Farul Constanța (rugby)

RCJ Farul Constanţa

Full name	Rugby Club Județean Farul Constanţa
Founded	1955
Location	Constanţa, Romania
Ground(s)	Stadionul Mihai Naca
President	Dragomir Cristinel Nicholas
Coach(es)	Neil Kelly
League(s)	Divizia Naţională
2010	3rd
Team kit

Rugby Club Județean Farul Constanța is a Romanian semi-professional rugby union club from Constanța, which plays in the Romanian Rugby Championship, the first division of Romanian rugby. They were the first and only Romanian team to enter the Heineken Cup, during its first season, in 1995–96. Currently, Farul Constanta's coach is Neil Kelly.

Achievements

• Divizia Naţională:
  • Winners (6): 1975, 1976, 1978, 1986, 1995, 1997

Current 2014 squad

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 Matthew Taljard Hooker South Africa Otar Turashvili Hooker Romania Vlad Badalicescu Prop Romania Nicolae Nere Prop Romania Razvan Olescu Prop Romania Florin Sasu Prop Romania Petru Tamba Prop Romania Onal Agiacai Lock Romania Daniel Crichton Lock Samoa Daniel Martac Lock Romania Petre Neascu Lock Romania Cristian Petre Lock Romania Nicolae Ion Flanker Romania Catalin Mototolea Flanker Romania Malakai Ravulo Flanker Fiji Renaud van Neel Flanker Namibia Andrei Gaita Number 8 Romania Eseria Vueti Number 8 Fiji

Player Position Union Liviu Dumitru Scrum-half Romania Eugene Jantjies Scrum-half Namibia Nemia Kenatale Scrum-half Fiji Jonetani Ralulu Fly-half Fiji James Semple Fly-half New Zealand Ionel Cazan Centre Romania David Faamita Centre Fiji Constantin Gheară Centre Romania Andrei Ilie Centre Romania Adrian Apostol Wing Romania Sam Gerry-Burgess Wing Australia Robert Neagu Wing Romania Ionut Puisoru Wing Romania Alexander Tuchashvili Wing Georgia Florin Vlaicu Fullback Romania Dale Sabbagh Fullback South Africa Albert Stiopei Fullback Romania

International honours

• Malakai Ravulo
• Nemia Kenatale
• Jonetani Ralulu
• Daniel Crichton
• Eugene Jantjies
• Renaud Van Neel
• Vlad Badalicescu
• Nicolae Nere
• Petru Tamba
• Otar Turashvili
• Cristian Petre
• Constantin Gheară
• Ionel Cazan
• Florin Vlaicu
• Adrian Apostol
• Ciorbac Gabriel
• Zaharia Alexandru

External links

• Fédération Roumaine de Rugby
• Romanian Rugby
• PlanetaOvala.ro - Romanian Rugby News