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Norway National Rugby Union Team
Norway national rugby union team (Norwegian language, 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. Norway's once-captain and a rare professional player is Erik Lund (rugby union), Erik Lund, who played until 2010 at lock for Leeds Tykes, Leeds Carnegie. Erik is the brother of England international Magnus Lund, and joined him at Biarritz Olympique in France from autumn 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 100th in the world (as of 8 August 2022). 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 22 April in Eztergom. They defeated Estonia, 43-16 (17-13) on 6 May, in Oslo. Overall Record Below is table of the represent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denmark National Rugby Union Team
The Denmark national rugby union team is governed by Dansk Rugby Union and has been playing international rugby since 1949. DRU now has nearly 2,500 members in more than 30 clubs. The DRU Superliga is the highest tier of the national rugby union competition in Denmark. Most of the national team's players play in the local league, however a handful of them play in amateur clubs in England, Sweden and France. There are no professional players that play for Denmark. The national side is ranked 75th in the world, as of 16 January 2023. History Rugby Union had been played in Denmark since 1931, but the Danish Rugby Union wasn't formed till 1950. DRU joined the Sports Confederation of Denmark in 1971 and later that year the FIRA-AER (European rugby union). In 1974 DRU co-founded the Nordic Rugby Union (now Scandinavian Rugby Union) and in 1988 DRU joined the IRB (International Rugby Board World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blindern Rugbyklubb
Blindern Rugbyklubb is a Norwegian rugby club based in Oslo. They currently compete in the Norway Rugby Championship across Rugby Union, Rugby Sevens and Snow Rugby. Today, they're one of the more international teams in Norway with 20 different nationalities represented and are very inclusive. History The club was founded on 10 December 2010 and is today one of the largest clubs in Norway. The strength of the club has until now being in the 7's team, but in the recent years their 15's-team has started to contest in the top of the Norwegian Rugby 15s-championship. Most recently, they finished 3rd in the championship and the 7's in 2022/2023 and won the annual Snow Rugby in 2023. In the early years the club logo had been from the club's time as a Student Sports Team. This was not changed until the season of 2014. The logo went from a golden harp to the antler of a deer. This was chosen to represent the club's Norwegian roots and the strength and speed of its players. Current s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European National Rugby Union Teams
European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe and other Western countries * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to the European Union ** Citizenship of the European Union ** Demographics of the European Union In publishing * ''The European'' (1953 magazine), a far-right cultural and political magazine published 1953–1959 * ''The European'' (newspaper), a British weekly newspaper published 1990–1998 * ''The European'' (2009 magazine), a German magazine first published in September 2009 *''The European Magazine'', a magazine published in London 1782–1826 *''The New European'', a British weekly pop-up newspaper first published in July 2016 Other uses * * Europeans (band), a British post-punk group, from Bristol See also * * * Europe (disam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians RFC
Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians Rugby Football Club, often abbreviated to GHA and colloquially referred to as ''G-HA!!'' , is a rugby union club based in the Giffnock area of East Renfrewshire, Scotland. The club plays its home matches at Braidholm and currently competes in the Scottish Premiership, the top tier of Scottish club rugby. History The club was established by the 2002 merger between Glasgow Southern RFC and Hutchesons' - Aloysians' RFC. The former club was originally known as Clarkston but was renamed in 1995 with the ambition of creating the premier side on the south side of Glasgow. The latter club was also formed as the result of an earlier merger between the former pupils (FPs) clubs of Hutchesons' Grammar School and St Aloysius' College. The merged club is now firmly established as the premier club on the south side of Glasgow. Hutchesons' GSFP The club was formed in 1923 playing out of Auldhouse, the school's sports ground in Eastwood (near Thornliebank). Adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo RK
Oslo Rugbyklubb is a Norwegian rugby Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Rugby union: 1 ... club based in the nation's capital, Oslo. They currently compete in the Norway Rugby Championship and are the oldest club in the country. The club was founded in 1964. Honours *Norway Rugby Championship **1978, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 Current squad References {{reflist External links Oslo RK Norwegian rugby union teams Rugby clubs established in 1964 Sport in Oslo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NTNUI
Norges Teknisk-naturvitenskapelige Universitets Idrettsforening, NTNUI, is the largest sports club in Norway with more than 10,000 members and a variety of participators on all levels of skills in more than 50 different sports. The athletic association is formally connected to the Norwegian University of Science and Technology located in Trondheim. The club has facilities at Dragvoll, Gløshaugen, Moholt and Solsiden. The club was formed after the merge of several educational institutions in 1996, which resulted in the university NTNU. The largest of the merging sports clubs was NTHI. NTNUI's cross-country skiing group is the sports club with the highest number of participants in the Norwegian ski marathon Birkebeinerrennet (170 participants in 2010). Sports sections affiliated * Aikido * American football * Badminton * Ball game and exercise * Bandy * Baseball * Basketball * Capoeira * Climbing * Cross-country skiing * Cycling * Dancing * Diving * Fencing * Floorball (forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergen Rugbyklubb
Bergen Rugbyklubb is a Norwegian rugby Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Rugby union: 1 ... club based in Bergen. They currently compete in the Norway Rugby Championship. History The club was founded in 1999 by Matthew Billingham and also won their first championship title that same year. The club has since its creation been one of the more successful sides in Norway featuring in the final of the championship on several occasions. Honours *Norway Rugby Championship **Champions ***1999, 2009 **Runner-up ***2012 *NM VII's **Champions ***2012 **Runner-up Current squad Former players References {{reflist External links Bergen Rugbyklubb Norwegian rugby union teams Rugby clubs established in 1999 Sport in Bergen 1999 establishments in Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stavanger RK
Stavanger Rugby Klubb is a Norwegian rugby & league League or The League may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Leagues'' (band), an American rock band * ''The League'', an American sitcom broadcast on FX and FXX about fantasy football Sports * Sports league * Rugby league, full contact footba ... club based in Stavanger, Norway. They currently compete in the Norwegian Rugby Championship 15´s & 7´s. History The club was founded in 1978. Currently the club has 3 junior teams, U10, U14 and U18 after the recent addition of the Berserkers group to SRK, a women's senior team and a men's senior team. The club has been especially successful in the last ten years, winning numerous national competitions, an international competition and supplying several players to the Norwegian national team, such as Kristoffer Borsheim (the player with the most matches played in the history of the Norwegian national rugby team), Benjamin Brøndmo or Nikola Saeby. Also the women's team has contri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biarritz Olympique
Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque (; ), usually known simply as Biarritz, is a French professional rugby union team based in the Basque city of Biarritz, Nouvelle-Aquitaine which competes in the Pro D2, the second division of French rugby. Biarritz plays its home matches at the Parc des Sports Aguiléra, which is a multi-use stadium in Biarritz and which has a capacity of around 13,500 people, though for games that need a larger capacity, Biarritz may play at the Estadio Anoeta in San Sebastián. Biarritz play in red and white colours. Biarritz won a number of major honors, including the French championship on five occasions. Biarritz Olympique was formed in 1913 through a merger of the Biarritz Stade and Biarritz Sporting Club rugby teams. Biarritz made their way to the final of the French championship for the first time in the 1934 season where they were defeated by Bayonne. The following season they claimed their first championship, defeating Perpignan in the final. That decade Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland National Rugby Union Team
The Finland national rugby union team represents Finland in men's international rugby union. The team is currently competing in the 2021/22 Rugby Europe Conference 2 North Division. The national side are ranked 71st in the world, as of 24 April 2023. History Finland played their first ever rugby international in 1982 against Switzerland, which they lost. Finland went on to win their first international in 1991, defeating Norway 18 points to 3 They played Monaco in 2002. Finland's attempt to qualify for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France began in Round 1 of the European tournaments. They faced Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ... in a two match series as part of the Round 1 group to determine which nation would advance. Bulgaria won the first game 42 poin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Lund
Magnus Lund (born 25 June 1983 in Manchester) is a retired English Rugby Union player. He was educated at the Lancaster Royal Grammar School where he played for the first XV. He also studied Business Enterprise at the Manchester Metropolitan University. During his youth he represented England in both the under-16 and under-18 national sides. Lund made his debut for the Sale Sharks in 2002 against the Bristol Shoguns. In 2002 he represented England at the under-19 World Cup in Italy. The following year he represented the under-21 team at the World Cup in South Africa. He then became a member of the England sevens side. In the 2005–06 season, Lund started the final and scored a try as Sale Sharks won their first ever Premiership title. He was part of the 2006 Six Nations Championship Training squad, and was chosen in the 2006–07 Elite squad after a successful tour to Australia in the summer. Lund was chosen for England in the 2007 Six Nations Championship opener against S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
