Mihai Lazăr

Rugby player
Mihai Lazăr
Lazăr with Romania in 2011.
Full nameMihăiță Lazăr
Date of birth (1986-11-03) November 3, 1986 (age 37)[1]
Place of birthIași, Romania
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight120 kg (18 st 13 lb; 260 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2002–2009 Poli Iași ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009–2010
2010–2012
2012–2018
2018–2019
2019–2021
2022-
CASE
Pays d'Aix
Castres Olympique
Grenoble
Oyonnax
Timișoara
23
44
130
15
9
2
(0)
(5)
(0)
(0)
(0)
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007–2009 Bucharest Wolves 11 0
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2008–2019 Romania 63 (15)
Correct as of 25 November 2017

Mihăiță "Mihai" Lazăr (born 3 November 1986) is a Romanian rugby union player who plays as a prop for Liga Națională de Rugby club SCM Rugby Timișoara. He also played for the Romania national team, The Oaks.[2]

Lazăr made his debut for Romania national team in 2008 against Czech Republic, in a 76-7 win.[3] He played three matches at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, scoring a try against Scotland (24-34) and then collecting accolades in the pages of The New Zealand Herald newspaper.[4]

On 1 June 2013, he clinched his first ever title, winning the Top 14 final with Castres Olympique. He won his second Top 14 title in 2018.[5] In 2019 he moved to the Pro D2 club Oyonnax, for which he played until the end of 2021.

Honours

Club

Castres Olympique

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mihăiță Lazăr". castres-olympique.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21.
  2. ^ "Mihai Lazăr". itsrugby.co.uk.
  3. ^ ""Stejarii" au făcut instrucţie cu Cehia" (in Romanian). Prosport. 22 March 2008.
  4. ^ "Rugby World Cup: Ten mighty minnows". The New Zealand Herald. 9 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Comment Castres a battu Toulon" (in French). L'Équipe. 2 June 2013.
  6. ^ "KOCKOTT TAKES CASTRES TO THE TOP". rugby365.com. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2021.

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