SCM Gloria Buzău (rugby)

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 Muncipial 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
2018–197th
Official website
scm-gloriabuzau.ro/rugby/
Active departments of SCM Gloria Buzău
Football Handball
(Women's)		 Rugby
Aeromodeling Athletics Boxing
Chess Futsal Gymnastics
Karate Table tennis Volleyball

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
  • Divizia A:
    • Third place (1) : 2014

Last squad before dissolution

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