2022 Liga Națională de Rugby season

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2022 Liga Națională de Rugby
Countries Romania
Date16 April 2022 – 4 December 2022
ChampionsȘtiința Baia Mare
Runners-upSteaua București
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The 2022 Liga Națională de Rugby is the 104th season of the top Romanian rugby union competition operated by the Romanian Rugby Federation.

Teams

Fourteen clubs will compete in the 2022 Liga Națională de Rugby season, nine of them joining the competition from the now defunct Divizia Națională de Seniori, formerly the second division of domestic Romanian rugby, while another five teams join the competition from the also defunct CEC Bank SuperLiga, formerly the first division of domestic Romanian rugby.


Team Manager Captain Stadium Capacity
Dinamo București New Zealand Sosene Anesi Romania Alexandru Mitu Stadionul Arcul de Triumf 8,207
Steaua București Romania Stefan Acsinte Fiji Eseria Vueti Stadionul Steaua 31,254
Știința Baia Mare Romania Eugen Apjok Romania Ovidiu Cojocaru Arena Zimbrilor 2,300
Timișoara Rugby Romania Valentin Calafeteanu Romania Eugen Căpățână Stadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu 1,000
CS Năvodari Romania Virgil Năstase Romania Onal Agiacai Stadionul Flacăra 5,000
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca Romania Cristian Săuan South Africa Kuselo Moyake Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu 500
RC Grivița București Romania Alexandru Marin Romania Damian Ispas Stadionul Arcul de Triumf 8,207
Știința Petroșani Romania Emanuel Alexandru Lupu Romania Alin Ghiarasim Stadionul Știința 4,000
Politehnica Iași Romania Cosmin Rațiu Romania Sergiu Michiduță Stadionul Tepro 1,000
CSM Galați Romania Emanuel Alexandru Lupu Romania Gabriel Dănăilă Stadionul Nicolae Rainea 23,000
RC Bârlad Romania Ioan Harnagea Romania Constantin Cristaoan Stadionul Rulmentul 2,000
CSM Suceava Romania Mihai-Marcel Crețuleac Romania Lucian Preutescu Stadionul Areni 7,000
RC Gura Humorului Romania Andrei Varvaroi Romania Claudiu Cuciureanu Stadionul Tineretului 2,000
CSU Alba Iulia Romania Marius-Florin Ștefănescu Romania Florin Mureșan Coge Stadionul Cetate 18,000

Table

Group A

Key to colours
     Advances to play-offs
     Advances to play-outs
Regular Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points difference Bonus points Points
1 SCM Rugby Timișoara 6 6 0 0 492 56 +436 6 30
2 Știința Baia Mare 6 5 0 1 409 62 +347 5 25
3 Universitatea Cluj 6 4 0 2 339 151 +188 4 20
4 Știința Petroșani 6 3 0 3 231 193 +38 3 15
5 RC Gura Humorului 6 2 0 4 74 325 -251 0 8
6 CSM Suceava 6 1 0 5 68 221 -467 1 5
7 CSU Alba Iulia 6 0 0 6 50 409 -359 1 1

Group B

Key to colours
     Advances to play-offs
     Advances to play-outs
Regular Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points difference Bonus points Points
1 Steaua București 6 5 1 0 501 57 +444 5 27
2 Dinamo București 6 5 1 0 496 59 +437 5 27
3 CS Năvodari 6 3 0 3 141 308 -167 1 13
4 RC Grivița București 6 3 0 3 119 297 -178 1 13
5 Politehnica Iași 6 2 0 4 114 198 -84 3 11
6 CSM Galați 6 2 0 4 120 -253 -133 2 10
7 RC Bârlad 6 0 0 6 71 -390 -319 1 1


Playoffs

Key to colours
     Home semifinal
     Away semifinal
Playoff Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points difference Bonus points Points
1 Știința Baia Mare 4 3 0 1 95 82 +13 12 14
2 Dinamo București 4 3 0 1 86 71 +15 12 13
3 Steaua București 4 1 0 3 91 82 +9 4 8
4 SCM Rugby Timișoara 4 1 0 3 68 105 -37 4 4

Fixtures & results

Round 1

16 April 2022
11:00
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca133–6CSM Suceava
Report
Iuliu Hatieganu
Attendance: 250
Referee: Vlad Iordăchescu
17 April 2022
11:00
Știința Petroșani46–12RC Gura Humorului
Report
Stadionul Știința
Attendance: 200
16 April 2022
12:00
CS Năvodari44–37RC Grivița București
Report
Stadionul Flacăra
Attendance: 350
16 April 2022
12:00
RC Bârlad7–30CSM Galați
Report
Stadionul Rulmentul
Attendance: 250

Round 2

30 April 2022
13:30
Știința Baia Mare13-31SCM Timișoara
Report
Arena Zimbrilor
Attendance: 800
30 April 2022
11:00
Politehnica Iași17–20CS Năvodari
Report
Stadionul Tepro-Tineretului
Attendance: 200
Referee: Vlad Iordachescu
1 May 2022
18:00
Steaua București23–23Dinamo București
Report
Stadionul Steaua
Attendance: 600
Referee: Radu Petrescu
1 May 2022
11:00
CSM Suceava18–66Știința Petroșani
Report
Stadionul Unirea
Attendance: 200

Round 3

22 April 2022
11:00
RC Gura Humorului22–11CSM Suceava
Report
Stadionul Tineretului
Attendance: 200
7 May 2022
11:00
Știința Petroșani76–14CSU Alba Iulia
Report
Stadionul Stiinta
Attendance: 400
Referee: David Popa
7 May 2022
11:00
RC Bârlad7–52Politehnica Iași
Report
Stadionul Rulmentul
Attendance: 200
Referee: Alexandru Ionescu
8 May 2022
12:00
CS Năvodari7–30Steaua București
Report
Stadionul Flacara
Attendance: 400
Referee: Robert Diaconescu
8 May 2022
15:00
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca13–35Știința Baia Mare
Report
Iuliu Hatieganu
Attendance: 300
Referee: Cristian Serban

Round 4

14 May 2022
11:00
Steaua București125–9RC Bârlad
Report
Stadionul Ghencea II
Attendance: 200
Referee: Madalin Girbau
14 May 2022
14:30
Politehnica Iași26–23CSM Galați
Report
Stadionul Tepro-Tineretului
Attendance: 200
14 May 2022
11:00
Știința Baia Mare54–15Știința Petroșani
Report
Arena Zimbrilor
Attendance: 400
Referee: Nicolae Fratila
15 May 2022
11:30
SCM Rugby Timișoara80–17Universitatea Cluj
Report
Stadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu
Attendance: 300
Referee: Calin Cojocnean
29 May 2022
11:00
CSU Alba Iulia33–14RC Gura Humorului
Report
Stadionul Cetate
Attendance: 200
Referee: Vlad Iordachescu

Round 5

21 May 2022
11:00
CSM Suceava33–14CSU Alba Iulia
Report
Stadionul Municipal
Attendance: 200
Referee: Vlad Iordachescu
21 May 2022
14:00
Știința Petroșani14–62SCM Rugby Timișoara
Report
Stadionul Știința
Attendance: 300
21 May 2022
11:00
CSM Galați3–74Steaua București
Report
Stadionul Municipal
Attendance: 200

Round 6

29 May 2022
11:00
Știința Baia Mare95–0CSM Suceava
Report
Arena Zimbrilor
Attendance: 300
Referee: Florin Bonea
29 May 2022
17:00
Universitatea Cluj33–14Știința Petroșani
Report
Iuliu Hatieganu
Attendance: 100
Referee: Robert Diaconescu
28 May 2022
11:00
Steaua București113–10RC Grivița București
Report
Stadionul Ghencea II
Attendance: 150
28 May 2022
12:00
Dinamo București97–12CSM Galați
Report
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf
Attendance: 250
Referee: Alexandru Nitulescu
28 May 2022
11:00
CS Năvodari40–22RC Bârlad
Report
Stadionul Flacara
Attendance: 200

Round 7

4 June 2022
11:00
CSM Suceava0-137SCM Rugby Timișoara
Report
Stadionul Municipal
Attendance: 200
Referee: Romica Dumitriu
4 June 2022
12:00
RC Gura Humorului16–55Universitatea Cluj
Report
Stadionul Tineretului
Attendance: 400
Referee: Mihai Vacaru
4 June 2022
11:00
CSM Galați40–22CS Năvodari
Report
Stadionul Municipal
Attendance: 150
Referee: Alexandru Ionescu
4 June 2022
16:00
CSU Alba Iulia3–98Știința Baia Mare
Report
Stadionul Cetate
Attendance: 200
Referee: Teodor Buzatu
4 June 2022
11:00
Politehnica Iași9–69Steaua București
Report
Stadionul Tepro
Attendance: 300
Referee: Dragos Bargaoanu
4 June 2022
11:00
RC Grivița București6–98Dinamo București
Report
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf
Attendance: 450
Referee: Alexandru Nitulescu

Playoffs

Round 1

13 August 2022
11:00
SCM Rugby Timișoara21–15Dinamo București
Report
Stadionul Gheorghe Rascanu
Attendance: 300
Referee: Robert Diaconescu
13 August 2022
13:15
Steaua București24–30Știința Baia Mare
Report
Stadionul Ghencea
Attendance: 400
Referee: Alexandru Ionescu

Round 2

20 August 2022
11:00
SCM Rugby Timișoara14–32Steaua București
Report
Stadionul Gheorghe Rascanu
Attendance: 300
Referee: Cristian Serban
20 August 2022
12:30
Dinamo București23–17Știința Baia Mare
Report
Stadionul Dinamo
Attendance: 300
Referee: Vlad Iordachescu

Round 3

26 August 2022
19:45
Steaua București27–28Dinamo București
Report
Stadionul Steaua
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Cristian Serban
27 August 2022
11:00
Știința Baia Mare38–27SCM Rugby Timișoara
Report
Arena Zimbrilor
Attendance: 500
Referee: Radu Petrescu

Round 4

3 September 2022
11:00
Știința Baia Mare10-8Steaua București
Report
Arena Zimbrilor
Attendance: 1000
3 September 2022
12:45
Dinamo București20-6SCM Rugby Timișoara
Report
Stadionul Dinamo
Attendance: 500

Round 5

1 October 2022
11:00
Știința Baia Mare18-16Dinamo București
Report
Arena Zimbrilor
Attendance: 800

Round 6

7 October 2022
18:15
Steaua București22-23Dinamo București
Report
Arena Zimbrilor
Attendance: 1000

Finals

Semifinals

27 November 2022
16:30
Steaua București25-15Dinamo București
Report
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf
Attendance: 1200
Referee: Robert Diaconescu

3rd place match

4 December 2022
11:30
SCM Rugby Timișoara18-44Dinamo București
Report
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Vlad Iordachescu

Final

4 December 2022
14:30
Steaua București15–22Știința Baia Mare
Report
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf
Attendance: 1500
Referee: Alexandru Ionescu

References