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Union | Suomen Rugbyliitto | ||
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Head coach | Alastair Davies | ||
Captain | Jussi Viljanen | ||
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World Rugby ranking | |||
Current | 78 (as of 29 January 2024) | ||
Highest | 71 (2023) | ||
Lowest | 82 (2022) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (1982-05-22) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (2010-10-02) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (1987-10-10) |
The Finland national rugby union team represents Finland in men's international rugby union. The national side are ranked 71st in the world, as of 24 April 2023.[1]
History
[edit]Finland played their first ever rugby international in 1982 against Switzerland, which they lost. Finland went on to win their first international in 1991, defeating Norway 18 points to 3
They played Monaco in 2002. Finland's attempt to qualify for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France began in Round 1 of the European tournaments. They faced Bulgaria in a two match series as part of the Round 1 group to determine which nation would advance. Bulgaria won the first game 42 points to 3 in Helsinki and won the second leg 50 to 3 in Sofia to knock Finland out of the tournament.
Record
[edit]Below is table of the representative rugby matches played by a Norway national XV at test level up until 11 May 2024:
Against | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win percentage |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.33% |
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9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.11% |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
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9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.33% |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
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8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20% |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
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9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.11% |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
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18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 38.89% |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
Total | 87 | 29 | 57 | 1 | 33.33% |
Current squad
[edit]Current line-up for the 2023-24 Rugby Europe Conference.
- Coach: Alastair Davies
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Tapio Lahtinen | Prop | 6 | ![]() | |
Ossi Aro | Hooker | 19 | ![]() | |
Chris Denholm | Prop | 21 | ![]() | |
Akseli Peltoniemi | Lock | 14 | ![]() | |
Aaro Katainen | Lock | 30 | ![]() | |
Kosti Eskola | Flanker | 16 | ![]() | |
Matti Keränen | Flanker | 30 | ![]() | |
John Poole | Number 8 | 4 | ![]() | |
Saxby Young | Scrum-half | 5 | ![]() | |
Thomas Finell | Fly-half | 64 | ![]() | |
Samu-Petteri Pääkkö | Wing | 20 | ![]() | |
Jussi Viljanen (c) | Centre | 32 | ![]() | |
Kim Ali-keskikylä | Centre | ![]() | ||
Antti Haapanen | Wing | 0 | ![]() | |
Philip Sleath | Fullback | 9 | ![]() | |
Paulo Pannuzzo | Hooker | 0 | ![]() | |
Olli Räsänen | Prop | ![]() | ||
Olli Palosuo | Prop | 0 | ![]() | |
Juho Kiljain | Lock | 3 | ![]() | |
Jedidiah Patton | Back row | 1 | ![]() | |
James Edwards | Fly-half | 0 | ![]() | |
Timo McIntyre | Wing | 0 | ![]() | |
Jack Crabtree | Fullback | 1 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "World Rugby Men's Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
External links
[edit]- [1] Archived 24 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine on RugbyEurope.eu
- [2] Rugby Finland
- Finland Archived 15 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine on RugbyData.com