Norway national rugby union team (

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and plays in Rugby Europe's Conference 2- North Championship. Norway's once-captain and a rare professional player is Erik Lund, who played until 2010 at lock for Leeds Carnegie. Erik is the brother of England international Magnus Lund, and joined him at

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in France from autumn 2010. Lund had been unavailable to play for Norway since 2006, however played for Norway in May 2010 against Slovenia. The national side is ranked 100th in the world (as of 8 August 2022).

Current squad

Norway's Training Squad for the 2016/17 Rugby Europe Conference 2- North Championship. Norway lost to Hungary; 41-7 (32-0), on 22 April in Eztergom. They defeated Estonia, 43-16 (17-13) on 6 May, in Oslo.

Overall Record

Below is table of the representative rugby matches played by a Norway national XV at test level up until 23 October 2021.

References

External links

Norges Rugbyforbund
- Official Site

Norway
on rugbydata.com Teams in European Nations Cup (rugby union) European national rugby union teams Rugby union in Norway

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