The Austria national rugby union team is a third tier
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 nation. They began playing international rugby in the early 1990s. Thus far, Austria has not made an appearance at any of the World Cups.
The national side is ranked 87th in the world, as of 16 January 2023.
History
Austria played their first official international on 3 May 1992 against
Hungary
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, losing 23 points to nine. Austria had another fixture against Hungary that year, it was the first home game, which they lost 5:3, as well as two games against
Slovenia
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. Austria's first win came against Slovenia on 21 November 1992, winning 9:5. Austria played nations such as
Croatia
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and
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
as well as regulars Slovenia.
From 1996 on Austria began winning more games, and only lost a few sporadic matches in the late 1990s, as they were now beating the European sides that had beaten them in the early 1990s. During the 2000s Austria were now playing a larger variety of nations. After not winning one game in 2002, Austria went on to win every fixture in 2004, creating an undefeated streak which was broken by
Denmark
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in 2005.
2014 Squad
Squad to 2014 European Nations Cup - Division 2C.
*Maximillian Müller
*Milad Farkhondeh-Fal (C)
*Omar El Agrebi
*Max Kinsky
*Mathias Hemetsberger
*Johannes Dachler
*Stefan Asboth
*Stefan Psota
*Michael Kerschbaumer
*Max Navas
*Martin Leidl
*Fabian Weidinger
*David Barry
*Stefan Reiseneder
*Lukas Dobner
*Mushegh Aslanyan
*Maximillian Freydell
*Jakob Liska
*Michael Oberhauser
*Stefan Pauser
*Patrick Panek
*Jakob Leissing
*Gordon Chiu
*Philipp Weidman
Record
Coaches
References
External links
Österreichischer Rugby Verband- Official Site
Teams in European Nations Cup (rugby union)
Rugby union in Austria
European national rugby union teams
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
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