Mihai Lazăr

Mihai Lazăr
Lazăr with Romania in 2011.
Full nameMihăiță Lazăr
Born (1986-11-03) 3 November 1986[1]
Iași, Romania
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight120 kg (18 st 13 lb; 260 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Position Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2002–2009 Poli Iași
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009–2010 CASE 23 (0)
2010–2012 Pays d'Aix 44 (5)
2012–2018 Castres Olympique 130 (0)
2018–2019 Grenoble 15 (0)
2019–2021 Oyonnax 9 (0)
2022- Timișoara 2
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.