Andorran national rugby union team

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Andorra
Andorra rugby logo.gif
Nickname (s) Els Isards
Association Federació Andorrana de Rugby
Trainer Jordi Beal
captain Lionel Prat
WR abbreviation AND
WR rank 72nd (36.97 points) (as of February 4, 2020)
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First international match Andorra 24:18 Luxembourg (July 1, 1987)
AndorraAndorra LuxembourgLuxembourg
Biggest win Andorra 76: 3 Norway (September 4, 2004)
AndorraAndorra NorwayNorway
Biggest defeat Andorra 3:62 Spain (November 8, 1997)
AndorraAndorra SpainSpain
World Championship
participations: none

The Andorran national rugby union team represents the Pyrenees state Andorra in rugby union . The team is currently playing in Division 2B of the European Nations Cup . The team is classified as a third category national team by the International Rugby Board (IRB).

The home stadium is the Estadi Nacional .

history

Andorra played their first international match against Luxembourg on July 1, 1987 . It ended with a narrow 24:18 win.

Since 1995, the team has also regularly competed in qualifying for the Rugby Union World Cup . So far you have always failed in one of the qualifying rounds. In 1995, despite a balanced record, they were eliminated from a victory and a defeat in the European pre-qualification. In 1999 they made it to the second qualifying round, in 2003 the team failed in the first round, in 2007 they reached the third round, where they had no chance against the stronger European teams.

Participation in world championships

Individual evidence

  1. ^ World Rugby Rankings. world.rugby, February 4, 2020, accessed November 26, 2019 .

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