SCM Gloria Buzău (rugby union)


SCM Gloria Buzău is a professional Romanian rugby union club from Buzău, which plays, starting with 2018-2019 edition, in the CEC Bank SuperLiga, the first division of Romanian club rugby. At the end of April, Gloria Buzău announced that they will withdraw from the national competition due to financial issues caused by the Coronavirus pandemic leaving only 6 teams in the SuperLiga for the remainder of the season. But they will continue to support their U10`s and U12`s teams.[1]

Gloria Buzău
Full nameSport Club Municipal Gloria Buzău
Founded2005 (2005)
Disbanded2020 (2020)
LocationBuzău, Romania
Ground(s)Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica (Capacity: 1,000)
PresidentIon Cazan
Coach(es)Mugur Preda
Captain(s)Marco Fuhri
League(s)CEC Bank SuperLiga
2019–206th (before dissolvement)
Official website
scm-gloriabuzau.ro/rugby/

History

The team was founded in 2005 and bore the name Stejarul Buzău for most of its history. It was financed by the local authorities on a per-project basis until 2017, when the municipality created a sports club called Sport Club Municipal Gloria and took over several other sports teams in the city, including Stejarul.

Honours

Last squad before dissolution

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union
Marco Fuhri (c) Hooker South Africa South Africa
George Moise Hooker Romania Romania
Vlăduț Anghel Prop Romania Romania
Nika Chumashvili Prop Georgia (country) Georgia
Andrei Crețu Prop Romania Romania
Cătălin Platon Prop Romania Romania
Ciprian Lucaci Prop Romania Romania
Marius Pocriș Prop Romania Romania
Ștefan Iancu Lock Romania Romania
Clifferd Jacobs Lock South Africa South Africa
Atelea Moa Lock Tonga Tonga
Emanuel Zaharia-Pincincu Lock Romania Romania
Nicu Băboiu Back row Romania Romania
Cristi Boboc Back row Romania Romania
Malafu Puniani Back row Tonga Tonga
Player Position Union
Alexandru Afloare Scrum-half Romania Romania
Marian Lupu Scrum-half Romania Romania
Wilfred Bowers Fly-half South Africa South Africa
Paula Folau Fly-half Tonga Tonga
Ionuț Balaban Centre Romania Romania
Lomani Fili Centre Tonga Tonga
Cosmin Iliuță Centre Romania Romania
George Prunaru Centre Romania Romania
Wihan Adlem Wing South Africa South Africa
Andrei Pașcu Wing Romania Romania
Ștefan Ștefăroi Wing Romania Romania
De-An Deneille Ackermann Fullback South Africa South Africa
Alexandru Crăciun Fullback Romania Romania
  • note = Players in bold have played at least one match for their national team.

See also

References
  1. "Press release connected to SCM Gloria Buzău`s rugby section". 29 April 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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