Croatia national rugby union team
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| Union | Croatian Rugby Union |
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| Coach(es) |
 Milan Yelavich |
| Captain(s) |
 Nik Jurišić |
| First international | |
Croatia 35 – 3 Slovenia  (1992-11-07) |
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| Largest win | |
Croatia 78 – 3 Hungary  (1993-05-22) |
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| Largest defeat | |
Croatia 6-126 France B  (1993-06-19) |
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The Croatia national rugby union team are the national rugby union team of Croatia. They are governed by the Croatian Rugby Union. Croatia are currently ranked 49th in the official world rankings. Croatia have been playing internationals rugby since 1992, they have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup.
Croatia played their first international on 28 November 1992, away against Bosnia & Herzegovina, and won 47–3. Croatia played four the following year with wins over Austria and Hungary. They then faced off against Italy, who won 76–11. The year finished off with a win over Morocco 36–12 but a loss to Spain .
The following year they won three of their five fixtures, though they lost to Ukraine and Luxembourg, though the following year, they were able to defeat Luxembourg in 1995. Croatia won a number of games in 1996–97, defeating the likes of Israel, Norway, Bulgaria, Latvia and Moldova and but losing to an experienced Georgia that year by 29–15.
1997 to 2000, Croatia played 11 International for 10 wins and 1 loss (to the Netherlands).
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