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Sweden has been a member union of World Rugby since 1988 and is one of the 48 members of Rugby Europe. Sweden won Rugby Europe Division 2 in 2012 and Conference 1 North in 2022, beating the Czech Republic in the final league game of the season at Stockholm's Stadion, in front of more than 1,500 spectators, promoting them to the Rugby Europe ...
A persistent problem for Swedish rugby has been the climate, which means that many pitches may be under snow for large parts of the year. For this reason rugby is a summer sport in Sweden, the season running from late April to the middle of October. Notable players include: Kari Tapper, a Number 8, who played for the Barbarians [2]
Sweden competed in their first rugby league international on 30 October 2010 when they drew 20 - 20 against Norway. Robin Larsson was the first player to score a try for Sweden. Sweden earned their first international rugby league win in July 2013, beating Norway in the Nordic Cup 40–22 in Oslo . [ 3 ]
Sweden are considered one of the pioneers of women's test rugby. In 2017, they returned to the international 15s scene after a three-year absence. [2] Sweden won the 2021–2022 Rugby Europe Women's Trophy. [3] [4] In the opening match of the 2024 Rugby Europe Women's Championship they lost to the Netherlands, 59–0. [5]
It also shows the number of registered clubs playing in each country, official referees and the number of registered players broken down by gender and age group. In 2023, the total number of registered players increased from 5.82 million to 8.4 million. South Africa has the most with 804,279.
Although he started his international career at youth level for Wales, Andrew has since represented the Sweden National Rugby Union Team having been made eligible by his grandfather. [11] He has been capped 20 times with 7 tries as of 2015 and he also has captained the sevens side.
Swedish female rugby union players (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Swedish rugby union players" This category contains only the following page.
Expatriate rugby union players in Sweden (1 P) R. Rugby union teams in Sweden (1 C, 20 P) W. ... Sweden national rugby sevens team; Swedish football (code) Swedish ...