Cyprus national rugby union team
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| Union | Cyprus Rugby Federation |
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| Nickname(s) | The Moufflons |
| Emblem(s) | Mouflon |
| Ground(s) | Pafiako Stadium, Paphos |
| President |
 Lavrentios Vasiliades |
| Coach(es) |
 Phil Llewellyn |
| Captain(s) | Tony Thoma |
| Most caps | Tony Thoma (26) |
| Top scorer | Marcus Holden (254) |
| Most tries | George Agathocleous (19) |
| First international | |
Cyprus 39 – 3 Greece  (24 March 2007) |
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| Largest win | |
 Bulgaria 3 – 94 Cyprus (28 May 2012) |
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| Largest defeat | |
 Latvia 31 – 3 Cyprus (7 November 2015) |
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The Cyprus National Rugby Union Team known as "The Moufflons" is the representative side of Cyprus in rugby union. Their nickname is "The Moufflons" after a kind of horned sheep which is also the republic's national animal, the Cypriot mouflon (Ovis orientalis ophion). It is featured on the 1, 2 and 5 euro cent coins as well. They have won 28 of their 30 games and hold the world record for the most consecutive international rugby union wins with 24, which was ended on 15 November 2014 as they lost to Latvia. They were controversially disqualified from the knock-out phase of the 2015 Rugby World Cup Qualifiers, as they did not meet the necessary membership criteria according to the International Rugby Board.
The first international game of the Cyprus Rugby National Team took place on 24 March 2007 against Greece in Paphos. The Cypriot XV won the game by 39-3 in front of 2,500 fans.[3]
In October and November 2007, Cyprus beat Azerbaijan, Monaco and Slovakia to win the 2006–08 European Nations Cup Division 3D, which was a great achievement in their first year on the international scene. However, they lost the play-off game for promotion to Division 3C for the 2008–10 European Nations Cup on 6 September 2008 against Israel by a score of 23-14. This was Cyprus' only loss in international rugby for 6 years.
The following season, Cyprus had another attempt to be promoted as they played Bosnia and Herzegovina, Azerbaijan and Monaco in a round-robin home-and-away basis. They managed to win every game scoring a total of 187 points and conceding only 17. They gained automatic promotion to Division 3B, although, for the following season, the divisions had changed numbers, so instead of moving to Division 3B, they were in fact in Division 2D.
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