Greece national rugby union team
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The Greece National Rugby Union team represents one of the world's newest rugby union
playing nations. The national team is governed by the HRF (Hellenic Rugby Federation), or EOP (Elliniki Omospondia Rugby), presided by Evangelos Stamos.
Greece
has been participating in international competitions since October 2005 playing its first international game against Austria in Vienna
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Since then, they have played several international games in FIRA competition 3D, and in Greece
. Greece played Slovakia in the Final on 12 May 2007 in Thessaloniki, were they won 20–17 & in doing so gained promotion to division 3C.
The current coach of the Greek national team is Mike Bishop taking over from Niall Doherty who is currently involved with Turkey.
, South Africa), Kitcho Evangelidis (Oviedo Spain), Dimitri Amiras (Imperial Medicals RFC) (UK), Alexis Fresta (Italy), Mario Goumaias (Iraklis), Costa Evagelopoulos (Lions), Stavros Mpochoris (Lions)
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
playing nations. The national team is governed by the HRF (Hellenic Rugby Federation), or EOP (Elliniki Omospondia Rugby), presided by Evangelos Stamos.
Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
has been participating in international competitions since October 2005 playing its first international game against Austria in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
.
Since then, they have played several international games in FIRA competition 3D, and in Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. Greece played Slovakia in the Final on 12 May 2007 in Thessaloniki, were they won 20–17 & in doing so gained promotion to division 3C.
The current coach of the Greek national team is Mike Bishop taking over from Niall Doherty who is currently involved with Turkey.
History
It is unknown when rugby was first played in Greece. During the mid 19thcentury, English and French sailors are recorded as playing some of the earliest games in northern Greece.Forwards
Nick Penna (Box Hill Broncos, Australia), Kostas Karandreas, William Martin (all Athens), Statis Papadopoulous, (Iraklis), Billy Papadoupolous (Attica Springboks), Ioannis Papacostopoulos, Antonis Demertis (both Spartans), Dinos Kasparos (University of PretoriaUniversity of Pretoria
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, South Africa), Kitcho Evangelidis (Oviedo Spain), Dimitri Amiras (Imperial Medicals RFC) (UK), Alexis Fresta (Italy), Mario Goumaias (Iraklis), Costa Evagelopoulos (Lions), Stavros Mpochoris (Lions)
Backs
Iason Dagdelenis (Tabard, England),James Kalpaxis (Thirlmere Roosters RL, Australia), Jeremy Raftos (Australia), Chris Fiotakis (Monaco), Argyris Saliarelis (University of West of England), Mark Martin, George Tsatsaronis (both Athens), Theo Fotiou (Lions), Ioannis Rizos (Lions),Alexandros Gounaris (Vincennes, France), Thomas Mamakopoulos (Massy, France), Theo Malthouse (Richmond, England)Results
| Date | Opposition | Competition | Home/Away | F | A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 October 2005 |  AustriaAustria national rugby union team Austria is a third tier rugby union playing nation. They began playing international rugby in the early 1990s. Thus far, Austria has not made an appearance at any of the World Cups.-History:... |
Friendly | Away | 3 | 52 | |
| 14 May 2006 |  FinlandFinland national rugby union team The Finland national rugby union team represents Finland at the sport of rugby union. The nation has thus far not played in a Rugby World Cup, but has participated in qualifying tournaments. Finland also compete in the European Nations Cup, playing in Division 2D.-History:Finland played their first... |
Friendly | Home | 12 | 17 | |
| 27 May 2006 | Finland |
Friendly | Away | 0 | 23 | |
| 7 October 2006 |  AzerbaijanAzerbaijan national rugby union team The Azerbaijan national rugby union team is the national rugby union team of Azerbaijan. They compete in division 3D of the European Nations Cup. Azerbaijan have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup.-External links:* * on rugbydata.com* on IRB.com... |
FIRA-AER, Div 3D, Pool A | Away | 20 | 5 | |
| 4 November 2006 | Azerbaijan |
FIRA-AER, Div 3D, Pool A | Home | 45 | 10 | |
| 24 March 2007 |  CyprusCyprus national rugby union team The Cyprus National Rugby Union Team known as "The Moufflons" is the representative side of Cyprus in rugby union. Their nickname is "The Moufflons" after a kind of horned sheep which is also the Republic's national animal, the Cypriot mouflon... |
Friendly | Away | 3 | 39 | |
| 12 May 2007 |  SlovakiaSlovakia national rugby union team The Slovak national rugby union team represents Slovakia in international rugby union. Slovakia have yet to qualify for a Rugby World Cup. They are currently affiliated to FIRA-AER, but not yet to the IRB.-History:... |
FIRA-AER, Div 3D Final | Home | 20 | 17 | |
| 23 February 2008 |  MonacoMonaco national rugby union team Monaco national rugby union team represents Monaco at rugby union. The team have been playing since the 1990s. They currently compete in Division 3D of the European Nations Cup tournament.-History:... |
Friendly | Away | 21 | 9 | |
| 11 October 2008 | Finland |
FIRA-AER, Div 3C Pool | Away | 12 | 10 | |
| 22 November 2008 |  IsraelIsrael national rugby union team The Israel national rugby union team represents Israel at a national level in international rugby union competitions. The team is governed by the Israel Rugby Union, which oversees all rugby union in Israel... |
FIRA-AER, Div 3C Pool | Home | 10 | 25 | |
| 11 April 2009 |  BulgariaBulgaria national rugby union team The Bulgaria national rugby union team represents Bulgaria at rugby union. They are governed by the Bulgarian Rugby Federation, and have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup.-History:... |
FIRA-AER, Div 3C Pool | Home | 41 | 18 | |
| 25 April 2009 |  LuxembourgLuxembourg national rugby union team The Luxembourg national rugby union team represents Luxembourg at rugby union. Luxembourg is a minor team, and is ranked as a third tier nation. The team participates in the annual FIRA-AER European Cup division 3B.... |
FIRA-AER, Div 3C Pool | Away | 17 | 14 | |
| 27 February 2010 | Finland |
FIRA-AER, Div 3C Pool | Home | 31 | 10 | |
| 13 March 2010 | Luxembourg |
FIRA-AER, Div 3C Pool | Home | 17 | 9 | |
| 17 April 2010 | Isreal |
FIRA-AER, Div 3C Pool | Away | 0 | 39 | |
| 24 April 2010 | Bulgaria |
FIRA-AER, Div 3C Pool | Away | 15 | 18 | |
| 6 November 2010 | Bulgaria |
ENC 2D | Away | 22 | 25 | |
| 20 November 2010 | Cyprus |
ENC 2D | Home | 13 | 33 | |
| 2 April 2011 | Luxembourg |
ENC 2D | Home | 30 | 18 | |
| 10 June 2011 | Finland |
ENC 2D | Away | 7 | 11 | |
| 05 November 2011 | Bulgaria |
ENC 2D | Home | 47 | 7 | |
| 12 November 2011 | Finland |
ENC 2D | Home | 16 | 6 |