Costel Burțilă

Costel Burțilă (born 14 July 1991) is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a prop for French Fédérale 1 club Hyères-Carqueiranne-La Crau.

Costel Burțilă

Full name	Costel Burțilă
Date of birth	(1991-07-14) 14 July 1991 (age 33)
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	120 kg (18 st 13 lb; 260 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Current team Hyères-Carqueiranne-La Crau Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2012–15 Stade Rodez Aveyron 32 (5) 2015–16 Cognac 16 (0) 2016–18 Lavaur 44 (0) 2018–19 Trélissac 22 (5) 2019–Present Hyères-Carqueiranne-La Crau 10 (0) Correct as of 27 March 2019 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2020–Present Romania 2 (0) Correct as of 9 March 2019

Club career

Costel Burțilă played mostly of his career in French Fédérale 1 league system. His started his rugby career in France in 2012 with Stade Rodez Aveyron. In 2015 he was signed by Fédérale 1 club Cognac playing there for only a season. In 2016 followed a move to Lavaur where he played for two seasons and in 2018 he was signed by Fédérale 1 club Trélissac. After just one season with Trélissac he was signed Hyères-Carqueiranne-La Crau in 2019.^[1]

International career

Burțilă is also selected for Romania's national team, the Oaks, making his international debut during the Week 2 of 2020 Rugby Europe Championship in a test match against the Os Lobos.^[2][3]

References

1. www.all.rugby. "Costel BURTILA Bio and Career".
2. en.espn.co.uk (8 February 2020). "Romania Rugby Union debuts".
3. ESPN (8 February 2020). "SIX NATIONS B - Caldas da Rainha, 8 February 2020, 15:00 local, 15:00 GMT".

External links

• Costel Burțilă at ESPNscrum
• Costel Burțilă at ItsRugby.co.uk
• Costel Burțilă at Hyères-Carqueiranne-La Crau website (in French)