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	Stejăreii (The Little Oaks)
Emblem	Oak leaf
Union	Romanian Rugby Federation
Head coach	Nicolae 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

•  Romania 28–26 Namibia 
•  Romania 46–7 Cook Islands 
•  Chile 14–3 Romania 

3rd place play-off

•  Romania 10–34 Georgia 

2009 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy

Pool

•  Papua New Guinea 17–50 Romania 
•  South Korea 14–65 Romania 
•  Romania 26–20 Chile 

Final

•  United States 13–25 Romania 

2010 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy

Pool

•  Uruguay 12–15 Romania 
•  Italy 30–7 Romania 
•  Romania 48–12 Papua New Guinea 

3rd place play-off

•  Romania 20–23 (aet) Russia 

2018 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy

Pool

•  Namibia 55–26 Romania 
•  Samoa 31–17 Romania 
•  Romania 33–56 Hong Kong 

7th place play-off

•  Romania 14–71 Canada 

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
Stefan Ciocirlan	Lock		Hartpury RFC
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	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

• Rugby union in Romania
• Romania national rugby union team
• Romania national rugby sevens team
• Romania women's national rugby sevens team