Poland national rugby union team

Poland made their international debut against East Germany in 1958 in Łódź, which they won by just one point, 9–8. Later that year they played West Germany in Krasnoyarsk, who defeated them 11–3. The following year they played two matches at Dinamo Stadion in Bucharest, defeating Czechoslovakia and then losing to Romania. Poland continued to contest internationals with these nations over the coming years.

They defeated East Germany in Grimma the 1971, this was followed by strong form from the Polish, winning matches against the Netherlands, Morocco, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. In 1975 Poland played Italy in Treviso, and lost 13–28. In 1977 Poland played a France XV again, and lost 9–26; also that year they played Italy, and lost by only six points, with the final score being 6–12. They played a France XV again in 1978, losing 24–35. They also defeated Spain that year.

Poland played Italy in 1979, losing 3–13, and then played a France XV the following year, though they did not perform as well as previous meetings, losing 42–0. A subsequent match against a France XV in 1981 saw the France XV defeat Poland 49–6. A match between the two sides in 1984 produced a good result for the Polish, losing 19–3. A match against the Italian Barbarians the following year produced the same scoreline.

In 1987 Poland played two Italian teams, the Italian Barbarians and Italy under-21, although they lost to the Barbarians, they won against the under-21 team. Poland did not play at the 1987 World Cup. In 1990 they played the full Italy team in Naples, losing 34–3. Poland did not play in the 1991 World Cup in England. From 1992 to 1993 Poland won six matches in a row. Russia won five to 41 in a following match.

Poland played Italy A, but lost 19–107. Poland also played Romania in 1998, losing 74–13. Poland were grouped in Pool D of round two of the 2007 Rugby World Cup European qualify tournament. Poland performed very well in the pool, winning all four of their games, and finishing at the top of the pool. This saw them through to Pool A of Round three, but they were knocked out here, finishing fourth in the pool.

Head Coach: Duaine Lindsay

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Adrian Ignaczak	Hooker			Budowlani Łódź
Łukasz Kujawa	Hooker			Budowlani Łódź
Robizon Kelberashvili	Hooker			Budowlani Lublin
Adrian Chróściel	Prop			Pogoń Siedlce
Toma Mhedlidze	Prop			Budowlani Łódź
Marcin Wilczuk	Prop			Ogniwo Sopot
Wojciech Król	Prop			Budowlani Lublin
Stanisław Powała-Niedźwiecki	Prop			Ogniwo Sopot
Paweł Poniatowski	Lock			Budowlani Łódź
Jakub Bobruk	Lock			Budowlani Lublin
Chris O'Hara!	Flanker			Budowlani Łódź
Jędrzej Nowicki	Flanker			Le Creusot
Dawid Dybowski	Flanker			Pogoń Siedlce
Piotr Zeszutek	Number 8			Ogniwo Sopot
Mateusz Plichta	Scrum-half
Sebastian Kacprzak	Fly-half			Lechia Gdańsk
Daniel Gdula	Centre			Pogoń Siedlce
Patryk Reksulak	Centre			Budowlani Łódź
Grzegorz Szczepański	Centre			Ogniwo Sopot
Kewin Bracik	Centre			Lechia Gdańsk
Rafał Janeczko	Centre			Pogoń Siedlce
Piotr Wiśniewski	Centre	(1982-08-11) 11 August 1982		Budowlani Lublin
Andrzej Charlat	Wing			CS Beaune
Marek Płonka Jr	Wing			Lechia Gdańsk
Szymon Sirocki	Wing			Arka Gdynia
Mateusz Mrowca	Wing
Tomasz Rokicki	Fullback			Pogoń Siedlce

The current coaching staff of the Polish national team:[1]

Name	Nationality	Role
Grzegorz Witczak	POL	Manager
Duaine Lindsay	IRE	Head coach
Karol Czyż	POL	Assistant coach
Dr Bartosz Chudzik	POL	Team doctor
Kamil Łódzki	POL	Physiotherapist

• Rugby union in Poland
• Polski Związek Rugby
• Poland national rugby sevens team
• Poland women's national rugby sevens team
• Sport in Poland

• Polski Związek Rugby - Official Site (in Polish)
• Polish Rugby Portal (in Polish)