And now for something completely different ! ..... I didn't know the Romanians played rugby ! Nicolae Marascu Romania Full name Nicolae Marascu Born date unknown Major teams Romania Position Centre Nicolae Marascu (Bucharest, 1898-1936) was a Romanian rugby union footballer. He played as a centre. Marascu had 5 caps for the newcomer Romania, without ever scoring, since his first match, in 1919, a 48-5 loss to France XV, in Paris, for the Inter-Allied Games, and his last, at 22 May 1927, in a 21-5 win over Czechoslovakia, in Bratislava. The highest point of Marascu career was at the 1924 Olympic Tournament, when Romania, even losing to France (59-3) and the United States (39-0) still won the bronze medal by finishing in 3rd place. Marascu was the captain of the Romanian team. Sadly it would be the last time that rugby union appeared at the Olympic Games.
