Alexandru Țăruș

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{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Alexandru Țăruș

| image = Alexandru Tarus 2015.jpg

| caption = Țăruș during a press conference before departing for the 2015 Rugby World Cup

| birth_name = Alexandru Mihai Țăruș

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|05|9}}

| birth_place = Braşov, Romania

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| height = {{convert|6|ft|0.4|in|m|2|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|275|lb|stlb kg|abbr=on}}

| position = Prop

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| amatteam1 = RC Braşov

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| years2 = 2011−2012

| years3 = 2012–2015

| years4 = 2013–2014

| years5 = 2015–2017

| years6 = 2017–2019

| years7 = 2019−2021

| years8 = 2021−2023

| years9 = 2023-

| clubs1 = Steaua București

| clubs2 = CSU Aurel Vlaicu Arad

| clubs3 = Timișoara Saracens

| clubs4 = →București Wolves

| clubs5 = Béziers

| clubs6 = Sale Sharks

| clubs7 = Zebre

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| clubs9 = SCM Timisoara

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| repteam1 = Romania Under 20

| repteam2 = Romania

| repyears1 = 2009

| repyears2 = 2013–

| repcaps1 = 4

| repcaps2 = 39

| reppoints1 = 0

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| ru_ntupdate = 3 July 2021

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Alexandru Mihai Țăruș (born 9 May 1989){{cite web|url=http://rugby-timisoara.ro/jucator/alexandru-mihai-tarus/ |title=Alexandru Mihai ȚĂRUȘ |publisher=RC Timişoara |access-date=February 25, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop and he currently plays for SCM Timisoara{{cite news|url=https://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/transferts/2021/transferts-rouen-s-offre-le-pilier-roumain-alexandru-tarus_sto8386631/story.shtml|title=Rouen s'offre le pilier roumain Alexandru Tarus|work=Rugbyrama|date=23 June 2021|access-date=23 June 2021|language=French}}

He was formed as a player at RC Braşov. As a junior player he won the Junior World Cup (2009) with the National U20 Team in Kenya. He played for RC Timişoara in the Romanian Rugby Championship.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

After playing for Romania Under 20 in 2009, from 2013 Tarus was named in the Romania squad. He has 9 caps for Romania, since his debut at the 30-8 win over Argentina Jaguars in Bucharest at 12 June 2013, for the IRB Nations Cup. He was called for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, playing in two games as a substitute but without scoring. He still has to score his first international points.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

On 10 April 2017, Țăruș travels to England to join Aviva Premiership side Sale Sharks on a two-year contract ahead of the 2017-18 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39555785|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Sale Sharks sign Romania international prop Alexandru Tarus from next season|date=22 April 2017}}

On 15 April 2019, Tarus left Sale Sharks to join Italian club Zebre in the Pro14 from the 2019-20 season to 2020-21 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/47937535|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Alexandru Tarus: Sale Sharks prop to join Italian club Zebre Rugby|date=15 April 2019|access-date=21 September 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.zebrerugbyclub.it/il-nazionale-romeno-tarus-nuovo-pilone-destro-delle-zebre-fino-al-2021/|work=Zebre|title=Il nazionale romeno Tarus è il nuovo pilone destro delle Zebre fino al 2021|date=15 April 2019|access-date=15 April 2019|language=Italian}}{{cite news|url=https://www.zebrerugbyclub.it/le-zebre-rugby-salutano-otto-giocatori-che-lasciano-il-club-2/|work=Zebre|title=Le Zebre Rugby salutano otto giocatori che lasciano il club|date=29 May 2021|access-date=29 May 2021|language=Italian|archive-date=29 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529091659/https://www.zebrerugbyclub.it/le-zebre-rugby-salutano-otto-giocatori-che-lasciano-il-club-2/|url-status=dead}}

In 2023 Țăruș returned in the Liga Națională de Rugby at his former team, SCM Timișoara.