Sweden national rugby union team

The Sweden national rugby union team (Swedish: Sveriges nationella rugbyunionslag) represents Sweden in men's international rugby union competitions, Sweden has been a member union of World Rugby since 1988 and is one of the 47 members of Rugby Europe. They play in the Rugby Europe Conference 1 North. Sweden has been trying to qualify for the Rugby World Cup since the 1991 Rugby World Cup, but has yet to make it to the final competition. A majority of the players are native Swedes based in Swedish clubs but there are a growing numbers of players from the UK and Ireland that have qualified for Sweden through ancestral eligibility, and from other countries who have become eligible to play for Sweden through residency.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Sweden women's national rugby union team.

Sweden[1]
UnionSvenska Rugbyförbundet
Founded1932
Coach(es)Alex Laybourne
Captain(s)Connor Murphy
Most capsTim Johansson (29)

Ian Gowland (26)

Lee Sandberg (22)
Top scorerRobin Fransson (100)
Most triesIan Gowland (12)

Kanogo Njuru (11)

Hunter Mabon Jr (9)
League(s)Rugby Europe Conference 1 North
Team kit
First international
Sweden 6 - 0 Denmark
(1949-10-23)
Largest win
Luxembourg 3–116 Sweden
(5 May 2001)
Largest defeat
Soviet Union 72 - 0 Sweden
(1976-07-01)
Sweden Squad v Latvia May 2018, Rugby Europe Conference

The national side is ranked 53rd in the world (as of 5 May 2020).[2]

World Cup record
  • 1987- date never qualified


Current squad

This was the Sweden squad announced for the match against Latvia, on 26 October 2019:[3]

Name Club
Adam Christersson Kalmar Södra IFR
Alex Melander Wexlö RK
Arthur Marini Paris Université RC
Axel Kalling-Smith University of Sussex RFC
Christopher Sidgwick Hammarby IF RF
Conor Murphy Lansdowne RFC
Daniel Hector Lundell Vänersborgs RK
Emil Rådkvist Norrkōpings RK Troján
Erik Sjöbeck Pingvin RC
Giga Khanishvili Stockholm Exiles RFC
Hannes Nylén Enköpings RK
James Dewar Belsize Park RFC
Johan Rådkvist Linköpings RK RK
Jonas Grilfors Enköpings RK
Marcus Loxvi Stockholm Exiles RFC
Nils Murphy Lansdowne RFC
Oscar Larsson Pingvin RC
Petter Stråle Göteborg RF
Philip Axelsson Södertälje RK
Pontus Assarsson Pingvin RC
Robert Persson Hammarby IF RF
Thomas Ahlbäck Malmö RC
Theodor Karlsson Stockholm Exiles RFC

Final League Position 2018/19

2018 promoted side ↑, 2018 relegated side ↓ WR = World Ranking May 2019

Conference 1 North WR Pl W D L B F A DIFF Pts
 Ukraine 3743 0 1 2 108 68 4014
 Sweden 4843 0 1 1 140 65 7513
 Luxembourg ↑ 5942 0 2 1 63 59 49
 Hungary 6841 0 3 2 97 118 -216
 Moldova ↓ 5641 0 3 0 147 -98 -984


Current League Position 2020/21

2019 promoted side ↑ 2019 relegated side ↓ WR = current World Ranking

2019/20 season discontinued due to Covid19 outbreak, same fixtures planned for 2020/21

Conference 1 North WR Pl W D L B F A DIFF Pts
 Czech Republic ↓ 3600 0 0 0 0 0 00
 Hungary 6500 0 0 0 0 0 00
 Luxembourg 5600 0 0 0 0 0 00
 Sweden 5300 0 0 0 0 0 00
 Latvia ↑ 6400 0 0 0 0 0 00


Competitive Results and Fixtures

The following is a list of test matches from the past two years, as well as any future test matches that have been officially scheduled. [4]

Date Opponent Venue Competition Result
14 October 2017  Hungary Norrkōping, Sweden Rugby Europe Conference 1 North 12 – 10 W
28 October 2017  Ukraine Odessa, Ukraine Rugby Europe Conference 1 North 24 – 18 L
28 April 2018  Lithuania Kaunas, Lithuania Rugby Europe Conference 1 North 43 – 22 L
12 May 2018  Latvia Enköping, Sweden Rugby Europe Conference 1 North 50 – 27 W
20 October 2018  Moldova Norrkōping, Sweden Rugby Europe Conference 1 North 80 – 6 W
3 November 2018  Luxembourg Luxembourg Rugby Europe Conference 1 North 9 – 10 W
11 May 2019  Hungary Norrkōping, Sweden Rugby Europe Conference 1 North 36 – 27 W
19 May 2019  Ukraine Odessa, Ukraine Rugby Europe Conference 1 North 14 – 23 L
26 October 2019  Latvia Jurmala, Latvia International 22 – 26 W
2 November 2019  Luxembourg Malmö, Sweden International 0 - 13 L

Records of International Matches

A record of all international matches Sweden has played.

Against Played Won Lost Drawn % Won
 Andorra523040%
 Armenia1100100%
 Austria2200100%
 Belgium1248033.3%
 Croatia431075%
 Czech Republic624040%
 Czechoslovakia80710%
 Denmark493610373.5%
 East Germany30300%
 Finland3300100%
 Gibraltar10100%
 Germany413025%
 Hungary3300100%
 Israel3300100%
 Latvia1284064%
 Lithuania852162.5%
 Luxembourg651084%
 Malta413033.3%
 Moldova321066.66%
 Netherlands1911805.3%
 Norway7700100%
 Poland1411218%
 Portugal20200%
 Serbia and Montenegro532060%
 Soviet Union20200%
 Spain20200%
  Switzerland6600100%
 Tunisia10100%
 Ukraine60600%
 West Germany523040%
Total20610199650.6%

Honours
  • European Nations Cup Second Division champions: 2012

References
  1. [https://www.world.rugby/halloffame/worldmap/769
  2. https://www.world.rugby/rankings/mru?lang=en
  4. [https://www.scorespro.com/rugby-union/europe/teams/sweden-MTAwNTAz/
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