Norway national rugby union team

Norway national rugby union team (Norwegian: Norges nasjonale rugbyunionsteam) represents Norway in men's international rugby union competitions, It's a member of the Rugby Europe and plays in Rugby Europe's Conference 2- North Championship.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Norway women's national rugby union team.
Norway
UnionNorges Rugbyforbund
Head coachBen Scully
CaptainFredrik Skovly
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current95 (as of 23 November 2020)
First international
Denmark 30–12 Norway
(1979-06-23)
Biggest win
Norway 86–5 Finland
(1 October 1989)
Biggest defeat
Sweden 98–0 Norway
(26 September 1992)

Norway's once-captain and a rare professional player is Erik Lund, who played until 2010 at lock for Leeds Carnegie. Erik is the brother of England international Magnus Lund, and joined him at Biarritz Olympique in France from the fall of 2010. Lund had been unavailable to play for Norway since 2006, however played for Norway in May 2010 against Slovenia.

The national side is ranked 95th in the world (as of 29 July 2019).

Current squad

Norway's Training Squad for the 2016/17 Rugby Europe Conference 2- North Championship. Norway lost to Hungary; 41-7 (32-0), on the 22nd of April in Eztergom. They defeated Estonia, 43-16 (17-13) on the 6th of May, in Oslo.

NamePositionClubCountry of Birth
Bastian FrommPropBlindern Rugbyklubb
Levan AbramishviliPropStavanger Rugbyklubb
Lloyd HopkinPropBergen Rugbyklubb
Mats HallerudPropBlindern Rugbyklubb
Even Syrdahl EllingsenHookerBlindern Rugbyklubb
James BuncleHookerStavanger Rugbyklubb
Lasse Eri MarthinsenHookerNTNUI Rugby
Merwan BoughalemHookerOslo Rugbyklubb
Axel WilhelmsenLockStavanger Rugbyklubb
Magnus AnderssonLockOslo Rugbyklubb
Martin SkovlyLockOslo Rugbyklubb
Anton Smith-PetersonFlankerHarlequins F.C.
Lars ThorkildsenFlankerHorten Rugbyklubb
Pascal RaclinFlankerOslo Rugbyklubb
Andrew Fraser-SmithNumber 8Blindern Rugbyklubb
Fredrik SkovlyNumber 8Oslo Rugbyklubb
Charles Henry Francis Pembroke-BirssHalfbackOslo Rugbyklubb
Jon Michael MoultonHalfbackBlindern Rugbyklubb
Thierry DavyHalfbackBlindern Rugbyklubb
Adriaan BothaFlyhalfOslo Rugbyklubb
Aleksander Næss-ClarkeFlyhalfHorten Rugbyklubb
Erlend Høen LaukvikCentreOslo Rugbyklubb
Espen HøgsetCentreBlindern Rugbyklubb
Kristoffer BorsheimCentreStavanger Rugbyklubb
Mattias LindqvistCentreNTNUI Rugby
Thomas Bichard-BreaudCentreOslo Rugbyklubb
Carlos RodriguezWingStavanger Rugbyklubb
Fredtrik NorthunWingStavanger Rugbyklubb
Tobias Carcary NygaardWingNTNUI Rugby
Francis Ramon James Skaret HuntFullbackOslo Rugbyklubb

Overall Record

Below is table of the representative rugby matches played by a Norway national XV at test level up until 17 November 2018.

Against Played Won Lost Drawn Win percentage
 Andorra20200%
 Armenia10100%
 Austria953157.14%
 Azerbaijan1100100%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina2200100%
 Bulgaria523040%
 Croatia10100%
 Denmark1711515%
 Estonia2200100%
 Finland1293080%
 Greece10100%
 Hong Kong10100%
 Hungary60600%
 Israel514020%
 Latvia30300%
 Lithuania30300%
 Luxembourg514020%
 Malta10010%
 Moldova10100%
 Monaco10100%
 Poland10100%
 Russia10100%
 Slovenia20200%
 Sweden70700%
Total902463324%

References


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