Stelian Burcea
Stelian Burcea at the 2011 Rugby World Cup
Birth nameSandu Stelian Burcea
Date of birth (1983-10-07) October 7, 1983
Place of birthPitești, Romania
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight225 lb (102 kg; 16.1 st)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock, Flanker, Number 8
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013–14 București Wolves 4 (0)
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2005–11
2012–
Steaua București
Timișoara Saracens
35
40
(10)
(60)
Correct as of 5 December 2015
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2006– Romania 71 (40)
Correct as of 25 November 2017

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.

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