Stelian Burcea

Sandu Stelian Burcea (born 7 October 1983) is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a lock, flanker and number eight.

Stelian Burcea

Stelian Burcea at the 2011 Rugby World Cup
Birth name	Sandu Stelian Burcea
Date of birth	(1983-10-07) October 7, 1983
Place of birth	Pitești, Romania
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	225 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 National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2006– Romania 71 (40) Correct as of 25 November 2017

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.