Haralambie Dumitraș

Haralambie Dumitraș (born 11 February 1960), also known as Hari Dumitraș, is a Romanian former rugby union player and current coach. He played as number eight.

Professional career He played for Section Paloise and RC Strasbourg in France.

Dumitraș was a leading name for Romania during the "Golden Era" of the 1980s. He had 47 caps, from 1984 to 1993, scoring 7 tries, 30 points in aggregate. He was the captain in 13 games. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing in two games, without scoring, and for the 1991 Rugby World Cup, playing in all the three games and scoring a try in the 17–15 win over Fiji at 12 October 1991.

On 4 April 1994, Dumitraș was selected to play for the Barbarians in their match against Swansea at St Helen's.

After finishing his player career, he became a coach. He settled in France, where he was one of the two head coaches of CA Périgueux. He afterwards went to coach Entente Astarac Bigorre XV, RC Strasbourg and US Argelésienne.

He was briefly the head coach of the Romania national team in 2011 and later served as president of the Romanian Rugby Federation.

Personal life In 1979, while serving his military service at Steaua, Dumitraș was encouraged to try rugby by Colonel Petre Cosmănescu, the club's renowned head coach and a senior army officer. His son, Iulian, is also a professional rugby player who represented Romania at the 2007 and 2011 Rugby World Cups.