Stelian Burcea
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| Stelian Burcea at the 2011 Rugby World Cup | |||
| Full name | Sandu Stelian Burcea | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | October 7, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Pitesti, Romania | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Weight | 225 lb (102 kg; 16.1 st) | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Lock, Flanker, Number 8 | ||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2013–14 | București Wolves | 4 | (0) |
| Provincial/State sides | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2005–11 2012– |
Steaua București Timișoara Saracens |
35 40 |
(10) (60) |
| correct as of 5 December 2015. | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2006– | Romania | 64 | (30) |
| correct as of 26 November 2016. | |||
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 RC Timişoara in the Romanian Rugby Championship. He won the National Championship titles in 2011/12 and 2012/13. He is also player and captain for București Wolves, a team made from the best players at the Romanian Rugby Championship that competes at the European Challenge Cup.
He has 44 caps for Romania, since 2006, with 4 tries scored, 20 points on aggregate. Burcea first cap came at the 14-62 loss to France, in Bucharest, in a friendly game, at 17 June 2006, when he was 22 years old. He was called for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, playing in two games but without scoring.[1] He played once again at the 2015 Rugby World Cup, being used in three games, but once again remaining scoreless.