Austrian national rugby union team
| Nickname (s) | Ibex | ||
| Association | Austrian Rugby Association | ||
| Trainer | Steve Doyle | ||
| captain | Max Muller | ||
| WR abbreviation | AUT | ||
| WR rank | 85th (33.03 points) (as of February 4, 2020) |
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First international game Hungary 23: 9 Austria ( Vienna , Austria ; May 3, 1992)  |
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Highest victory Luxembourg 0:77 Austria (Vienna; May 12, 2001) |
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Biggest defeat Ukraine 72: 0 Austria (Vienna; June 27, 1998) |
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World Championship participations: none |
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The Austrian national rugby union team is Austria's representative in rugby union . The selection is assigned to the third tier and has not yet qualified for a Rugby Union World Cup after five attempts . She plays in Division 2C of the European Nations Cup .
Founded in the early 1990s, the first international match in the association's history took place on May 3, 1992 in Budapest against the Hungarian selection , which was lost at 9:23. On November 21, 1992 in Ljubljana against Slovenia, the first victory was achieved 5: 9. The highest victory was celebrated on May 12, 2001 in the World Cup qualification against Luxembourg with 77: 0. The biggest defeat was against Ukraine in 1994 with 72: 0. In 2005 Austria achieved the best placement in the IRB world ranking with 63rd place.
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Individual evidence
- ^ World Rugby Rankings. world.rugby, February 4, 2020, accessed November 26, 2019 .