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The Liga Națională de Rugby (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈliɡa natsjoˈnalə de ˈruɡbi]) is a professional [citation needed] rugby union club competition that is played in Romania. In the 2023 season there are 14 teams competing. [1] The competition was established in 1913 and is governed by the Romanian Rugby Federation.
The Romanian Rugby Federation (Romanian: Federația Română de Rugby), abbreviated as FRR, is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Romania.Romania currently comprises 24,610 players, 9,810 members of which are registered and 113 clubs in the whole country.
Rugby union is a moderately popular team sport played in Romania with a tradition of more than 100 years. In past eras, the game had been more popular and Romanian national teams had been relatively highly ranked in world rugby, but their standing declined since the dawn of professionalism and the end of communism.
The Romania national rugby union team, [1] nicknamed Stejarii (The Oaks), has long been considered one of the stronger European teams outside the Six Nations.They have participated in all but one Rugby World Cup and currently compete in the first division of the European Nations Cup, which they won in 2017.
The Cupa României, like the SuperLiga was set up in 1914 as the main cup competition in Romania and was only competed by two teams which were Tennis Club Român and Sporting Club, both from București. This two team competition continued until the 1920s and 1930s where the number of clubs in the capital had increased due to the popularity of ...
Rugby union is a relatively popular team sport played in Romania, with a tradition of more than 100 years and were bronze medalists when Rugby was included in the 1924 Paris Olympic Games. [3] The Romania national rugby union team competed at every Rugby World Cup up until 2019, where the team were disqualified for fielding ineligible players ...
Clubul Sportiv Universitatea Cluj-Napoca is a Romanian professional rugby union club from Cluj-Napoca, which currently plays in the Liga Națională de Rugby, the top tier in Romania operated by the Romanian Rugby Federation..
CSM Știința Baia Mare, commonly referred to as Știința Baia Mare (Romanian pronunciation: [ʃtiintsa baia mare]), is a Romanian professional rugby union club based in Baia Mare that competes in the Liga de Rugby Kaufland, Romania's top division of rugby.