Paulică Ion
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| Birth name | Paulică Ion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 January 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brăila, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 119 kg (18 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paulică Ion (born 10 January 1983 in Brăila) is a Romanian rugby union footballer. A tighthead prop, he started his career with CSA Steaua București, before moving to Bath in 2007[1] and previously played for London Irish.[2] He was loaned to London Welsh for the 2012/13 Season. On 20 April 2013, it was announced Paulica Ion would join the French Top 14 side USA Perpignan for the 2013/14 season.[3]
Provincial / State sides
[edit]Ion was also selected between 2005 and 2015 for the State side assembled to play in the European Cups, namely București Wolves.
International career
[edit]As of 11 October 2015, he has played 74 games for the Romanian national team, scoring one try. He played one match at the 2003 Rugby World Cup finals, two at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, four at the 2011 Rugby World Cup finals and also four at the 2015 Rugby World Cup finals.
References
[edit]- ^ Blackmore, Ben (31 July 2007). "Bath plug forward gaps". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
- ^ "Paulica Ion leaves Bath Rugby for London Irish". Bath Chronicle. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
- ^ "Paulica Ion joins USA Perpignan". Sky Sports. 20 April 2013.
External links
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- Paulică Ion at ESPNscrum
- Paulică Ion at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Paulică Ion at European Professional Club Rugby
- Profile at the London Irish site
- Profile at the London Welsh site
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Brăila
- Romanian rugby union players
- Romania international rugby union players
- Rugby union props
- CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (rugby union) players
- CSA Steaua București (rugby union) players
- București Wolves players
- Bath Rugby players
- London Irish players
- London Welsh RFC players
- USA Perpignan players
- Expatriate rugby union players in England
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Romanian expatriate rugby union players in France
- 2003 Rugby World Cup players
- 2011 Rugby World Cup players
- 2015 Rugby World Cup players
- Romanian rugby union biography stubs