Luxembourg Rugby Federation (french: Fédération Luxembourgeoise de rugby) is the governing body for
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 ...
in
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
. It was founded in 1974 and became affiliated to the
International Rugby Board
World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international rug ...
in 1991. Luxembourg Rugby team plays its matches at the Stade Josy Barthel in Luxembourg-City. Luxembourg are ranked 59th (on October 12th, 2019) in the world according to the International Rugby Board.
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Luxembourg national rugby union team
The Luxembourg national rugby union team is a minor team, and is ranked as a third tier nation. The team participates in the annual Rugby Europe Championship Conference 2 North 2017–18 Rugby Europe Conference. Since 1996 Luxembourg also compe ...
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Luxembourg national rugby sevens team
The Luxembourg national rugby sevens team made up primarily from the XV Team competes annually in European competitions. Entered first tournament in 1996.
Tournament History
1996 Portugal
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Rugby union in Luxembourg
Rugby union in Luxembourg is a minor but growing sport.
Governing Body
The Fédération luxembourgeoise de rugby was founded in May 1973, and joined the IRB in 1991.Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Complete Book of Rugby'' (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ) p71 I ...
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Luxembourg women's national rugby union team
The Luxembourg women's national rugby union team represents Luxembourg at rugby union. The side first played in 2007.
History
Results summary
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Results
Full internationals
Other matches
See also
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Clubs
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Rugby Club Luxembourg
Rugby Club Luxembourg, abbreviated to RCL, is a rugby union club, based in Cessange, Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. Luxembourg has no domestic league of its own, so RCL plays in neighbouring countries' leagues; they currently play in the ...
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Rugby Club Walferdange
Rugby Club Walferdange, known as "De Renert",Named for Michel Rodange's epic poem of that name. is a francophone rugby union club, based in Walferdange, in central Luxembourg. Luxembourg has no domestic league of its own, so ''De Renert'' plays in ...
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Cercle sportif des Communautés européennes - section Rugby
Cercle is French for ''circle''. It can refer to:
* circle (country subdivision)
* Cercle (French colonial), an administrative unit of the French Overseas Empire
* Cercle (Mali), the Malian administrative unit
** The specific Cercles of Mali
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Rugby Eagles Luxembourg
The Rugby Eagles Luxembourg are the fifth Rugby club created in Luxembourg.
Creation and approach
The Rugby Eagles Luxembourg is a Rugby club in Luxembourg founded in 2019 and officially affiliated with the Luxembourg Rugby Union in July 2020. ...
External links
Official SiteWorld Rugby Rankings
Rugby union in Luxembourg
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 ...
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
Sports organizations established in 1974
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