Luxembourg national rugby union team

Luxembourg Rugby Federation

Union	Fédération Luxembourgeoise de rugby
Ground(s)	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City
Coach(es)	Jonathan Flynn
Captain(s)	Saman Rezapour
Most caps	Nigel Shaplin (51)
Top scorer	Gilles Caviglia (288)
Most tries	Steve Knowles (11)
Team kit Change kit
First international
Belgium 28 – 6 Luxembourg 3 May 1975
Largest win
Luxembourg 78 – 12 Norway 15 April 2000
Largest defeat
Luxembourg 3 – 116 Sweden 5 May 2001 Lions on fire!!!
Official website
www.rugby.lu

The Luxembourg national rugby union team (FLR) represents Luxembourg at rugby union. Luxembourg is a minor team, and is ranked as a third tier nation. The team participates in the annual Rugby Europe Championship Conference 2 North 2017–18 Rugby Europe Conference. Since 1996 Luxembourg also competes in the sevens circuits in Europe Luxembourg national rugby sevens team.

Luxembourg has been a member of FIRA since 1976, two years after the founding of Luxembourg Rugby Federation (French: Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Rugby (FLR)). The Grand Duchy has participated several times in the FIRA championships and, despite the small size, has honourably acquitted itself. Luxembourg has also been a member of the International Rugby Board since 1991.

The Luxembourg rugby team is the only national sports team to have been three times champions of their group in a European competition. In 1995, more than 20 points scored against Slovenia at Cessange and more than 20 points scored in Split against Croatia and finally an excellent draw against Andorra in Luxembourg enabled them to be champions of their group. In 1997 they won the Bronze Cup with wins against Bosnia, Bulgaria and Monaco. Luxembourg has in their past encounter recorded a 10-10 draw against Georgia, but the best performance to date was a“Grand Slam” in 2004 in FIRA-AER European Cup division 3B. In the 2017-2018 campaign, Luxembourg won the Grandslam against Denmark, Norway, Finland and Estonia in the Rugby Europe Conference 2 North, while also integrating several young players in the squad, and gained promotion Rugby Europe Conference 1 North for the 2018-2019 campaign.

National clubs

The Rugby Club Luxembourg was founded in May 1973 by a group of expatriates working in the Grand Duchy. Several of the founders still live in Luxembourg and contribute one way or another to the sport. The club played its first competitive game against US Castillionnaise in September 1973. Up until 1995, the club played in the Alsace-Lorraine regional league. In that year, the team joined the Belgian second division, which it belonged to until 1998, when it earned promotion to the first division. In 2001, the club decided to return to the French league system, again playing regionally in Alsace-Lorraine. It won its division in 2008 but, after an invitation to play in Germany, decided to join the German league system in 2009.In the 2017-2018 season, RCL is leading Bundesliga 2 West unbeaten and hopes to secure promotion to Bundesliga 1 for the 2018-2019 season.

De Rugby Club Walferdange was founded in 1990. In 2001, after 10 years in the Belgian League they finished top of the third division and champion during the 2002/03 season. In its first season in the second division, the club was relegated back to the third Division. The club's objective having gone through a rebuilding phase, is to return to the Belgian 2nd division and remain there.

The Richard Mertens Club is a member of the European Community sports clubs (French: Cercle Sportif des Communautés Européennes) and caters to children from Under 7s up to Under 19s, its goal being to promote the game of rugby in Luxembourg and act as a feeder club for the two senior clubs of Luxembourg with any talented players. Player retention remains a concern for Luxembourgish rugby with most of such players stopping the sport after school for various reasons, even if they remain in Luxembourg. Despite this, the school has had some success stories since its inception with a few of its past players having gone on to play for well known university and club sides, or having gone on to represent Luxembourg at the senior level.

In 2017, a fourth club was founded in the south of the country in Dudelange, called Rugby Club Terres Rouge. At the moment, the club exclusively caters for the youth. However, it has been implied by the founders that there is potential for founding a senior team.

Statistics XV

World Rugby Ranking

Currently at 63rd (14.4.18), highest 58th (5SEP16), lowest 94th (1DEC08)

Longest winning streak

10 (APR 14 to MAY 16)

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Test Record

• update 29.4.18

Sortable and collapsible table

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
Andorra	5	1	3	1
Armenia	1	0	1	0
Austria	6	4	2	0
Azerbaijan	1	1	0	0
Belgium	4	0	4	0
Bermuda	1	0	1	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	9	6	3	0
Bulgaria	9	2	7	0
Croatia	2	1	1	0
Cyprus	2	0	2	0
Czech Republic	1	0	1	0
Denmark	5	3	2	0
East Germany	1	1	0	0
Estonia	1	1	0	0
Finland	9	8	1	0
Georgia	1	0	0	1
Germany	2	0	2	0
Greece	6	3	3	0
Hungary	2	0	2	0
Israel	9	3	6	0
Latvia	3	0	3	0
Lithuania	6	2	4	0
Malta	1	0	1	0
Moldova	1	0	1	0
Monaco	2	1	0	1
Norway	6	5	1	0
Serbia	2	2	0	0
Slovenia	6	4	2	0
Sweden	4	0	4	0
Switzerland	5	0	5	0
Tunisia	1	0	1	0
Yugoslavia	1	0	1	0
Total (H/A)	115 (64/51)	47 (30/18)	64 (32/32)	3 (2/1)

Match Record XV

• update 29.4.18

Sortable and collapsible table

#	Opponent	Year	Date	FLR	Opp	W/L/D	H/A	Season	T	C	P	DP	Competition	Coach	Captain	Comments
115	Norway	2018	28/04/2018	35	16	W	H	2017-2018	3	1	6	0	2017-18 Conference 2 North	Jon Flynn	R Kimmel	Promotion to Conference 1 North North 2 17-18
114	Finland	2018	14/04/2018	45	5	W	H	2017-2018	6	6	1	0	2017-18 Conference 2 North	Jon Flynn	R Kimmel	North 2 17-18
113	Estonia	2017	11/11/2017	64	0	W	H	2017-2018	10	7	0	0	2017-18 Conference 2 North	J Flynn	R Kimmel	North 2 17-18
112	Denmark	2017	14/10/2017	18	3	W	A	2017-2018	2	1	2	0	2017-18 Conference 2 North	J Flynn	R Kimmel	North 2 17-18
111	Czech Republic	2017	6/05/2017	3	33	L	H	2016-2017	0	0	1	0	2016-17 Conference 1 North	J Flynn	S Rezapour	North 1 16-17 Relegation.
110	Lithuania	2017	22/04/2017	12	24	L	A	2016-2017	0	0	4	0	2016-17 Conference 1 North	J Flynn	S Rezapour	North 1 16-17
109	Sweden	2016	05/11/2016	0	19	L	H	2016-2017	0	0	0	0	2016-17 Conference 1 North	J Flynn	R Kimmel	North 1 16-17
108	Latvia	2016	22/10/2016	24	31	L	A	2016-2017	4	2	0	0	2016-17 Conference 1 North	J Flynn	S Rezapour	New ENC structure - North 1 16-17
107	Slovenia	2016	14/05/2016	29	10	W	H	2015-2016	2	2	5	0	2014-16 ENC 2C	J Flynn	S Rezapour	1st Promotion 2B ENC 2C 14-16
106	Denmark	2016	30/04/2016	19	14	W	A	2015-2016	2	0	3	0	2014-16 ENC 2C	J Flynn	S Rezapour	ENC 2C 14-16
105	Serbia	2015	14/11/2015	30	24	W	H	2015-2016	4	2	1	1	2014-16 ENC 2C	J Flynn	S Rezapour	ENC 2C 14-16
104	Austria	2015	24/10/2015	34	6	W	A	2015-2016	4	4	2	0	2014-16 ENC 2C	J Flynn	S Rezapour	ENC 2C 14-16
103	Denmark	2015	09/05/2015	13	5	W	H	2014-2015	2	0	1	0	2014-16 ENC 2C	M Davis	S Rezapour	ENC 2C 14-16
102	Slovenia	2015	08/04/2015	14	11	W	A	2014-2015	2	2	0	0	2014-16 ENC 2C	M Davis	S Rezapour	ENC 2C 14-16
101	Austria	2014	08/11/2014	18	13	W	H	2014-2015	2	1	2	0	2014-16 ENC 2C	M Davis	S Rezapour	ENC 2C 14-16
100	Serbia	2014	25/10/2014	36	0	W	A	2014-2015	5	4	1	0	2014-16 ENC 2C	M Davis	S Rezapour	ENC 2C 14-16
99	Finland	2014	10/05/2014	27	7	W	H	2013-2014	3	3	2	0	2012-14 ENC 2D	M Davis	S Rezapour	1st Promotion 2C - ENC 2D 12-14
98	Greece	2014	26/04/2014	52	8	W	A	2013-2014	8	6	0	0	2012-14 ENC 2D	M Davis	S Rezapour	ENC 2D 12-14
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2013	09/11/2013	12	24	L	H	2013-2014	2	1	0	0	2012-14 ENC 2D	M Davis	S Rezapour	ENC 2D 12-14
96	Norway	2013	19/10/2013	9	7	W	A	2013-2014	0	0	3	0	2012-14 ENC 2D	M Davis	S Rezapour	ENC 2D 12-14
95	Israel	2013	05/10/2013	12	26	L	H	2013-2014	0	0	4	0	2015 Rugby World Cup R2	M Davis	S Rezapour	Match 2
94	Slovenia	2013	05/05/2013	22	10	W	H	2012-2013	4	1	0	0	2015 Rugby World Cup R1	M Davis	S Rezapour	Match 1
93	Greece	2013	20/04/2013	20	7	W	H	2012-2013	2	2	2	0	2012-14 ENC 2D	M Davis	S Rezapour	Qualified 2015 RWC R1 Mid Season Table ; ENC 2D 12-14
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2013	13/04/2013	23	33	L	A	2012-2013	3	1	2	0	2012-14 ENC 2D	M Davis	S Rezapour	ENC 2D 12-14
91	Norway	2012	10/11/2012	15	8	W	H	2012-2013	3	0	0	0	2012-14 ENC 2D	M Davis	S Rezapour	ENC 2D 12-14
90	Finland	2012	06/10/2012	16	14	W	A	2012-2013	1	1	3	0	2012-14 ENC 2D	M Davis	S Rezapour	ENC 2D 12-14
89	Greece	2012	05/05/2012	15	8	W	H	2011-2012	0	0	5	0	2010-12 ENC 2D	M Davis	S Rezapour	5th in 2D ENC 2D 10-12
88	Finland	2012	21/04/2012	26	3	W	H	2011-2012	2	2	3	1	2010-12 ENC 2D	M Davis	S Rezapour	ENC 2D 10-12
87	Bulgaria	2011	22/10/2011	16	19	L	A	2011-2012	2	0	2	0	2010-12 ENC 2D	M Davis	C Ellis	ENC 2D 10-12
86	Cyprus	2011	08/10/2011	7	48	L	A	2011-2012	1	1	0	0	2010-12 ENC 2D	M Davis	C Ellis	ENC 2D 10-12
85	Cyprus	2011	07/05/2011	0	50	L	H	2010-2011	0	0	0	0	2010-12 ENC 2D	M Davis	S Rezapour	ENC 2D 10-12
84	Greece	2011	02/04/2011	18	30	L	A	2010-2011	2	1	2	0	2010-12 ENC 2D	M Davis	S Rezapour	ENC 2D 10-12
83	Bulgaria	2010	13/11/2010	8	18	L	H	2010-2011	1	0	1	0	2010-12 ENC 2D	M Davis	S Rezapour	ENC 2D 10-12
82	Finland	2010	09/10/2010	18	10	W	A	2010-2011	2	1	2	0	2010-12 ENC 2D	M Davis	S Rezapour	ENC 2D 10-12
81	Israel	2010	01/05/2010	17	19	L	H	2009-2010	2	2	1	0	2008-10 ENC 3C	M Davis	S Rezapour	4th in 3C ; New FIRA-AER structure ENC 3C 08-10
80	Greece	2010	13/03/2010	9	17	L	A	2009-2010	0	0	3	0	2008-10 ENC 3C	M Davis	S Rezapour	ENC 3C 08-10
79	Finland	2009	07/11/2009	9	3	W	H	2009-2010	0	0	3	0	2008-10 ENC 3C	M Davis	S Rezapour	ENC 3C 08-10
78	Bulgaria	2009	24/10/2009	12	25	L	A	2009-2010	2	1	0	0	2008-10 ENC 3C	M Davis	S Rezapour	ENC 3C 08-10
77	Greece	2009	25/04/2009	14	17	L	H	2008-2009	1	0	3	0	2008-10 ENC 3C	M Davis	P Evans	ENC 3C 08-10
76	Israel	2009	21/03/2009	0	30	L	A	2008-2009	0	0	0	0	2008-10 ENC 3C	M Davis	P Evans	ENC 3C 08-10
75	Bulgaria	2008	29/11/2008	10	18	L	H	2008-2009	1	1	1	0	2008-10 ENC 3C	M Davis	S Rezapour	ENC 3C 08-10
74	Finland	2008	02/10/2008	27	19	W	A	2008-2009	2	1	5	0	2008-10 ENC 3C	M Davis	S Rezapour	ENC 3C 08-10
73	Finland	2008	24/05/2008	10	11	L	A	2007-2008	1	1	1	0	2006-2008 ENC 3C	M Davis	Z Neves Dos Santos	2nd in 3CENC 3C 06-08
72	Israel	2008	03/05/2008	12	20	L	A	2007-2008	2	1	0	0	2006-2008 ENC 3C	M Davis	Z Neves Dos Santos	ENC 3C 06-08
71	Slovenia	2008	19/04/2008	3	10	L	H	2007-2008	0	0	1	0	2006-2008 ENC 3C	M Davis	Z Neves Dos Santos	ENC 3C 06-08
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2007	27/10/2007	30	3	W	H	2007-2008	2	1	6	0	2006-2008 ENC 3C	M Davis	A Thompson	ENC 3C 06-08
69	Israel	2007	20/05/2007	22	15	W	H	2006-2007	3	2	1	0	2006-2008 ENC 3C	M Davis	A Thompson	ENC 3C 06-08
68	Slovenia	2007	05/05/2007	16	25	L	A	2006-2007	1	1	3	0	2006-2008 ENC 3C	M Davis	A Thompson	ENC 3C 06-08
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2007	21/04/2007	17	12	W	A	2006-2007	2	2	1	0	2006-2008 ENC 3C	M Davis	A Thompson	ENC 3C 06-08
66	Finland	2006	30/09/2006	16	8	W	H	2006-2007	1	1	3	0	2006-2008 ENC 3C	M Davis	A Thompson	ENC 3C 06-08
65	Norway	2006	06/05/2006	8	25	L	H	2005-2006	1	0	0	1	2005-2006 ENC 3C	M Davis	A Thompson	2nd in 3C ENC 3C 05-06
64	Azerbaijan	2006	29/04/2006	31	3	W	A	2005-2006	3	2	4	0	2005-2006 ENC 3C	M Davis	A Thompson	ENC 3C 05-06
63	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2005	12/11/2005	20	7	W	A	2005-2006	2	2	2	0	2005-2006 ENC 3C	M Davis	A Thompson	ENC 3C 05-06
62	Israel	2005	29/10/2005	19	3	W	H	2005-2006	1	1	4	0	2005-2006 ENC 3C	M Davis	A Thompson	ENC 3C 05-06
61	Armenia	2005	01/10/2005	12	39	L	H	2005-2006	0	0	3	1	2005-2006 ENC 3B/3C Playoff	M Davis	A Thompson	2nd Round ENC 3B/3C
60	Austria	2005	07/05/2005	9	11	L	H	2004-2005	0	0	3	0	2007 Rugby World Cup R2	M Davis	A Thompson	5th in Pool B - RWC 07
59	Moldova	2005	16/04/2005	6	55	L	A	2004-2005	0	0	2	0	2007 Rugby World Cup R2	M Davis	A Thompson	RWC 07
58	Germany	2004	27/11/2004	0	96	L	A	2004-2005	0	0	0	0	2007 Rugby World Cup R2	M Davis	A Thompson	RWC 07
57	Denmark	2004	13/11/2004	5	6	L	H	2004-2005	1	0	0	0	2007 Rugby World Cup R2	M Davis	A Thompson	RWC 07
56	Austria	2004	08/05/2004	19	18	W	A	2003-2004	1	1	4	0	2003-2004 ENC 3B	M Davis	A Van Zealand	1st Promotion to 3A - ENC 3B 03-04
55	Bulgaria	2004	24/04/2004	39	5	W	H	2003-2004	6	3	1	0	2003-2004 ENC 3B	M Davis	A Van Zealand	ENC 3B 03-04
54	Lithuania	2003	08/11/2003	9	8	W	H	2003-2004	0	0	3	0	2003-2004 ENC 3B	M Davis	A Van Zealand	ENC 3B 03-04
53	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2003	25/10/2003	31	8	W	A	2003-2004	3	2	4	0	2003-2004 ENC 3B	M Davis	A Van Zealand	ENC 3B 03-04
52	Lithuania	2003	24/05/2003	6	60	L	A	2002-2003	0	0	3	0	2002-2003 ENC 3B	M Gillies	P. Boeglin	3rd in Pool B - ENC 3B 02-03
51	Austria	2003	10/05/2003	25	14	W	H	2002-2003	3	2	2	0	2002-2003 ENC 3B	M Gillies	G Dubois	ENC 3B 02-03
50	Malta	2003	29/03/003	6	34	L	A	2002-2003	0	0	2	0	2002-2003 ENC 3B	M Gillies	G Dubois	ENC 3B 02-03
49	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2002	27/10/2002	21	5	W	H	2002-2003	3	3	0	0	2002-2003 ENC 3B	M Gillies	A Thompson	ENC 3B 02-03
48	Israel	2002	01/06/2002	31	19	W	H	2001-2002	5	3	0	0	2001-2002 ENC 3B	M Gillies	A Thompson	4th in Pool 2 (B) - ENC 3B 01-02
47	Lithuania	2002	04/05/2002	7	26	L	H	2001-2002	1	1	0	0	2001-2002 ENC 3B	M Gillies	S Focus	ENC 3B 01-02
46	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2001	27/10/2001	12	13	L	A	2001-2002	2	1	0	0	2001-2002 ENC 3B	M Gillies	S Williams	ENC 3B 01-02
45	Hungary	2001	06/10/2001	17	19	L	H	2001-2002	2	2	1	0	2001-2002 ENC 3B	M Gillies	S Williams	ENC 3B 01-02
44	Austria	2001	12/05/2001	0	77	L	A	2000-2001	0	0	0	0	2003 Rugby World Cup R1	A Tribellini	R.Stub	5th in Pool A - RWC 03
43	Sweden	2001	05/05/2001	3	116	L	H	2000-2001	0	0	1	0	2003 Rugby World Cup R1	A Tribellini	S Focus	RWC 03
42	Israel	2001	03/03/2001	3	62	L	H	2000-2001	0	0	1	0	2003 Rugby World Cup R1	A Tribellini	S Focus	RWC 03
41	Latvia	2000	28/10/2000	19	24	L	A	2000-2001	3	2	0	0	2003 Rugby World Cup R1	G Brittin	A Thompson	RWC 03
40	Norway	2000	23/09/2000	41	9	W	A	2000-2001	6	5	0	0	2003 Rugby World Cup R1	G Brittin	A Thompson	First match of the entire 2003 Rugby World Cup ; RWC 03
39	Lithuania	2000	13/05/2000	40	6	W	H	1999-2000	5	3	0	0	1999-2000 ENC 4	G Brittin	S Focus	2nd in Pool 3 - ENC 4C
38	Norway	2000	15/04/2000	78	12	W	H	1999-2000	12	6	2	0	1999-2000 ENC 4	G Brittin	S Focus	ENC 4C
37	Sweden	1999	23/10/1999	8	34	L	A	1999-2000	1	0	1	0	1999-2000 ENC 4	G Brittin	S Focus	ENC 4C
36	Tunisia	1999	01/05/1999	5	32	L	H	1998-1999	1	0	0	0	1998-1999 FIRA 3	G Brittin	R Stub	4th in "Silver" Pool 1 FIRA 3A Serbia and Montenegro match cancelled due to Kosovo War.
35	Belgium	1999	06/03/1999	8	38	L	A	1998-1999	1	0	1	0	1998-1999 FIRA 3	G Brittin	N Edwards	FIRA 3A
34	Germany	1998	25/10/1998	7	54	L	A	1998-1999	1	1	0	0	1998-1999 FIRA 3	G Brittin	R Stub	FIRA 3A
33	Monaco	1998	18/04/1998	18	12	W	H	1997-1998	2	1	2	0	1997-1998 FIRA 3	G Brittin	N Edwards	1st Place - "Bronze" Pool FIRA 3
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1998	28/03/1998	22	5	W	H	1997-1998	3	2	1	0	1997-1998 FIRA 3	G Brittin	S Williams	FIRA 3
31	Bulgaria	1997	18/10/1997	39	6	W	A	1997-1998	7	2	0	0	1997-1998 FIRA 3	G Brittin	N Edwards	FIRA 3
30	Sweden	1997	19/04/1997	5	48	L	A	1996-1997	1	0	0	0	1999 Rugby World Cup R1(A)	G Mallaby	J Jenkins	5th in Pool 3 - RWC 99
29	Andorra	1997	13/03/1997	16	30	L	H	1996-1997	1	0	0	0	1999 Rugby World Cup R1(A)	G Mallaby	G Paul	RWC 99
28	Hungary	1996	02/11/1996	3	12	L	H	1996-1997	0	0	1	0	1999 Rugby World Cup R1(A)	G Mallaby	G Paul	RWC 99
27	Lithuania	1996	05/10/1996	3	26	L	A	1996-1997	0	0	1	0	1999 Rugby World Cup R1(A)	G Mallaby	J Jenkins	RWC 99
26	Monaco	1996	04/05/1996	8	8	D	A	1995-1996	1	0	1	0	1995-1996 FIRA ?	M Gillies	N Edwards	Monaco's 1st Test match
25	Israel	1996	07/04/1996	12	20	L	A	1995-1996	0	0	4	0	1995-1996 FIRA 3	M Gillies	J Jenkins	3rd in Pool 3 - FIRA 3
24	Croatia	1995	28/10/1995	7	16	L	H	1995-1996	1	1	0	0	1995-1996 FIRA 3	M Gillies	T Whiteman	FIRA 3
23	Bermuda	1995	16/05/1995	0	28	L	H	1994-1995	0	0	0	0	Test Match	M Gillies	T Whiteman
22	Andorra	1995	13/05/1995	18	18	D	H	1994-1995	0	0	5	1	1994-1995 FIRA 2	M Gillies	T Whiteman	1st Place Pool C - FIRA 2C
21	Switzerland	1995	30/04/1995	0	24	L	H	1994-1995	0	0	0	0	1994-1995 FIRA 2	M Gillies	T Whiteman	Some issue about withdrawal of SUI from the tournament after their next match v Andorra 7MY95. This match is not recorded in ESPN StatGurus!!!; FIRA 2C
20	Croatia	1994	03/12/1994	21	12	W	A	1994-1995	2	1	3	0	1994-1995 FIRA 2	M Gillies	M Gillies	FIRA 2C
19	Slovenia	1994	31/10/1994	22	3	W	H	1994-1995	3	2	1	0	1994-1995 FIRA 2	M Gillies	T Whiteman	FIRA 2C
18	Latvia	1994	14/05/1994	10	25	L	H	1993-1994	1	1	1	0	1993-1994 FIRA 3	M Gillies	M Gillies	4th in Pool A - FIRA 3C
17	Switzerland	1994	30/04/1994	8	17	L	H	1993-1994	1	1	1	0	1993-1994 FIRA 3	M Gillies	M Gillies	FIRA 3C
16	Georgia	1993	31/10/1993	10	10	D	H	1993-1994	1	1	1	0	1993-1994 FIRA 3	M Gillies	A Emering	FIRA 3C
15	Switzerland	1993	01/05/1993	10	37	L	A	1992-1993	1	1	1	0	1995 Rugby World Cup Prelim R	R Thurlow	A Emering	4th in West Group - RWC 95 FLR withdrew
14	Bulgaria	1993	01/03/1993	13	16	L	H	1992-1993	1	1	2	0	?1995 Rugby World Cup Prelim R/FIRA?	M Gillies	A Emering	West Group shows SUI, DEN, AND and LUX, maybe BUL friendly/playoff. 1st 5 pts try ; Need to find.
13	Denmark	1992	17/10/1992	9	19	L	H	1992-1993	0	0	3	0	1995 Rugby World Cup Prelim R	R Thurlow	M Gillies	RWC 95; FLR withdrew
12	East Germany	1990	15/09/1990	17	9	W	H	1990-1991	3	1	1	0	?1990-91IRA?	I Bonallo	G Paul	Friendly? LUX or DDR not in 1990–92 FIRA Trophy DDR last match
11	Yugoslavia	1990	13/05/1990	6	28	L	H	1989-1990	0	0	2	0	1989-90 FIRA Trophy	I Bonallo	S Duncan	3rd in Division 3 - FIRA 3
10	Andorra	1990	29/04/1990	6	26	L	A	1989-1990	1	1	0	0	1989-90 FIRA Trophy	I Bonallo	S Duncan	FIRA 3
9	Bulgaria	1989	14/05/1989	4	13	L	A	1987-1989	1	0	0	0	1987-89 FIRA Trophy	S Rowlands	C Phipps	3rd in Division 3 - FIRA 3
8	Andorra	1989	23/04/1989	10	8	W	H	1987-1989	1	0	2	0	1987-89 FIRA Trophy	S Rowlands	C Phipps	FIRA 3
7	Bulgaria	1988	24/04/1988	4	14	L	H	1987-1989	1	0	0	0	1987-89 FIRA Trophy	S Rowlands	T Savage	FIRA 3
6	Andorra	1987	08/11/1987	3	24	L	A	1987-1989	0	0	0	1	1987-89 FIRA Trophy	S Rowlands	G Paul	FIRA 3
5	Switzerland	1980	19/04/1980	7	10	L	A	1979-1980	1	0	1	0	?1979-80 FIRA?	B Drake	F Mastroddi	Friendly? neither LUX or SUI are not in 1979–80 FIRA Trophy
4	Belgium	1979	19/05/1979	7	10	L	A	1978-1989	1	0	1	0	?1978-79 FIRA?	C Baldi	B Drake	Friendly? LUX not in 1978–79 FIRA Trophy
3	Switzerland	1977	14.05.1977	4	7	L	H	1976-1977	1	0	0	0	1976-77 FIRA Trophy	C Baldi	F Mastroddi	4th in Division 3 - FIRA 3 LUX never played YOU in their group
2	Belgium	1977	27.04.1977	3	24	L	H	1976-1977	0	0	1	0	1976-77 FIRA Trophy	C Baldi	A Binstead	Division 3 - FIRA 3
1	Belgium	1975	03/05/1975	6	28	L	A	1974-1975	1	1	0	0	?1975 FIRA?	R Marshall	F Mastroddi	4pts try, Friendly? LUX not in 1975–76 FIRA Trophy
Total				1,812	2,327				205	126	176	6

Career XV

Updated 29.4.18, also view more additional detail Player Statistics

Most Tries

Rank	Player	Tries
1	Steve Knowles	11
2	Adrian Timmermans	10
3	Warren Young / Jonathan Harris	7
5	P Vimond/JB Vert/C Rossa	6

Most Caps

Rank	Player	Caps
1	Nigel Sharplin	51
2	Saman Rezapour	40
2	Gilles Caviglia	37
3	Julien Da Col	36
4	Arnaud Tribellini	35
4	Zelito Neves Dos Santos	35

Most Points

Rank	Player	Pts
1	Gilles Caviglia	288
2	Scott Browne	167
3	Jonathan Harris	65
4	Steve Knowles	63
5	Graham Cope	61

Try - Double/Hat-Trick

Key
T3	Player scored three tries
D	Player scored on debut

Sortable and collapsible table

#	Player	Against	Date
1	Peter Whitten	Croatia	3/12/94
2	Nigel Sharplin	Bulgaria	18/10/97 D
3	Warren Young	Bulgaria	18/10/97
4	Dan Bunnag	Norway	15/4/00 D
5	Anthony Isturis	Norway	15/4/00
6	Steve Knowles	Norway	15/4/00 D
7	Steve Knowles	Lithuania	13/5/00
8	Jonathan Harris	Norway	23/9/00
9	Simon Williams	Norway	23/9/00
10	John Suttherland	Israel	1/6/02
11	Gilles Caviglia	Austria	10/5/03
12	Steve Knowles	Bulgaria	24/4/04
13	Adrien Timmermans	Slovenia	5/5/13
14	Christopher Rossa	Greece	26/4/14
15	Francois Simon T3	Greece	26/4/14 D
16	Adrien Timmermans	Serbia	14/11/15
17	Jean-Baptiste Vert	Latvia	22/10/16
18	Gautier Bares T3	Estonia	11/11/17
19	Yared Ketema	Estonia	11/11/17
20	Jean-Baptiste Vert	Estonia	11/11/17
21	Adrien Timmermans	Finland	14/4/18
22	Guillaume Kimmel	Finland	14/4/18

Try - Debut

Key
T2	Player scored two tries
T3	Player scored three tries

#	Player	Against	Date
1	Louis Baccega	Belgium	3/5/75
2	Don Smith	Belgium	19/5/79
3	Marc Boussoualem	Bulgaria	24/4/88
4	Mark Gillies	East Germany	15/9/90
5	John Sutherland	East Germany	15/9/90
6	Warren Young	Switzerland	30/4/94
7	Richard Hughes	Slovenia	15/10/94
8	Richard Pickering	Andorra	15/3/97
9	Nigel Sharplin T2	Bulgaria	18/10/97
10	Stefan Focas	Bosnia and Herzegovina	28/3/98
11	Dan Bunnag T2	Norway	15/4/00
12	Jonathan Harris	Norway	15/4/00
13	Steve Knowles T2	Norway	15/4/00
14	Alex Van Zeeland	Norway	15/4/00
15	Loic Herve	Hungary	6/10/01
16	Gavin Belton	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25/10/03
17	Adrien Timmermans	Finland	24/5/08
18	Paul Evans	Finland	2/10/08
19	Thomas Picherit	Bulgaria	29/11/08
20	Michael Minehan	Bulgaria	24/10/09
21	Matthew Hopwood	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13/4/13
22	Stuart Logier	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13/4/13
23	Francois Simon T3	Greece	26/4/14
24	Jean-Baptiste Vert	Serbia	25/10/14

Drop Goal

Key
D	Player scored drop goal on debut

#	Player	Against	Date
1	Franco Mastroddi	Andorra	8/11/87
2	David Steene	Andorra	13/5/95
3	Gilles Caviglia	Armenia	1/10/05
4	Gillies Caviglia	Norway	6/5/06
5	Bertrand Cohen-Sabban D	Finland	21/4/12
6	Ciaran Keane	Serbia	14/11/15

Youngest

Key
D	Player scored try on debut

#	Player	Against	Date	Age
1	Kim Zimmer	Israel	1/5/10	17y 4m 22d
2	Alexandre Evrard	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12/11/05	17y 10m 18d
3	Alex Goodhew	Israel	21/3/09	18y 2m 18d
4	Yared Ketema	Greece	2/4/11	18y 3m 10d
5	Saman Rezapour	Slovenia	19/4/08	18y 3m 14d
6	Jesper Christiansen	Greece	26/4/14	18y 4m 11d
7	Christopher Rossa	Norway	10/11/12	18y 4m 17d
8	Tony Drennan	Finland	14/4/18	18y 5m 0d
9	Jason Limpach	Finland	6/10/12	18y 5m 24d
10	Edward Medlyn	Finland	9/10/10	18y 7m 2d
11	Matthew Hopwood D	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13/4/13	18y 7m 13d

Oldest on Debut

Key
D	Player scored try on debut

#	Player	Against	Date	Age
1	Gilbert Courades	Switzerland	19/4/80	48y 7m 0d
2	Claude Da Col	Israel	3/3/01	44y 9m 13d
3	Paul Evans D	Finland	2/10/08	41y 8m 29d
4	Ian Drummond	Switzerland	19/4/80	40y 5m 15d
5	David Moody	Switzerland	14/5/77	40y 1m 3d

Oldest Overall

#	Player	Against	Date	Age
1	Gilbert Courades	Switzerland	19/4/80	48y 7m 0d
2	Claude Da Col	Lithuania	24/5/03	47y 0m 6d
3	Marcelo Ridolfi	Switzerland	1/5/93	46y 3m 24
4	Mark Gillies	Lithuania	24/5/03	43y 8m 15d
5	Graham Paul	Sweden	19/4/97	42y 10m 2d
6	Paul Evans	Greece	25/4/09	42y 3m 22d
7	Ian Drummond	Switzerland	19/4/80	40y 5m 15d
8	Eric Flammang	Israel	1/6/02	40y 3m 10d
9	David Moody	Switzerland	14/5/77	40y 1m 3d

Current Season XV

2017-2018 Rugby Europe Championship Conference 2 North

Conference 2 North

• RUGBY EUROPE

Current squad XV

See also Player Statistics

Luxembourg Squad
Rezapour Saman Dee Quentin Kremer Thomas Giffard Vincent Drennan Tony Vert Jean-Baptiste Kimmel R Romain Williams R Rhys	Geoffreys G Gareth Browne S Scott Timmermans Adrien Dozin Max Kimmel G Guillaume Stone Charles Bares Gautier	Dennis-Soto Matthew Marcus Adam Cendre Victor Toulet Pierre Nzali Hugues Calmont Adrien Kenens Maxim Ketema Yared
v Finland, April 14th 2018

See also

• Luxembourg Rugby Federation
• Rugby union in Luxembourg
• Luxembourg women's national rugby union team
• Luxembourg national rugby sevens team
• List of Luxembourg national rugby union players
• List of international rugby union families
• List of rugby union players by country

Clubs

• Rugby Club Luxembourg
• Rugby Club Walferdange

External links

• Rugby Europe - Current Season Fixtures, Results and Table
• Luxembourg rugby union stats from ESPN - scrum.com