The Greece national rugby union team represents one of the world's newest
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
playing nations. The national team is governed by the
HHF (Hellenic Handball Federation).
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
has been participating in international competitions since October 2005 playing its first international game against Austria in
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Since then, they have played several international games in FIRA competition 3D, and in
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
. Greece played Slovakia in the Final on 12 May 2007 in Thessaloniki, where they won 20–17 and in doing so gained promotion to division 3C.
History
It is unknown when rugby was first played in Greece. During the mid 19th century, English and French sailors are recorded as playing some of the earliest games in northern Greece.
Record
Overall
Current squad
Squad to 2014 European Nations Cup – Division 2D.
*Zurab Osiqmashvili
*Alexi Kulukundis
*Konstantinos Kritsikis
*Antonis Demertzis
*Nathanael Courcelle
*Ioannis Ktistakis
*Ioannis Kostas
*Ioannis Papakostopoulos
*Nikos Mavreas (C)
*Babtunji Kulukundis
*Grigol Chatzis
*Konstantinos Meidinger
*Platon Moysiadis
*Givi Gorgisheli
*Quram Kizikurashrili
*Chris Fiotakis
*Alexandre Gounaris
Reserves
*Petrov Plamen
*Efitanos Papadopoulos
*Benjamin Davidis
*Levan Gamjashvili
*Ioannis Vasileiadis
*Georgios Barakos
*Iason Dagdelenis
*Georgios Papagiavis
*Henry Dunn
References
External links
National team news at the Greek Rugby Federation websiteHellenic Rugby Federation (in English)National team news and comment at sportingreece.com (in English)Greek Rugby News (in Greek and English)
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European national rugby union teams
Rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
Rugby union in Greece
Teams in European Nations Cup (rugby union)