Vlad Iordăchescu

Vlad Iordăchescu

Vlad Iordăchescu officiating in Romanian SuperLiga in 2015
Birth name	Vlad Călin Iordăchescu
Date of birth	(1984-09-09) 9 September 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Occupation(s)	pharmaceutics sales representative
Rugby union career
Refereeing career Years Competition Apps - SuperLiga - Rugby Pro D2 - World Rugby Tbilisi Cup 2014 2014 IRB Junior World Championship 2014 British and Irish Cup - European Rugby Challenge Cup - World Rugby Nations Cup - European Rugby Continental Shield - Test Matches

Vlad Iordăchescu (born 9 September 1984) is a Romanian rugby referee who mainly referees club rugby in such tournaments as the Romanian SuperLiga.^[1]

Career

Iordăchescu is considered by many the most valuable referee in Romanian Rugby.^[2]

Iordăchescu refereed 3 matches at the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship in New Zealand: Australia v Italy, France v Fiji and the 11th place game Fiji v Italy.^[3]

He refereed international Rugby union tests as early as 2009.

He also refereed the Belgium vs Tunisia test match in 2013.^[4]

Besides officiating in Romanian SuperLiga, Iordăchescu has been called to officiate in other European and International competitions such as: Rugby Pro D2, World Rugby Tbilisi Cup, British and Irish Cup, European Rugby Challenge Cup, World Rugby Nations Cup, European Rugby Continental Shield.

Following the controversial game between Belgium and Spain, where Iordăchescu made 23 suspicious decisions favoring Belgium, resulting in the qualification, then revoked, of Romania for the 2019 World Cup, the Rugby Romanian Federation was forced to withdraw him to refer the 1/4 final of the Champion Cup of Rugby between Pau - Stade Français due to happen the 30 March 2018^[5]

References

1. "JWRTs Final referee: Vlad Iordachescu". Retrieved 29 June 2012.
2. "BRIGADA ROMANEASCA IN CHALLENGE CUP LA STADE FRANCAIS CU LONDON IRISH, CU VLAD IORDACHESCU LA CENTRU". 27 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
3. "IRB Junior World Championship 2014". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
4. "VLAD IORDACHESCU VA FACE BRIGADA CU ROMAIN POITE". 2 November 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
5. "L'Arbitre roumain de Belgique-Espagne contraint de céder sa place pour le quart de finale de Challenge européen entre Pau et le Stade Français".