# Romania national under-20 rugby union team

The Romania national under-20 rugby union team is Romania's junior national team in rugby union. They have represented Romania in the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy, now known as the World Rugby U20 Trophy but have not yet participate in the World Rugby U20 Championship. They participated in the first three Junior World Trophies, winning it in 2009, and in 2018 they hosted of the World Rugby U20 Trophy for the first time.

## Results in the World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
### 2008 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy

Pool
* Romania 28–26 Namibia
* Romania 46–7 Cook Islands
* Chile 14–3 Romania
3rd place play-off
* Romania 10–34 Georgia

### 2009 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy

Pool
* Papua New Guinea 17–50 Romania
* South Korea 14–65 Romania
* Romania 26–20 Chile
Final
* United States 13–25 Romania

### 2010 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy

Pool
* Uruguay 12–15 Romania
* Italy 30–7 Romania
* Romania 48–12 Papua New Guinea
3rd place play-off
* Romania 20–23 (aet) Russia

### 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy

Pool
* Namibia 55–26 Romania
* Samoa 31–17 Romania
* Romania 33–56 Hong Kong
7th place play-off
* Romania 14–71 Canada

## Players
### Current squad

On 12 October 2023, the following 36 players were called up for the 2023 Rugby Europe Under 20s Championship.
Head coach: Nicolae Mocanu
| Player | Position | Club |
| Petre Alexandru Popa | Hooker | Tomitanii Constanța |
| Adrian Mircea Radu | Hooker | CS Rapid |
| George-Cosmin Iftemi | Hooker | CS Rapid |
| Marko-Ștefan Buruiană | Prop | Castres Olympique |
| Marian Bodorin | Prop | Tomitanii Constanța |
| Cristian – Josef Andrioaei | Prop | CSU ELBI Cluj |
| Lukas Mitu | Prop | Castres Olympique |
| Eduard Mocanu | Prop | Complutense Cisneros |
| Răzvan Alexandru Olteanu | Prop | CS Rapid |
| Alexandru Cristian | Prop | CS Rapid |
| Stefan Ciocirlan | Lock | Hartpury RFC |
| Nicolaie Ursu | Lock | Tomitanii Constanța |
| Andrei Ștefan Iulian Rusu | Lock | Steaua București |
| Eduard Nicolae Cioroabă | Back Row | Dinamo București |
| Marius Nicolae Nazîru | Back Row | Constanța |
| Mihai-Daniel Chirica | Back Row | Constanța |
| Mihnea Călin Miru | Back Row | CS Rapid |
| Petronel Arariței | Back Row | CS Politehnica Iași |
| Andrei-Ionuț Schutz | Back Row | Baia Mare |
| Alexandru Sava | Scrum-half | Constanța |
| Robert Petrișor Ionașcu | Scrum-half | Dinamo București |
| Cristian-Andrei Nedelcu | Scrum-half | Steaua București |
| Ionuț-Alexandru Sava | Fly-half | Constanța |
| Ioan Ștefan Cojocariu | Fly-half | Dinamo București |
| Fabian – Constantin Bunu | Fly-half | CSU ELBI Cluj |
| Mihai-Paul Graure | Centre | Dinamo București |
| Ștefan – Michael Borș | Centre | Dublin City University |
| Iulian Melinte | Centre | CS Rapid |
| Alexandru-Ciprian Neagu | Centre | Constanța |
| Liviu Cristian Stoian | Centre | Constanța |
| Daniel – Andrei Neagu | Wing | CS Rapid |
| Iulian Petrișor Manole | Wing | Constanța |
| Răzvan Călin | Wing | Constanța |
| Vali Traian Nițu | Full-back | Dinamo București |
| Ștefan Nedelcu | Full-back | CS Rapid |
| Toni Sebastian Maftei | Full-back | Aurillac |

## Coaches
### Current coaching staff

The current coaching staff of the Romanian national team:
| Name | Nationality | Role |
| Ovidiu Cârcei | ROU | Manager |
| Nicolae Mocanu | ROU | Head coach |
| Dănuț Dumbrăva | ROU | Assistant coach |
| Dr. Vlad-Constantin Ilie | ROU | Team doctor |
| Marin Obretin | ROU | Kinesiotherapist |