Sweden national rugby union team
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| Union | Svenska Rugbyförbundet | |
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| Coach(es) | Alexander Taylor | |
| Captain(s) | Ian Gowland | |
| Most caps | Nicklas Jaråker : 54 | |
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| First international | ||
 Sweden 6 - 0 Denmark  (1949-10-23) |
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| Largest win | ||
 Luxembourg 3 - 116 Sweden (2001-05-05) |
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| Largest defeat | ||
 Soviet Union 72 - 0 Sweden (1976-07-01) |
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The Sweden national rugby union team is a member of the FIRA – Association of European Rugby and plays in the 2012-2014 European Nations Cup First Division. Sweden has been trying to qualify for the Rugby World Cup since the 1991 Rugby World Cup, but has yet to make it to the final competition. A majority of the players are native Swedes based in Swedish clubs but there are a growing numbers of players from the UK and Ireland that have qualified for Sweden through ancestral eligibility, and from other countries who have become eligible to play for Sweden through residency.
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World Cup record
- 1987 Did not qualify
- 1991 - 2015 Did not qualify
Current Squad
This was the Sweden squad for the match with Poland, on 1 June 2013:[1]
| Name | Position | Club |
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| Peter Blaha | Prop | Hammarby IF |
| Lars Tunestål | Prop | Pingvin RC |
| Mark Beveridge | Prop | Stockholm Exiles RFC |
| Stefan Obradovic | Prop | Hammarby IF |
| James Darbyshire | Hooker | Stockholm Exiles RFC |
| Rickard Johansson | Hooker | Hammarby IF |
| Mattias Björkebäck | Lock | Hammarby IF |
| Daniel Chamberlain | Kitman | Stockholm Exiles RFC |
| Daniel Legge | Lock | Cambridge RUFC  |
| Andrew Daish | Flanker | Old Albanian RFC |
| Rhys Allen | Flanker | Stockholm Exiles RFC |
| Sebastian Taylor | Flanker | Old Haberdashers RFC |
| Ted Holmgren | Flanker | Pingvin RC |
| Christopher Bradley | No.8 | Stockholm Exiles RFC |
| Simon Pierce | Scrum Half | Stockholm Exiles RFC |
| Lee Sandberg | Scrum Half | Cambridge RUFC |
| Conor Murphy | Fly Half | Galway Corinthians RFC  |
| Dustin Eaton | Centre | Stockholm Exiles RFC |
| Michael Lynch | Centre | Pingvin RC |
| Rikus van Niekerk | Centre | Stockholm Exiles RFC |
| Fred Pawle | Wing | Hammarby IF |
| Robin Fransson | Wing | Enköpings RK |
| Tim McNally | Wing | Enköpings RK |
| Ian Gowland (c) | Fullback | Stockholm Exiles RFC |
Schedule and Recent Results
The following is a list of matches from the past three years, as well as any future matches that have been officially scheduled.
Records of International Matches
Sweden's test match record against all nations:[2]
| Against | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | % Won |
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 Andorra |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40% |
 Armenia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Austria |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Belgium |
12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% |
 Croatia |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% |
 Czech Republic |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66,67% |
| Czechoslovakia |
7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0% |
| Denmark |
49 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 73.5% |
 East Germany |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
 Finland |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Germany |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.3% |
 Hungary |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Israel |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Latvia |
8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% |
 Lithuania |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 83.3% |
| Luxembourg |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Malta |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.3% |
 Moldova |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Netherlands |
19 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 5.3% |
 Norway |
7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Poland |
11 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0% |
 Portugal |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
 Serbia and Montenegro |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60% |
| Soviet Union |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
 Spain |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
 Switzerland |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Tunisia |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
 Ukraine |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| West Germany |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40% |
| Total | 176 | 89 | 81 | 6 | 50.6% |
Honours
- European Nations Cup Second Division champions: 2012
References
External links
- Svenska Rugbyförbundet - Official Site (Swedish)
- Current squad - Official Site (Swedish)
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