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.

Gloria Buzău

Full name	Sport Club Municipal Gloria Buzău
Founded	2005 (2005)
Disbanded	2020 (2020)
Location	Buzău, Romania
Ground(s)	Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica (Capacity: 1,000)
President	Ion Cazan
Coach(es)	Mugur Preda
Captain(s)	Marco Fuhri
League(s)	CEC Bank SuperLiga
2019–20	6th (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

• Divizia Națională de Seniori:
  • Runners-up (1) : 2018
  • Third place (1) : 2017
• Divizia A:
  • Third place (1) : 2014
• Cupa României
  • Winners (1): 1988
  • Runners-up (1): 1990

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 George Moise Hooker Romania Vlăduț Anghel Prop Romania Nika Chumashvili Prop Georgia Andrei Crețu Prop Romania Cătălin Platon Prop Romania Ciprian Lucaci Prop Romania Marius Pocriș Prop Romania Ștefan Iancu Lock Romania Clifferd Jacobs Lock South Africa Atelea Moa Lock Tonga 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 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

• Rugby union in Romania

External links

• Official website
• SuperLiga Squad Details
• PlanetaOvala.ro - Romanian Rugby News