Moldova national rugby union team

Moldova national rugby union team
Moldova
Moldova Rugby Union.jpg
Union Moldovan Rugby Federation
Coach(es) Sergiu Motoc
Captain(s) Alexandru Şîşcanu
Team kit
First international
Moldova  22 -6  Lithuania
(1993-10-10)
Largest win
Moldova  55 - 6  Luxembourg
(2005-04-16)
Largest defeat
Moldova  5 - 65  Croatia
(1997-05-10)

The Moldova national rugby union team represent Moldova at rugby union. They are governed by the Moldovan Rugby Federation (Federatia de Rugby din Moldova), and have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup.

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History

Moldova played their first international on October 10, 1991 against Lithuania. Moldova won the match, 22 points to six. The next year they played against Bulgaria, which Moldova won, 42 points to three. Moldova played Hungary in 1995, which they won, by three points, 17 to 14.

They played Georgia, who defeated them 47 to five. They then played Ukraine and Latvia and Bulgaria.

Moldova played twice in 1997, defeating Norway and losing to Croatia. They won a number of fixtures in 2000. They played the Netherlands the following year. The national rugby team was designated by the members of Moldova's Sports Press Association as the best Moldovan team in 2004. Following this, they played in qualifying tournaments for the 2007 Rugby World Cup European qualify.

Moldova were grouped in Pool B of the second round, and they won two of their four matches, which saw them finish second in their pool behind Germany, and thus move onto round three and enter Pool A.

Popularity

Perhaps surprisingly, the popularity of rugby in Moldova is growing rapidly, with well over 10,000 fans regularly turning up to their home matches in the European Nations Cup. Since 2004, the number of Moldovan rugby players has more than doubled, due to the national team's growing international reputation.

Notable players

Moldovan international Alexei Cotruţa was the top try-scorer in the Russian Professional Rugby League in 2006, scoring 16 tries in 14 matches for Moscow-area side VVA-Podmoskovye.

During March 2011, Vadim Cobîlaş signed for Aviva Premiership side, Sale Sharks. He is the first Moldovan player to sign for a professional English team.

Current squad

Head Coach: Sergiu Motoc
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by the International Rugby Board.

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province
Ion Dascal Hooker {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Moldova USEFS Blumarine
Dumitru Vasilachi Hooker {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Ukraine RC Kredo 63
Vadim Cobîlaş Prop {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} England Sale Sharks
Maxim Cobîlaş Prop {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Russia VVA-Podmoskovye Monino
Veaceslav Titica Prop {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Russia Slava Moscow
Dumitru Arhip Prop {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Romania Dinamo Rugby Bucureşti
Andrei Romanov Lock {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Russia VVA-Podmoskovye Monino
Maxim Gargalîc Lock {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Romania Farul Constanta
Vitalie Gîra Lock {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Moldova UTM Chişinău
Alexandru Şîşcanu Flanker {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Russia Slava Moscow
Sergiu Castraveţ Flanker {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Russia RK Novokouznetsk
Victor Arhip Flanker {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Romania Dinamo Rugby Bucureşti
Dumitru Enache Flanker {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Spain Durango ilarduya rugby taldea
Oleg Prepeliţa Number 8 {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Portugal SL Benfica
Nicolae Chirilă Scrum-half {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Russia Krasny Yar
Nicolae Caburgan Scrum-half {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Moldova USEFS Blumarine
Octavian Manoli Fly-half {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Moldova UTM Chişinău
Adrian Baltag Centre {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Portugal SL Benfica
Gheorghe Voloşciuc Centre {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Moldova USEFS Blumarine
Alexandru Bulgac Centre {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Moldova USEFS Blumarine
Alexei Cotruţa Centre {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Russia VVA-Podmoskovye Monino
Eduard Toderica Wing {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Moldova Olimp Electromaş Tiraspol
Ion Buşila Wing {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Moldova USEFS Blumarine
Veaceslav Lozinschi Wing {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Moldova USEFS Blumarine
Ştefan Leca Wing {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Moldova USEFS Blumarine
Alexandru Matveev Fullback {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Moldova USEFS Blumarine
Vasile Leu Fullback {{{age}}} {{{caps}}} Moldova UTM Chişinău

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