The Turkey national rugby union team represents Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 at rugby union

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...

. It is a relatively recent creation, being started at the end of 2009. They are is a third-tier side, and first played in 2010. They have yet to debut at the qualifyings for the Rugby World Cup

Rugby World Cup

The Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition organised by the International Rugby Board and held every four years since 1987....

 finals.

Rugby union in Turkey

Rugby union in Turkey

Rugby Union in Turkey is a minor but growing sport.-Governing body:The governing body is the Turkish Rugby Federation. This in turn is co-federated with baseball, softball and American football under the roof of Turkish Federation of Baseball, Softball and American Football...

 is administered by the Türkiye Ragbi Federasyonu.

Şahin Kömürcü is the president of the Turkish Rugby Federation.

Current squad (Sevens)

1. Abdullah Güneş (Metu Rugby)
2. Bahri Dağlı (EGG 15)
3. Başar Çiçek (İstanbul Ottomans)
4. Davut Yavuz (Metu Rugby)
5. Doğukan Alkan (İstanbul Ottomans)
6. Hasan Kartarı (Metu Rugby)
7. İbrahim Demircan (Metu Rugby)
8. Kemal Ege Gürkan (Metu Rugby)
9. Metehan Bora Mete (Metu Rugby)
10. Mustafa Kemal Kurt (RC Vichy)
11. Okan Okyay (Metu Rugby)
12. Ramazan Kılıçkaya (RC Vichy)
13. Samet Çakıroğlu (İstanbul Ottomans)

External links

• Stephane Vincent is the top scorer of Turkey
• Turkish Rugby Union News,Teams and Match Results
• Şahin Kömürcü
• Turkish Rugby Federation