Sandu Stelian Burcea (born 7 October 1983) is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a lock, flanker and number eight. Burcea is a player and the captain for

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in the Romanian Rugby Championship. He won the National Championship titles in 2011/12 and 2012/13. He is also player and captain for București Wolves, a team made from the best players at the Romanian Rugby Championship that competes at the

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. He has 44 caps for

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, since 2006, with 4 tries scored, 20 points on aggregate. Burcea first cap came at the 14-62 loss to

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, in

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, in a friendly game, at 17 June 2006, when he was 22 years old. He was called for the

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, playing in two games but without scoring.Stelian Burcea International Statistics
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, being used in three games, but once again remaining scoreless.

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* * * 1983 births Living people Romanian rugby union players Romania international rugby union players SCM Rugby Timișoara players București Wolves players CSA Steaua București (rugby union) players Rugby union number eights Sportspeople from Pitești 2011 Rugby World Cup players 2015 Rugby World Cup players {{romania-rugbyunion-bio-stub