Andrei Olari

Andrei Olari (Андрей Оларь) (born in Tiraspol) is a professional rugby player and rugby league footballer. He previously played for the Moldovan team Tiraspol and for the French clubs Villefranche and Toulouse Olympique. He has represented both Moldova and Russia.[1]

Andrei Olari
Personal information
BornTiraspol, Moldova
Playing information
PositionFive-eighth, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
19??–93 Tiraspol
1993–1999 Villefranche XIII Aveyron
1999– Toulouse Olympique 35 3 0 0 12
Total 35 3 0 0 12
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1995–96 Moldova 1 0 0 0 0
2000 Russia 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Playing career

In 1990 Olari won the first USSR Rugby League Cup as a member of the Tiraspol club, defeating the Moscow Magicians in the final with a score of 24-10. He scored 56 points in two matches against Spartak Moscow and Moscow Magicians scoring 7 tries, 13 conversions and 2 drop goals, which earned him the title of the best scorer in the USSR Cup.[2] In 1992, as part of the Russian national team, he played in two test matches against South Africa, in which Russia won.[3]

Later Olari played for French clubs, such as Toulouse Olympique team: in the 1999 season he scored 12 points in 35 Super League matches. In 1995 he played in the Emerging Nations tournament forMoldova.[4] In 2000 Olari was invited to the Russian national team to play at the World Cup that year in England [4] Olari played in all three of Russia's matches at the tournament.[5] and played three matches in the tournament.[6]

Olari's son, also named Andrei Olari, played with Toulouse Olympique and competed for them in the 2011 RFL Championship.[7][8] He was called up by the Moldova national rugby union team in 2014 and became a player of the Odessa team Politekhnik.[9]

References
  1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. "КУБОК ЛИГИ РЕГБИ". www.regbi13.narod.ru. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  3. "Как появился вид спорта Регби-13 в России". www.rc-vereya.ru. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  4. From Russia with Australians bbc.co.uk, 17 October 2000
  5. "РЕГБИ• МОСКВА. Как сообщил специально для "СЭ" вице-президент Российской лиги регби-13 Евгений КЛЕБАНОВ, в оргкомитет чемпионата мира, игры которого пройдут в Англии с 28 октября по 25 ноября, отправлена предварительная заявка сборной России, дебютирующей в соревнованиях столь высокого ранга". sport-express.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  6. Injured Pryce not written off yet The Telegraph, 3 November 2000
  7. Toulouse Olympique XIII 26 12 Halifax RLFC halifaxrlfc.co.uk, 12 March 2011
  8. Andrei Olari player stats loverugbyleague.com
  9. iSport.ua (2014-05-08). "Регби. Одесский клуб пополнился тремя французами". iSport.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-10-26.
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