Marian Pîrvu

Marian Pîrvu (born 4 May 1989) is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He predominantly plays as a fullback, although his versatility means has also played a number of international games on the center.

Early life
Marian Pîrvu was born in Constanţa and he started his sports career in 1999 by practicing Kickboxing. In 2000, he became national duble champion at full-contact and semi-contact at his category. After this experiences, passioned by the oval ball, he decided to play his first game of rugby.

Playing career
Pîrvu began his playing career with CS Rugby Cleopatra-Mamaia. As a junior player for this Club Team, he performed at the following competitions: As a senior player, in 2009, he went to RCJ Farul Constanţa to win the 3 rd place at the National Championship 2009-2010.
 * 2006-2007 National Championship U18 (3 rd place)
 * 2007-2008 National Championship U19 (2 nd place)

International career
He made his international debut in 2007, at the age of 18, against France at the European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship where the Romanian Team gets only the 5 th place. The next year, in Poland at the European Under-19 Rugby Union Championship, Romania took revenge and won first place.

The last international championship as a junior was in 2009 at the IRB World Rugby Trophy where Romania wins the finals against USA.