 Rugby union in Romania is administered by the Romanian Rugby Federation (Federaţia Română de Rugby), which was founded in 1913 as Federațiunea Societăților de Sport din România (FSSR).It joined the IRB in 1987 when Romania was invited to take part in the inaugural 1987 Rugby World Cup.The current president is Alin Petrache

The game was introduced to Romania from France at the turn of the 20th century by students returning with rugby balls from their studies in Paris.