The
Moldova
Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnistr ...
national
rugby league
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team first competed into international competition in 1993. Moldova has not competed internationally since the
1995 Emerging Nations World Cup. Rugby league is no longer played in Moldova, even if a French author mentions that the game was still played in 2011,
and while there were attempts to revive the national team for a tournament in 2003 (likely based on Russian players of Moldovan descent and Moldovan rugby union players) the team failed to materialise. There are no known current plans to resurrect the team, though rugby league has recently started in neighbouring Ukraine.
The Moldovan national side was largely based on the semi-professional Tiraspol side who played in the Russian Rugby League in its early seasons, where they even won some early titles, though at one stage there was also a small amateur Tiraspol league.
Results
* Moldova def.
Morocco
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24–19 (18 October 1995)
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Ireland
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def. Moldova 48–26 (16 October 1995)
* BARLA Great Britain Lions def. Moldova 33–14 (May 1994)
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France
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def. Moldova 34–14 (1993)
COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
* CIS def.
South Africa
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22–19 (1992)
* CIS def.
South Africa
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30–26 (1992)
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France
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def. CIS 38–4 (1992)
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France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
def. CIS 28–8 (1992)
SOVIET UNION (USSR)
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France
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def.
USSR
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26–6 (1991)
See also
References
External links
National rugby league teams
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