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The Lithuanian Rugby Federation ( lt, Lietuvos Regbio Federacija), abbreviated to LRF is the governing body for the sport of
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in Lithuania. Lithuania currently comprises 1,650 registered players and there are 15 club in the whole country. The Lithuanian national rugby union team currently holds the record for most test match wins in a row (17 matches) along with
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History

It was formed in 1961, yet was not considered by European rugby authorities and World rugby authorities as a national rugby federation as Lithuania at the time we part of the
USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
. It became affiliated to the International Rugby Football Board, now known as World Rugby, in 1993 and to FIRA Europe, now known as Rugby Europe in 1991 as soon as the USSR collapsed.


See also

* Rugby union in Lithuania *
Lithuania national rugby union team The Lithuania national rugby union team ( lt, Lietuvos Nacionalinė Regbio Sąjungos Komanda) represents Lithuania in men's international rugby union competitions. Nicknamed The Knights (''Vytis''), is considered one of the relatively stronger t ...
* Lithuania national rugby sevens team *
Lithuania women's national rugby sevens team The Lithuania women's national rugby sevens team represents Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three ...


External links

* Rugby union in Lithuania Rugby union governing bodies in Europe
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 ...
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