Haralambie Dumitraș
Dumitraș during a press conference at Romania's squad announcement for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 February 1960 Siret, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative | Iulian Dumitraș (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Haralambie Dumitraș (born 11 February 1960), also known as Hari Dumitraș, is a Romanian former rugby union player and current coach. He played as number eight.
Professional career
He played for Section Paloise and RC Strasbourg in France.
Dumitraș was a leading name for Romania during the "Golden Era" of the 1980s. He had 47 caps, from 1984 to 1993, scoring 7 tries, 30 points in aggregate. He was the captain in 13 games. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing in two games, without scoring, and for the 1991 Rugby World Cup, playing in all the three games and scoring a try in the 17–15 win over Fiji at 12 October 1991.[1]
On 4 April 1994, Dumitraș was selected to play for the Barbarians in their match against Swansea at St Helen's.[2]
After finishing his player career, he became a coach. He settled in France, where he was one of the two head coaches of CA Périgueux. He afterwards went to coach Entente Astarac Bigorre XV, RC Strasbourg and US Argelésienne.
He was briefly the head coach of the Romania national team in 2011 and later served as president of the Romanian Rugby Federation.
Personal life
In 1979, while serving his military service at Steaua, Dumitraș was encouraged to try rugby by Colonel Petre Cosmănescu, the club's renowned head coach and a senior army officer.[3] His son, Iulian, is also a professional rugby player who represented Romania at the 2007 and 2011 Rugby World Cups.[4]
References
- ^ Haralambie Dumitras International Statistics
- ^ "Swansea vs Barbarians – 4/4/1994". Barbarianfc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ "21 de ani de la ultima victorie romaneasca in Franta". Rugbyromania.ro (in Romanian). 24 May 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
- ^ Spiritul "stejarilor" merge mai departe! Cel mai tare duo tată-fiu din rugby, reunit de ProSport!
External links
- Haralambie Dumitraș at ESPNscrum (archived)