Date of birth | 10 May 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Valea Seacă, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 117 kg (18 st 6 lb; 258 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Valentin Ursache (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrei Ursache (born 10 May 1984) is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays in the prop position for amateur Pro D2 club Carcassonne and formally for București based European Challenge Cup side the Wolves. [1] [2] Ursache also plays for Romania's national team the Oaks.
He is the older brother of fellow rugby union player Valentin Ursache.
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