Austria national rugby union team
The Austria national rugby union team is a third tier rugby union 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.
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| Nickname(s) | Steinböcke | ||
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| Union | Austrian Rugby Federation | ||
| Head coach | Kurt Martin | ||
| Captain | Robert Schneider | ||
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| World Rugby ranking | |||
| Current | 87 (as of 30 March 2023) | ||
| Highest | 85 (23 November 2020) | ||
| Lowest | 88 (29 July 2019) | ||
| First international | |||
 Hungary 23–9 Austria  (3 May 1992[1]) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Austria 95–3 Kosovo  (22 April 2023) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Austria 0–78 Ukraine  (14 May 1994) | |||
The national side is ranked 87th in the world, as of 16 January 2023.[2]
History
Austria played their first official international on 3 May 1992 against Hungary, losing 23 points to nine. Austria had another fixture against Hungary that year, it was the first home game, which they lost 5:3, as well as two games against Slovenia. Austria's first win came against Slovenia on 21 November 1992, winning 9:5. Austria played nations such as Croatia and Ukraine as well as regulars Slovenia.
From 1996 on Austria began winning more games, and only lost a few sporadic matches in the late 1990s, as they were now beating the European sides that had beaten them in the early 1990s. During the 2000s Austria 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.
2023 Squad
Squad for RE Development 2023 against Kosovo.
1. Adi Prapsilo - Donau Wien, 6 Caps
2. Mortiz Schwab - Donau Wien, 1 Cap
3. Michael Klaffenbock* - Donau Wien, 9 Caps
4. Vincent Ritzberger - Donau Wien
5. Max Schwab - Donau Wien
6. Georg Leutgoeb*
7. Donovan Goodman* - RC Graz, 5 Caps
8. Robert Schneider* (c) - Donau Wien, 13 Caps
9. Khaled Jarkas - Donau Wien, Uncapped
10. Samuel Schoenaur - Donau Wien
11. Alexander Ganzberger
12. Benjamin Prelick - 8 Caps
13. Alexander Marka - 4 Caps
14. Louis Hammerschmidt
15. Max Karpleles
16. Paul Hruschka - 11 Caps
17. Patrick Hehenberger - RC Graz
18. Stefan Pauser - 12 Caps
19. Cristoph Jirik - Donau Wien
20. Frederick Olivanti - 4 Caps
21. Fabien Wolfram - Donau Wien
22. Michael Hehenberger
Record
| Against | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Andorra | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% |
 Croatia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0% |
 Denmark | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0% |
 Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Hungary | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.36% |
 Israel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
 Latvia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
 Lithuania | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25% |
 Luxembourg | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50% |
 Malta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
 Moldova | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
 Norway | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.33% |
 Serbia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
 Slovenia | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25% |
 Sweden | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Ukraine | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 74 | 24 | 49 | 1 | 32.43% |
References
- http://www.rugby-austria.at/content/deutsch/nationalteam.spielplan.php (in German)
- "Men's Rankings | World Rugby".
- "Rugby Austria -". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-04-20. (in German)
External links
- Österreichischer Rugby Verband - Official Site (in German)
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