Polish national rugby union team

Poland
Nickname (s)	Biało-czerwoni (the white and red)
Association	Polski Związek rugby
Trainer	Tomasz Putra
captain	Paweł Nowak
WR abbreviation	POLE
WR rank	34th (51.11 points) (as of February 4, 2020) ;
home	Away
	First international match Poland 9: 8 GDR (August 24, 1958); ;
	Highest victory Norway 0:74 Poland (September 24, 1994); ;
	Biggest defeat Romania 74:13 Poland (May 2, 1998); ;
	World Championship; participations: none so far

The Polish national rugby union team represents Poland in the sport of rugby union . She plays in Division 1B of the European Nations Cup and has not yet qualified for a World Cup. Poland is by the World Association IRB in the third strength class ( third tier divided).

The team played their first international match in rugby history in Poland on August 24, 1958 in Łódź against the GDR and won 9: 8. A year earlier, Poland had joined the European rugby association FIRA-AER . At the beginning, Czechoslovakia and Romania were also more common . Poland was only able to take part in the qualifying games for the World Cup from 1988, when the IRB officially accepted the country as a member. Rugby has developed steadily in Poland in recent years, so that the team now regularly attracts 7,000 spectators to its home games.

The team has been coached by Tomasz Putra since 2006, who himself was a professional player in Poland and mostly in France from 1982 to 2000 . Over half of the squad currently plays in the French league. In 2008 Poland succeeded in advancing from Division 2b to Division 2a, where they initially beat the relegated Czech Republic 13: 7.

International matches

country	Games	Won	Lost	draw
Andorra Andorra	3	3	0	0
Belgium Belgium	5	5	0	0
Bulgaria Bulgaria	1	1	0	0
Denmark Denmark	3	3	0	0
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR	13	10	2	1
Germany Germany	14th	7th	7th	0
Georgia Georgia	2	2	0	0
Italy Italy	7th	1	6th	0
Croatia Croatia	2	2	0	0
Latvia Latvia	4th	4th	0	0
Malta Malta	3	3	0	0
Morocco Morocco	8th	6th	2	0
Moldova Republic Moldova	1	0	1	0
Netherlands Netherlands	19th	11	6th	2
Norway Norway	1	1	0	0
Portugal Portugal	7th	3	4th	0
Romania Romania	20th	2	18th	0
Russia Russia	2	0	2	0
Sweden Sweden	11	10	0	1
Switzerland Switzerland	2	2	0	0
Serbia Serbia	3	1	2	0
Soviet Union Soviet Union	3	0	3	0
Spain Spain	16	6th	10	0
Czech Republic Czech Republic	7th	3	3	1
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia	21st	11	9	1
Tunisia Tunisia	4th	3	1	0
Ukraine Ukraine	6th	0	6th	0
Total	187	99	82	6th