Background
Marian Pîrvu was born in Constanţa and he started his sports career in 1999 by practicing Kickboxing.
Marian Pîrvu was born in Constanţa and he started his sports career in 1999 by practicing Kickboxing.
He predominantly plays as an fullback, although his versatility means has also played a number of international games on the center. After this experiences, passioned by the oval ball, he decided to play his first game of rugby. Pîrvu began his playing career with CS Rugby Cleopatra-Mamaia.
As a junior player for this Club Team, he performed at the following competitions:
2006-2007 National Championship U18 (3rd place)
2007-2008 National Championship U19 (2nd place)
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 5th place.
The next year, in Poland at the European Under-19 Rugby Union Championship, the Romania took revenge and got the 1st place. The last international championship as a junior was in 2009 at the Institutional Review Board World Rugby Trophy where Romania wins the finals against United States of America.