Ovidiu Tonița (born 6 August 1980) is a Romanian former rugby union player who played 73 times for the Romania national team between 2000 and 2016.

[1][2][3] His supporters are known to have compared him to the Australian footballer John Eales,[2] and he is often seen as Romania's key player.

[3] He moved to France, where he played in the Top 14, originally for FC Grenoble (1999–2002), and later for Biarritz Olympique (2002–2004).

[2][6] In 1999, at the age of 19, he made his international debut as a reserve for the Romania national team, being one of the youngest players at the 1999 Rugby World Cup.

[9] An analysis of the Romanian squad, published by The West Australian, noted that Tonița "is a class act in the scrum", while arguing that, given Romania's poor results: "The sad thing for him is that he is playing with the wrong generation of players.