Horațiu Pungea

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Horațiu Pungea
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Horațiu Pungea during a press conference before departing for 2015 Rugby World Cup
Birth nameHorațiu Eugen Pungea
Date of birth (1986-02-18) 18 February 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Luduș, Mureș County, Romania
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight295 lb (134 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2010–13 București Wolves 5 (0)
2013–14 Scarlets 4 (0)
2014–15 Lyon 23 (0)
2015– Oyonnax 9 (0)
Correct as of 28 February 2016
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2012 Timișoara Saracens 2 (0)
2013 Llanelli RFC 6 (0)
Correct as of 27 August 2015
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2012– Romania 30 (0)
Correct as of 23 August 2016

Horațiu Eugen Pungea (born 18 February 1986) is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop for Lyon.

He started his career at CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca before moving to play for RC Timișoara in the Romanian Rugby Championship. In October 2013 he signed a short-term deal with the Scarlets

He has 30 caps for Romania, having to score yet his first points. He made his international debut on 10 November 2012, in a 23-34 loss to Japan, in Bucharest. He was selected in the Romania squad for their autumn internationals in November 2013. He was called for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. He played in two games as a substitute.

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