Turkey national rugby union team
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| Union | Turkish Rugby Federation | |
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| Nickname(s) | Ay Yıldızlar (The Crescent Stars) | |
| Coach(es) | Niall Doherty | |
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| First international | ||
 Turkey 31–5 Slovakia  (19 April 2012) |
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| Largest win | ||
| Turkey 55–3 Slovakia (23 November 2013) |
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| Largest defeat | ||
Turkey 25–34 Bosnia & Herz.  (25 October 2014) |
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The Turkey national rugby union team represents Turkey at rugby union football. It is a relatively recent creation, being started at the end of 2009. Turkey is currently a third-tier side. The team first played in 2012 against Slovakia and won 31-5 in Bratislava. On tour, they also defeated Estonia 49-5 in Tallinn.[1] Turkey has yet to play in the qualifying stages for the Rugby World Cup finals.
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Rugby union in Turkey is administered by the Turkish Rugby Federation (Türkiye Ragbi Federasyonu). The federation is affiliated to Rugby Europe (formerly FIRA-AER),[2] but not yet to the World Rugby (formerly IRB). Şahin Kömürcü is the federation's president.
Current squad (XV)
- Abdullah Gunes (ODTÜ SK)
- Dinçhan Kilercioğlu (ODTÜ SK)
- Kemal Ege Gurkan (ODTÜ SK)
- Ertugrul Gunday (ODTÜ SK)
- Doğu Eroğlu (ODTÜ SK)
- Koray Kaya (Samsun RK)
- Adem Selim (Samsun RK)
- Selçuk Kozlu (Samsun RK)
- Yavuz Kocaer (Samsun RK)
- Mustafa Kemal Kurt (Koç Üniversitesi SK)
- Mehmet Akif Ersoy (Trakya Üniversites Ragbi)
- Deniz Krom (Kadıköy RK)
- Mert Zabci (based in England)
- Murat Altun (Based in France)
- Semih Aydın (Based in France)
- Bahri Dagli (Based in France)
- Huseyin Sasmaz (Based in France)
- Ramazan Kilickaya (RC Vichy)
- Gokhan Ceylan (Based in France)
- Atilla Demir (Based in France)
- Necmi Kara (Based in France)
- Hüseyin Yesik (Based in France)
- Melikşah Kuzucu (Based in France)
- Kerim Galal (Based in Germany)
- Erkut Levent Durmus (Based in Germany)
- Ali Bökeyhan Sürer (Based in Germany)
- Tamer Celikbas James (Based in Wales)
- Cenk Tekin Akdeniz (Based in Scotland)
- Tarik Tin (Based in England)
Record
International matches up to the end of 2014:[1][3]
| Against | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win percentage |
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 Azerbaijan |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Bulgaria |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
 Estonia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Slovakia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Total | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75% |
See also
References
External links
- Stephane Vincent is the top scorer of Turkey
- Turkish Rugby Union News, Teams and Match Results
- Şahin Kömürcü
- Turkish Rugby Federation
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| Mixed | |
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