The Estonia national rugby union team is governed by the Estonian Rugby Union, which oversees all rugby union in Estonia. As of October 2014 they have played only a handful of matches, but have qualified for the 2014–16 European Nations Cup Third Division. The current stadium used by the national team is Viimsi Staadion.

History

A combined Estonia/ Latvia side took on a Swedish representative side in the late 1990s, but a proper national team only started playing in August 2009, touring

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and playing two matches, losing both. They came up against

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club Tonbridge Juddians in their first match, coming out at the wrong end of a 94–7 scoreline. The Juddians gave them a rather torrid time in the scrums, which was probably influenced by the fact that the Estonians only had their first-ever scrum machine session on the morning of the match. The second fixture saw them square off against England Deaf at Folkestone, this time managing to keep the score to a respectable 21–27. Estonia have since played several matches as they have built up their team. They were defeated by the Welsh national deaf team in

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, losing 93–3 in June 2012, with closer defeats to

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, Finland 'A' and

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. Estonia obtained their first win a play-off match for a position in the 2014–16 European Nations Cup Third Division, defeating

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59–12.

Record

Overall

Squad for the 2016 European Nations Cup

*Ragnar Toompere *Taavi Ermel *Mamukel Gorelashvili *Ashwath Venkatasubramanian *Lauri Laaniste *Rasmus Toompere *Mihkel Parn *Kaarel Kokemagi *Jaan Lorens *Karmo Lomp *Pedro Gallardo *Andre Astre *Kimmo Kokemagi *Kullar Veersalu *Rob Kalso *Marvin Uurike *Chris Wallace *Luke Veebel *Aivar Lohmus *Eerik Oja *Kristjan Kotkas *Karl Pallas

References

External links

Estonian Rugby Union official site

Estonian Rugby on Facebook

Estonian Rugby on Instagram

Rugby.ee
European national rugby union teams

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