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Subscribe to RSS FeedPetru Balan
Date of birth: 12/7/76
Position: Prop
Test caps: 49
Test debut: Ireland, 1998
Test points: 40
Current club: Biarritz
Strengths: One of the most under-rated and uncompromising props in the business. Strong as an ox.
Weaknesses: As a prop not many, but he doesn't exactly gallop around the field.
LIkely headline: Romania add extra Balans to the scrum
Did you know: Petru's younger brother Bogdan is also in the squad, and vying for the same spot in the team, a fact which rather adds credence to the above headline. Bogdan plays in France too, for Montauban.
