Union | Cyprus Rugby Federation |
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Nickname(s) | Mouflons |
Ground(s) | Pafiako Stadium, Paphos |
President | Lavrentios Vasiliades |
Coach(es) | Mark Walboyff |
Captain(s) | Chris Thoma |
Top scorer | Marcus Holden |
Largest win | |
Cyprus 80 - 0 Hungary | |
Largest defeat | |
Italy 28 - 0 Cyprus |
The Cyprus national rugby sevens team competes in the FIRA-AER European sevens. They have only played for 2 seasons but have excelled. In their first season of the 2008 competition they managed to compete with the First and Third Tier sevens teams by defeating Georgia 7-5 and drawing 7-7 with Italy. Their second season saw them finish 12th out of 30 teams, just 2 places off qualifying for the final tournament held in Germany. In just their third year of sevens rugby, Cyprus hosted the final stage of the FIRA-AER European Sevens, this was held in Paphos on 12 and 13 June 2010.
10-man squad:
12-man squad: Bucharest and Paphos Sevens