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 | |||
Finland 0 – 60 Switzerland (1982-05-22) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Finland 55 – 5 Estonia (2010-10-02) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Denmark 100 – 0 Finland (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]
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.
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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Andorra | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Austria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.33% |
Bulgaria | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.11% |
Cyprus | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
Denmark | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.33% |
Estonia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Gibraltar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Greece | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% |
Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Israel | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20% |
Latvia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
Luxembourg | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.11% |
Moldova | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
Monaco | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Norway | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 38.89% |
Slovenia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
Sweden | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Turkey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
Total | 87 | 29 | 57 | 1 | 33.33% |
Current line-up for the 2023-24 Rugby Europe Conference.
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 | Jyväskylä R.F.C. | |
Ossi Aro | Hooker | 19 | Tampere R.F.C. | |
Chris Denholm | Prop | 21 | Helsinki RC | |
Akseli Peltoniemi | Lock | 14 | Old Town Shamrocks | |
Aaro Katainen | Lock | 30 | Jyväskylä R.F.C. | |
Kosti Eskola | Flanker | 16 | Warriors RC | |
Matti Keränen | Flanker | 30 | Old Town Shamrocks | |
John Poole | Number 8 | 4 | Saimaa Sharks/Helsinki RC | |
Saxby Young | Scrum-half | 5 | Helsinki RC | |
Thomas Finell | Fly-half | 64 | Warriors RC | |
Samu-Petteri Pääkkö | Wing | 20 | Old Town Shamrocks | |
Jussi Viljanen (c) | Centre | 32 | Tampere R.F.C. | |
Kim Ali-keskikylä | Centre | Turku Eagles | ||
Antti Haapanen | Wing | 0 | Helsinki RC | |
Philip Sleath | Fullback | 9 | Turku Eagles | |
Paulo Pannuzzo | Hooker | 0 | Helsinki RC | |
Olli Räsänen | Prop | Jyväskylä R.F.C./Tampere R.F.C. | ||
Olli Palosuo | Prop | 0 | Helsinki RC | |
Juho Kiljain | Lock | 3 | Jyväskylä R.F.C. | |
Jedidiah Patton | Back row | 1 | Turku Eagles | |
James Edwards | Fly-half | 0 | Tampere R.F.C. | |
Timo McIntyre | Wing | 0 | Tampere R.F.C. | |
Jack Crabtree | Fullback | 1 | Warriors RC |
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