Romania Dinamo București
André Gorin Back row (1987-11-30) 30 November 1987 (age 36) 44 France Hyères Carqueiranne
Vlad Neculau Back row (1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 26) 14 Romania Timișoara
Florian Roșu Back row (1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 30) 13 Romania Știința Baia Mare
Dragoș Ser Back row (1999-03-04) 4 March 1999 (age 25) 15 Romania Steaua București
Damian Strătilă Back row (1996-07-28) 28 July 1996 (age 27) 6 Romania Steaua București
Alin Conache Scrum-half (2002-05-07) 7 May 2002 (age 21) 5 Romania Timișoara
Gabriel Rupanu Scrum-half (1997-09-28) 28 September 1997 (age 26) 21 Romania Timișoara
Florin Surugiu Scrum-half (1984-12-10) 10 December 1984 (age 39) 103 Romania Steaua București
Tudor Boldor Fly-half (1997-11-29) 29 November 1997 (age 26) 16 Romania Dinamo București
Gabriel Pop Fly-half (1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 (age 25) 5 Romania Dinamo București
Taylor Gontineac Centre (2000-07-16) 16 July 2000 (age 23) 10 France Rouen
Tevita Manumua Centre (1993-02-12) 12 February 1993 (age 31) 2 Romania Timișoara
Taliaʻuli Sikuea Centre (1995-07-14) 14 July 1995 (age 28) 1 Romania Știința Baia Mare
Jason Tomane Centre (1995-03-04) 4 March 1995 (age 29) 14 Romania Știința Baia Mare
Sioeli Lama Wing (1995-10-12) 12 October 1995 (age 28) 6 Romania Steaua București
Nicolas Onuțu Wing (1995-12-27) 27 December 1995 (age 28) 27 France Annonay
Marius Simionescu Wing (1997-09-05) 5 September 1997 (age 26) 30 Romania Timișoara
Fonovai Tangimana Wing (1989-10-25) 25 October 1989 (age 34) 22 Romania Steaua București
Hinckley Vaovasa Fullback (1998-09-24) 24 September 1998 (age 25) 18 Romania Steaua București

Notable players[edit]

Mircea Paraschiv captained Romania from 1976 to 1987.
Florică Murariu was one of a number of Romanian rugby internationals who were killed during the Romanian Revolution in December 1989.[20]
Romania's current top point scorer and most capped player of all time, Florin Vlaicu.

The 1924 Romania Olympic team are the only Romanian inductee to have been inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame. Nicolae Mărăscu captained the Hall of Fame side. The highest point of Mărăscu's career was at the 1924 tournament, earning Romania the bronze medal. He played as a centre and had five caps, without ever scoring, since his first match, in 1919, a 48–5 loss to France, in Paris, for the Inter-Allied Games, and his last, at 22 May 1927, in a 21–5 win over Czechoslovakia, in Bratislava.

Iulian Dumitraș was Romania's main man. Dumitraș was known to be one of the Oaks' most gifted playmakers, with an accurate kicking boot and a penchant for sparking attacks. Having made his test debut in 2002, he went on to start in every match a Rugby World Cup 2007 in France, bringing plenty of experience to the nation. The then standing 1.88m and weighing in a 110 kg, Dumitraș was a punishing runner when he chimes into the line on attack, which he looked to do often, and he provided a solid and dependable last obstacle in defence.

Sorin Socol is regarded by many good judges as the then best player in the current squad and was one of the rocks of the Romanian forward pack. He has captained the most matches to date for Romania, between 2003 and 2011. A total of 61 tests, 36 of them were as captain. He captained Romania for the first time on 30 October 2003 during the 2003 Rugby World Cup match against Namibia. He went on and featured in the 2007 World Cup squad and eventually retired from all international rugby after the 2011 tournament. Socol had one of Romania's highest winning percentage as a captain of 63.88.

Florin Vlaicu is Romania's top ever point scorer and also the most capped player appearing in 104 tests so far. Vlaicu made his international debut in 2006 as a substitute against Ukraine. He played for Romania in the IRB Nations Cup and in their 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying before appearing for them in the 2007 Rugby World Cup. He played two Tests at the World Cup as a substitute against both Scotland and the All Blacks. He also played at the 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cups.

Cristian Petre is Romania's most recognized player after dominating the lock position for eleven years. He is one of Romania's most capped player with a total of 92 matches and a career span that started in 2001 against England and ended in 2012 against Italy. Petre has featured in three Rugby World Cups, first in 2003, going on to feature in 2007 and his last being in 2011. Petre has scored a total of six tries and had winning percentage of 55.43.

Cătălin Fercu is generally regarded as one of Romania's true global superstar of rugby union. Fercu is Romania's top try scorers. He had quickly made appearances on the international stage at a very young age and played against France and Scotland in the Autumn internationals in 2006. He also scored a try against the French. Fercu helped guide Romania to the 2007 Rugby World Cup as he played in the qualifier matches including the vital games against Georgia and Spain and scored a try against Spain in the game that sealed their qualification to the Rugby World Cup. Fercu was a late withdrawal from their Rugby World Cup squad in 2011 because he was not prepared to fly all the way to New Zealand. The Romanian side arrived in Christchurch to prepare for their first game of the tournament against Scotland in Invercargill on 10 September without Fercu, who failed to get on the plane when it left Romania.

Another one of the Oaks greatest players are Romeo Gontineac, represented Romania in four Rugby World Cups from 1995 to 2007. The hard running centre, who became the national coach in 2010, was capped 75 times for the nation, scoring 13 tries and a drop goal. During his career he played professionally in Romania, South Africa and France.

Members of the 1924 Olympics team[edit]

Coaches[edit]

Current coaching staff[edit]

The current coaching staff of the Romanian national team:

Name Nationality Role
Iustin Ilioiu  ROU Manager
David Gérard  FRA Head coach
Jon Callard  ENG Attack coach
Simon Maisuradze  GEO Forwards coach
Raphaël Francois Saint-André  FRA Assistant coach with the three quarters and skills
Michaël Dallery  FRA Head trainer with physical training
Paul Cere-Labourdette  FRA Second coach with physical training & GPS
Daniel Carpo  ROU Second coach with physical training & GPS
Daniel Răzvan Wanya Crîngu  ROU Doctor
Marius Tudosi  ROU Physiotherapist
David Popa  ROU Video analyst

Former coaches[edit]

Years Coach
1961–1965 Romania Petre Cosmănescu
1965–1968 Romania Viorel Morariu
1968–1972 Romania Petre Cosmănescu
1973–1974 Romania Valeriu Irimescu
1974–1981 Romania Petre Cosmănescu
1985–1987 Romania Theodor Rădulescu
1987–1989 Romania Mihai Naca
1989–1990 Romania Theodor Rădulescu
1991 Romania Peter Ianusevici
1992–1994 Romania Theodor Rădulescu
1994–1999 Romania Mircea Paraschiv
1999–2001 Romania Eduard Suciu
2002–2003 France Bernard Charreyre
2004 France Phillipe Sauton
2004 France Robert Antonin
2005–2007 France Daniel Santamans
2007–2008 Romania Marin Moț
2008–2009 New Zealand Ellis Meachen
2009 Romania Marin Moț
2009–2010 France Serge Lairle
2010–2011 Romania Romeo Gontineac
2012 Romania Haralambie Dumitraș
2013–2018 Wales Lynn Howells
2018 France Thomas Lièvremont
2019 Romania Marius Țincu (interim)
2019–2022 England Andy Robinson
2022–2023 Romania Eugen Apjok (interim)
2024- France David Gérard

Individual all-time records[edit]

Most caps[edit]

# Player Pos Span Mat Start Sub Won Lost Draw %
1 Florin Vlaicu Centre 2006–2022 129 103 26 79 47 3 62.89
2 Cătălin Fercu Fullback 2005–2020 109 107 2 73 33 3 68.34
3 Florin Surugiu Scrum-half 2008– 108 68 40 64 43 1 62.35
4 Mihai Macovei Flanker 2006–2023 104 93 11 60 43 1 58.98
5 Valentin Calafeteanu Scrum-half 2004–2019 100 54 46 61 37 2 62.00
6 Cristian Petre Lock 2001–2012 92 83 9 50 40 2 55.43
7 Csaba Gál Centre 2005–2015 88 65 23 49 37 2 56.81
8 Valentin Popârlan Lock 2007–2020 77 50 27 48 29 0 62.33
9 Romeo Gontineac Centre 1995–2008 76 75 1 35 41 0 46.05
Adrian Lungu Centre 1980–1995 76 75 1 40 36 0 52.63
Lucian Sîrbu Scrum-half 1996–2011 76 62 14 40 34 2 53.94

Last updated: Romania vs Spain, 17 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[21]

Most tries[edit]

# Player Pos Span Mat Start Sub Pts Tries
1 Cătălin Fercu Fullback 2005–2020 109 107 2 171 33
2 Gabriel Brezoianu Centre 1996–2007 71 67 4 142 28
3 Mihai Macovei Flanker 2006–2023 104 93 11 110 22
4 Ionut Dumitru Centre 2013–2022 55 49 6 85 17
5 Ovidiu Tonița Flanker 2000–2016 73 67 6 75 15
6 Petre Mitu Scrum-half 1996–2009 41 36 5 339 14
Cristian Săuan Wing 1999–2007 37 32 5 70 14
Marius Țincu Hooker 2002–2012 53 49 4 70 14
Florin Vlaicu Centre 2006–2022 129 103 26 1025 14
9 4 players on 13 tries

Last updated: Romania vs Spain, 17 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[22]

Most points[edit]

# Player Pos Span Mat Pts Tries Conv Pens Drop
1 Florin Vlaicu Centre 2006–2022 129 1321 14 173 203 4
2 Dănuț Dumbravă Fly-half 2002–2015 73 389 3 73 74 2
3 Petre Mitu Scrum-half 1996–2009 41 339 14 55 53 0
4 Ionuţ Tofan Fly-half 1997–2007 60 316 12 53 46 4
5 Valentin Calafeteanu Scrum-half 2004–2019 100 233 11 32 37 1
6 Neculai Nichitean Fly-half 1990–1997 28 201 0 18 45 10
7 Ionel Melinte Fullback 2018–present 29 176 9 37 19 0
8 Cătălin Fercu Fullback 2005–2020 109 171 33 1 1 0
9 Gelu Ignat Fly-half 1986–1992 25 148 1 15 32 6
10 Gabriel Brezoianu Centre 1996–2007 71 142 28 1 0 0

Last updated: Romania vs Spain, 17 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[23]

Most matches as captain[edit]

# Player Pos Span Mat Won Lost Draw % Pts Tries
1 Mihai Macovei Flanker 2012–2023 72 47 24 1 68.10 105 21
2 Sorin Socol Lock 2001–2011 36 22 12 2 63.88 25 5
3 Stelian Burcea Flanker 2009–2018 19 13 6 0 68.42 15 3
4 Mircea Paraschiv Scrum-half 1980–1987 18 7 10 1 41.66 16 4
5 Haralambie Dumitras Number 8 1989–1993 14 5 9 0 35.71 20 5
Romeo Gontineac Centre 1999–2003 14 4 10 0 28.57 5 1
7 Tiberiu Brînză Number 8 1994–1997 13 1 12 0 7.69 5 1
8 Marius Țincu Hooker 2007–2012 11 5 6 0 45.45 0 0
9 Costica Mersoiu Number 8 2007–2008 10 6 4 0 60.00 5 1
10 Alin Petrache Number 8 1999–2004 7 3 4 0 42.85 0 0

Last updated: Romania vs Spain, 17 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[24]

Most points in a match[edit]

# Player Pos Pts Tries Conv Pens Drop Opposition Venue Date
1 Ionuţ Tofan Fly-half 32 2 8 2 0  Spain Romania Iași 05/10/2002
2 Virgil Popisteanu Fly-half 27 0 12 1 0  Portugal Romania Bucharest 13/04/1996
Petre Mitu Scrum-half 27 1 2 6 0  Portugal Portugal Lisbon 04/02/2001
4 Ionel Rotaru Wing 25 5 0 0 0  Portugal Romania Bucharest 13/04/1996
5 Florin Vlaicu Fullback 24 1 8 0 1  Czech Republic Romania Bucharest 22/03/2008
Florin Vlaicu Centre 24 1 2 5 0  Russia Romania Bucharest 09/02/2013
7 Gelu Ignat Fly-half 22 0 5 4 0  Netherlands Italy Treviso 30/09/1990
Petre Mitu Scrum-half 22 1 4 3 0  Russia Romania Bârlad 18/03/2001
Ionuţ Tofan Fly-half 22 1 1 5 0  Russia Russia Krasnodar 24/03/2002
10 5 players on 21 points

Last updated: Romania vs Spain, 17 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[25]

Most tries in a match[edit]

# Player Pos Pts Tries Conv Pens Drop Opposition Venue Date
1 Gheorgie Rascanu Flanker 20 5 0 0 0  Morocco Romania Bucharest 02/05/1972
Cornel Popescu Wing 20 5 0 0 0  Portugal Romania Bârlad 18/10/1986
Ionel Rotaru Wing 25 5 0 0 0  Portugal Romania Bucharest 13/04/1996
4 Petre Motrescu Wing 16 4 0 0 0  Italy Romania Bucharest 01/05/1977
Gheorghe Solomie Wing 20 4 0 0 0  Belgium Belgium Brussels 04/10/1997
Lucian Colceriu Wing 20 4 0 0 0  Poland Romania Bucharest 02/05/1998
7 11 players on 3 tries

Last updated: Romania vs Spain, 17 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[26]

Media coverage[edit]

Romania's Rugby Europe Championship matches, mid year internationals and end of year internationals are currently televised by TVR.

Kits and symbols[edit]

Romania usually wears a yellow shirt with blue shorts and red socks as home uniform, with the exceptions being at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, where a light blue shirt with the Royal coat of arms[27] was worn, as well in the 2003 Rugby World Cup, where a blue uniform was worn in all of the matches. Since 2014, the jerseys are adorned with Romanian traditional embroidering motifs and Dacian patterns.[28][29][30][31]

The origins of the oak leaf as symbol for the Romanian team date from 1979, after former Romanian international player Viorel Morariu and then-president of Federația Română de Rugby, decided, with the consultation of specialists, that an oak leaf would be the team emblem[32] (as during the touris in the British Isles and Ireland, the Communist coat of arms painted on the Romanian players' shirts became unrecognisable due to the rain).[33][34][35][36] The Latin word for oak, "robur", also meant "strength" in that same language.[32][37] In 1980, a new badge, a shield with an oak leaf (which made the Romanian team be nicknamed "Stejarii", which means "the oaks") and the acronym "FRR" on the top. The adoption of said emblem could be also seen as an act of defiance towards the then-ruling regime in Romania, whose approval was given to the Romanian federations's requests to be affiliated to the IRFB.[38] After the 2003 Rugby World Cup, the oak leaf was seen without the shield, usually accompanied by the inscription "Rugby Romania".

Kit suppliers[edit]

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1919–1985 No supplier No shirt sponsor
1985–1988 Adidas
1988–1989 Bukta
1989–1993 Adidas Rank Xerox
1994–1996 Gilbert No shirt sponsor
1996–1997 Puma AG[39]
1997–2001 Gilbert No shirt sponsor
2002 Petrom
2003–2008 O'Neills Orange
2009 No shirt sponsor
2010 CEC Bank
2011 KooGa
2012 Tall Ball
2012 Samurai Sportswear (worn in the 2012 end of the year internationals)
2013–2016 BLK
2016–2019 Mizuno
2020 Tall Ball
2021 Macron
2021 Stanleybet (worn in the 2021 mid-year internationals)
2021– No shirt sponsor
2023 Kaufland

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Bath, Richard (1997). The Complete Book of Rugby. London: Sevenoaks. ISBN 978-1-8620-0013-1.
  • Ravagnani, Luciano; Fadda, Pierluigi (2007). Storia del Rugby Mondiale dalle origini ad oggi (2nd ed.). Milan: Editrice SEP. ISBN 978-8-8871-1092-0.
  • Zamfir, Constantin (2010). Povestea naționalei de rugby continuă: palmaresul revăzut și completat (3rd ed.). Bucharest: Editura Paco. ISBN 978-6-0680-0654-3.
  • Garcia, Henri (2013). La Fabuleuse Histoire du rugby. Paris: La Martinière. ISBN 978-2-7324-5456-6.
  • Moldoveanu, Traian (2016). Rugby: Istorie românească, Vol. 1 1908-1982. Editura Scripta. ISBN 978-9-7382-3855-8.
  • Moldoveanu, Traian (2018). Rugby: Istorie românească, Vol. 2 1983-2018. Editura Scripta.

Notes[edit]


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