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Luxembourg Rugby Federation
UnionFédération Luxembourgeoise de rugby
Ground(s)Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City
Coach(es)Jonathan Flynn
Captain(s)Saman Rezapour
Most capsNigel Shaplin (51)
Top scorerGilles Caviglia (288)
Most triesSteve Knowles (11)
Team kit
Change kit
First international
Belgium Belgium 28 – 6 Luxembourg Luxembourg
3 May 1975
Largest win
Luxembourg Luxembourg 78 – 12 Norway Norway
15 April 2000
Largest defeat
Luxembourg Luxembourg 3 – 116 Sweden 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)

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

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

Clubs

References


External links

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