CSA Steaua București (rugby)

This article is about the rugby club. For the sports club, see CSA Steaua București.
RC Steaua București
Full name Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București
Union Federația Română de Rugby
Founded 1948
Location Bucharest, Romania
Ground(s) Steaua II (Capacity: 3,000)
President George Boroi
Coach(es) Marin Moț
League(s) Divizia Națională
2010 Divizia Naţională 2nd
Team kit
Active departments of Steaua București
Handball Rugby Hockey
Water Polo Basketball Volleyball
Judo Athletics Swimming
Gymnastics Boxing Rowing
Canoe & Kayak Shooting Weightlifting
Fencing Tennis Cycling
Triathlon Pentathlon Equestrian
Wrestling Karate Wushu
The club Football

Rugby Club Steaua București is a Romanian semi-professional rugby union club from Ghencea, south-west Bucharest, which will play the 2007-08 season in Romanian Rugby Championship, the first division of Romanian rugby. They are the most successful Romanian rugby union team in the Divizia Națională (24 championship wins).

Romanian rugby club teams do not participate in major European competitions because of the obvious value difference between them and the ones from the leading continental countries. Instead, a Romania national rugby union team, composed mainly of Steaua players, participates every year in the European Challenge Cup as București Rugby.

The team plays its home matches at Steaua II Stadium, inside the Steaua Sports Complex, right next to the football Ghencea Stadium. The current coach is Marin Moț.

History

The Steaua Bucharest rugby club was formed in 1948, under the wing of the CSA Steaua București sports club that had been founded by the Romanian Army the previous year.[1]

Steaua established crosstown rivalries with Grivita Red Bucharest and Dinamo Bucharest, before winning the team's first Romanian Cup in 1950. The team won the league and cup double in 1953 and by the late 1950s Steaua was winning domestic titles with regularity. Over the years the team has also claimed success at the European Championships, winning six gold medals, three silver and one bronze.[1]

Steaua has produced several players that have represented the Romanian national rugby team including Daniel Barbu, Ionescu Alexandru Penciu, Rene Chiriac, Paul Ciobănel, Adrian Mateescu, Mircea Braga, and Răducu Durbac.[1]

Achievements

Domestic

Current squad

2014 Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union
Bogdan Neacsu Hooker Romania Romania
Igor Orghianu Hooker Moldova Moldova
Adrian Radu Hooker Romania Romania
Sefo Sakalia Hooker Tonga Tonga
Mădălin Baraulea Prop Romania Romania
Sergiu Buzea Prop Romania Romania
Constantin Dumitru Prop Romania Romania
Dennis Hanna Naikoto Prop Tonga Tonga
Costin Neacsu Prop Romania Romania
Cosmin Rosu Prop Romania Romania
Alexandru Grigoire Lock Romania Romania
Cristian Moisei Lock Romania Romania
Florin-Cornel Tatu Lock Romania Romania
Tupou Vahekeheke Ahome'e Flanker Tonga Tonga
George Bulearcă Flanker Romania Romania
Viorel Lucaci Flanker Romania Romania
Sione Tupoulahi Nau Flanker Tonga Tonga
Sorin Daniel Coșereanu Number 8 Romania Romania
Daniel Ianuș Number 8 Romania Romania
Adrian Udroiu Number 8 Romania Romania
Player Position Union
Alovili Ahofono Scrum-half Tonga Tonga
Laurentiu Cocârlă Scrum-half Romania Romania
Grigoraș Diaconescu Scrum-half Romania Romania
Dănuț Dumbravă Fly-half Romania Romania
Filip Lazar Fly-half Romania Romania
Stefan Patrascu Fly-half Romania Romania
Catalin Robert Dascalu Centre Romania Romania
Adrian Dima Centre Romania Romania
Florin Ionita Centre Romania Romania
Ion Florian Iordan Centre Romania Romania
Ionuț Dumitru Wing Romania Romania
Andrei Pascu Wing Romania Romania
Alexandru Porojan Wing Romania Romania
Petelo Sanele Tupou Wing Tonga Tonga
Mihai Golubenco Fullback Moldova Moldova
Ionut Niacsu Fullback Romania Romania
Viorel Zamfir Fullback Romania Romania

International honours

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "History" (in Romanian). CSA Steaua Rugby. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 October 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2015.

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