Austria national rugby union team

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Austria
Union	Österreichischer Rugby Verband
Captain	Andreas Gaul
Team colours
First international
Hungary 23 - 9 Austria (3 March 1992)
Largest win
Austria 77 - 0 Luxembourg (12 May 2001)
Worst defeat
Austria 0 - 78 Ukraine (14 May 1994)

Austria is a third tier rugby playing nation. They began playing international rugby in the early 1990s. Thus far, Austria has not made an appearance at any of the World Cups.

[edit] History

Austria played their first official international on March 3, 1992 against Hungary, losing 23 points to nine. Austria had another fixture against Hungary that year, as well as two games against Slovenia. Although all the games were close in scorelines, Austria did not manage to win a game that year. Austria played nations such as Croatia and Ukraine as well as regulars Slovenia . Though, still fairly new to the international scene, Austria had yet to find a win, and were soundly beaten by Ukraine 78 to nil, although, the other games still maintained close scores.

Austria's first win came against Serbia & Montenegro in 1996, winning three points to nil. Austria began winning more games, and only loss a few sparodic matches in the late 1990s, as they were now beating the European sides that had beaten them in the early 1990s. However, upon entering the 2000s, Austria started to lose more games, as they were now playing a larger variety of nations. After not winning one game in 2002, Austria went on to win every fixture in 2004, creating an undefeated streak which was broken by Denmark in 2005.

[edit] External links

• Österreichischer Rugby Verband - Official Site (German)