Finland national rugby union team
The Finland national rugby union team has thus far not played in a Rugby World Cup, but has participated in qualifying tournaments. Finland also compete in the Rugby Europe Conference, playing in 2 North.
Union | Suomen Rugbyliitto | ||
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Coach(es) | Alastair Davies | ||
Captain(s) | Thomas Finell | ||
Most caps | Andras Devenyi (92) | ||
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First international | |||
(1982-05-22) | |||
Largest win | |||
(2010-10-02) | |||
Largest defeat | |||
(1987-10-10) |
The national side are ranked 88th in the world (as of 30 November 2019).[1]
History
Finland played their first ever rugby international in 1982 against Switzerland, which they lost. Finland went on to win their first international in 1991, defeating Norway 18 points to 3
They played Monaco in 2002. Finland's attempt to qualify for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France began in Round 1 of the European tournaments. They faced Bulgaria in a two match series as part of the Round 1 group to determine which nation would advance. Bulgaria won the first game 42 points to 3 in Helsinki and won the second leg 50 to 3 in Sofia to knock Finland out of the tournament.
Finland are currently 99th out of 102 places in the World Rugby Rankings with a score of 28.71.
Record
Against | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win percentage |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% | |
8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12.5% | |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% | |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50% | |
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20% | |
6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.66% | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | |
8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12.5% | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | |
Total | 45 | 9 | 35 | 1 | 20% |
Current squad
- This was the list of players called to represent Finland in the 2018–19 Rugby Europe Conference 2
Player | Position | Club |
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Anthony Martinez | Hooker | |
Ossi Aro | Hooker | |
Juha Rainvuori | Prop | |
Mauno Konttila | Prop | |
Chris Denholm | Prop | |
Tapio Lahtinen | Prop | |
Niccolò Silini | Lock | |
Aaro Katainen | Lock | |
Shane Breen | Lock | |
Aleksi Almenoksa | Lock | |
Herkko Raivonen | Lock | |
Kosti Eskola | Loose forward | |
Iikka Ahlfors | Loose forward | |
Wertti Bask | Loose forward | |
Matti Keränen | Loose forward | |
Crispin Mäenpää | Scrum-half | |
Jarno Suoja | Scrum-half | |
Thomas Finnell | Fly-half | |
Liam Cleary | Fly-half | unattached |
Panu Leinonen | Fly-half | |
Dario Forneris | Fly-half | |
Jussi Viljanen | Centre | |
Curtis Pollard | Centre | |
Joonas Koskelainen | Centre | |
Joonas Bask | Wing | |
Samu-Petteri Pääkkö | Wing | |
Philip Sleath | Fullback | |
- Coach: Alastair Davies
- Assistant Coach: David O'Connor
- Physio: Riikka Nortia
- Team Manager: Samuel Kuutti
References
External links
- on RugbyEurope.eu
- Rugby Finland
- Finland on RugbyData.com