Nickname | Steinböcke | ||
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Union | Austrian Rugby Federation | ||
Head coach | Kurt Martin | ||
Captain | Robert Schneider | ||
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World Rugby ranking | |||
Current | 70 (as of 4 November 2024) | ||
Highest | 70 (4 November 2024) | ||
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 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.
The national side is ranked 70th in the world, as of 4 November 2024. [2]
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.
Squad for opening 2023-24 Rugby Europe Conference match against Hungary.
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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Adi Prapsilo | Prop | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | RC Donau |
Moritz Schwab | Hooker | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | RC Donau |
Omar El Agrebi | Prop | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | Vienna Celtic RFC |
Alexander Bercovici | Lock | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | |
Max Schwab | Lock | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | RC Donau |
Georg Leutgöb | Flanker | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | RC Linz |
Julian Tröndle | Flanker | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | RC Graz |
Robert Schneider | Number 8 | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | RC Donau |
Fabian Wolfram | Scrum-half | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | RC Donau |
Peter Morris | Fly-half | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | |
Julian Terler | Wing | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | RC Donau |
Alexander Ganzberger | Centre | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | RC Linz |
Benjamin Preclik | Centre | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | |
Tobias Böhm | Wing | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | |
Max Karpeles | Fullback | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | |
Paul Hruschka | Prop | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | |
Stefan Pauser | ?? | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | Wombats RC |
Vincent Ritzberger | Lock | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | RC Donau |
Alexander Radomirov | ?? | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | |
Fabian Unterlercher | ?? | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | |
Michael Hehenberger | ?? | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | |
Samuel Schönauer | Scrum-half | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | RC Donau |
Clemens Mostbeck | ?? | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | Vienna Celtic RFC |
Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Austria national XV at test level up until 21 September 2024, updated after match with Hungary.
Against | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win percentage |
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Andorra | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% |
Croatia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0% |
Denmark | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.67% |
Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Hungary | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 38.46% |
Israel | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25% |
Latvia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
Lithuania | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25% |
Luxembourg | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40% |
Malta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Moldova | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
Norway | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 40% |
Serbia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33% |
Slovenia | 19 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 36.84% |
Sweden | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
Turkey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Ukraine | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
Total | 97 | 33 | 63 | 1 | 34.02% |
Name | Years |
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Didier Louvat | 2004-2007 [3] |
Gael Mouysset | 2007–'2013 [3] |
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