Gheorghe Ion (born 27 July 1960) is a Romanian former
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
international active in the 1980s and 1990s. He is the father of rugby player
Adrian Ion.
Ion, a hooker, was known by the nickname "Tarzan". He started playing rugby union at Bucharest School Sports Club and had a long association with
CS Dinamo București
CS Dinamo București (full name: Clubul Sportiv Dinamo București), or Dinamo for short, is a multi-sport club from Bucharest, Romania.
History
The club was founded in the spring of 1948, being subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior. F ...
. Internationally, Ion featured in 38 Test matches, which included a stint as captain. He scored Romania's only try in a famous win over Wales at Cardiff Arms Park in 1988. In 1991 he represented Romania at the
Rugby World Cup
The Men's Rugby World Cup is a rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams, the winners of which are recognised as the World championship, world champions of the sport.
The tournament is administer ...
, playing all three matches.
See also
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List of Romania national rugby union players
List of Romania national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Romania national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a match recognized by the Romanian Rugby Federation as a test match, wh ...
References
External links
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1960 births
Living people
Romanian rugby union players
Romania international rugby union players
Rugby union hookers
CS Dinamo București (rugby union) players
1991 Rugby World Cup players