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Romania has named a 37-man roster for the July Internationals. The Eastern Europeans will tour Uruguay and also play a test match against Italy. The fixtures will begin at home against Italy on July 01 and be followed by tests in Montevideo on July 10 and 17.
The roster contains twenty-one forwards and sixteen backs. The roster is predominantly made up of homebred players. They are joined by some based in France and Portugal.
Of note is the retune of Florin Vlaicu.The 35-year-old is the most capped Romanian player. His 128 caps including appearances at RWCs 2007, 2011 and 2015. He was set to appear in a fourth RWC but Romania were disqualified for breaching player eligibility laws.
Vlaicu has scored 1024 points for Romania. This makes him the highest point scorer of all active test match rugby players. He is placed 6th on the all-time list. He may overtake the retired Ronan O’Gara and Neil Jenkins before RWC 2023.
JULY 2022 INTERNATIONALS – ROMANIA ROSTER
FORWARDS
Vasile Balan (CSA Steaua), Alexandru Savin (SO Chambery, FR), Dorin Tică (CS Dinamo), Gheorghe Gajion (Mont de Marsan, FR), Alexandru Gordaș (CS Dinamo), Victor Leon (Colomiers, FR), Florin Bărdașu (CSA Steaua), Ovidiu Cojocaru (CSM Știința Baia Mare), Tudor Butnariu (CSA Steaua), Iulian Hartig (Alcobendas, ES), Marius Antonescu (USBPA, FR), Marius Iftimiciuc (Perigueux, FR), Andrei Toader (CS Dinamo), Luigi Ostoni (Bayonne Espoirs, FR), Johan Van Heerden (CS Dinamo), Ștefan Iancu (CSM Știința Baia Mare), Vlad Neculau (SCM USAMVB Timișoara), Dragoș Ser (CSA Steaua), Cristi Boboc (CSA Steaua), Mihai Macovei (Colomiers, FR), Kamil Sobota (CSA Steaua).
BACKS
Gabriel Rupanu (SCM USAMVB Timișoara), Florin Surugiu (CSA Steaua), Alexandru Țiglă (CSM Știința Baia Mare), Gabriel Pop (Cascais Rugby, PT), Mihai Mureșan (CSM Știința Baia Mare), Florin Vlaicu (SCM USAMVB Timișoara), Adrian Apostol (CSM Știința Baia Mare), Alexandru Bucur (SCM USAMVB Timișoara), Taylor Gontineac (Rouen, FR), Vlăduț Popa (CSA Steaua), Tangimana Fonovai (CSA Steaua), Mihai Lămboiu (CSM Știința Baia Mare), Jason Tomane (CSM Știința Baia Mare), Marius Simionescu (CS Dinamo), Hinckley Vaovasa (CSA Steaua), Sioeli Lama (CSA Steaua)
