Cyprus Rugby Federation

Cyprus Rugby Federation

Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ράγκμπι
Sport	Rugby union
Founded	2006
IRB affiliation	Not affiliated
FIRA affiliation	2006
President	Loukkis Pattihis
Men's coach	Paul Shanks
Official website	cyprus-rugby.com

The Cyprus Rugby Federation the governing body for rugby union in Cyprus. It runs several competitions including a league with teams from the British military bases (Akrotiri, Episkopi, Ayios Nikolaos and Dhekelia) and three local teams:

• Paphos Tigers
• Limassol Crusaders
• Nicosia Barbarians

It became affiliated to FIRA in 2006.^[1]

The first international game of the Cyprus Rugby National Team took place on March 24, 2007 against Greece in Paphos. The Cypriot XV won the game by 39-3 in front of 2,500 fans.^[2] In October and November 2007, Cyprus beat Azerbaijan, Monaco and Slovakia to win the FIRA 3D Tournament, a great achievement in their first year on the international scene. They lost the play-off game for promotion to level 3C on 6 September 2008 against Israel by a score of 23-14. They remained in FIRA AER ENC Division 3D with Azerbaijan, Monaco, Slovakia and Bosnia Herzegovina until their recent victory against Bosnia.^[3]

Cyprus are one of the newest Rugby Nations and the most successful up and coming nation, they have played 12 internationals and have lost just one. Cyprus also remain one of the few countries to win their 1st international fixture, and are the only international team to win their 1st international by over 30 points.

See also

• Rugby union in Cyprus

References

1. ^ "Cyprus accepted as members of the International Federation of Amateur Rugby" (in French) (PDF). 2006-12-07. http://www.cyprus-rugby.com/downloads/federation_letter.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-23. 
2. ^ McCowan, Alexander (March 27, 2007). "Cyprus trounce Greece in first international rugby match". Cyprus Mail. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927203012/http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=31510&archive=1. Retrieved 2007-03-28. 
3. ^ http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/sport/Rugby-union-Dan-wins-Cyprus-promotion-targets/article-1959909-detail/article.html

External links

• Paphos Tigers
• Limassol Crusaders

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