Top scorer | Kristoffer Borsheim |
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First international | |
Denmark 30 -12 Norway (1979-06-23) |
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Largest win | |
Norway 86 - 5 Finland (1989-10-01) |
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Largest defeat | |
Sweden 98 - 0 Norway (1992-09-26) |
Norway national rugby union team is a member of the Rugby Europe and plays in Rugby Europe's Conference 2- North Championship.
The team is ranked number 92 on World Rugby's ranking as of March 2017.
Norway's once-captain and a rare professional player is Erik Lund, who played until 2010 at lock for Leeds Carnegie. Erik is the brother of England international Magnus Lund, and joined him at Biarritz Olympique in France from the fall of 2010. Lund had been unavailable to play for Norway since 2006, however played for Norway in May 2010 against Slovenia.
Norway's Training Squad for their upcoming matches against Hungary (22nd April, 2017) and Estonia (6th May, 2017) as part of the 2016/17 Rugby Europe Conference 2- North Championship.