Finland national rugby union team


The Finland national rugby union team has thus far not played in a Rugby World Cup, but has participated in qualifying tournaments. Finland also compete in the Rugby Europe Conference, playing in 2 North.
The national side are ranked 88th in the world.

History

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.
Finland are currently 99th out of 102 places in the World Rugby Rankings with a score of 28.71.

Record

AgainstPlayedWonLostDrawnWin percentage
210150%
817012.5%
20200%
20200%
3300100%
633050%
514020%
615016.66%
10100%
817012.5%
10100%
20200%
10100%
Total45935120%

Current squad

PlayerPositionClub
Anthony MartinezHooker Warriors RC
Ossi AroHooker Dartfordians RFC
Juha RainvuoriProp Warriors RC
Mauno KonttilaProp Jyväskylä R.F.C.
Chris DenholmProp Helsinki RC
Tapio LahtinenProp Jyväskylä R.F.C.
Niccolò SiliniLock CUS Milano Rugby
Aaro KatainenLock Jyväskylä R.F.C.
Shane BreenLock Shamrocks Rugby Club
Aleksi AlmenoksaLock Turku R.F.C.
Herkko RaivonenLock Jyväskylä R.F.C.
Kosti EskolaLoose forward Warriors RC
Iikka AhlforsLoose forward Warriors RC
Wertti BaskLoose forward Helsinki RC
Matti KeränenLoose forward Jyväskylä R.F.C.
Crispin MäenpääScrum-half Brussels Celtic RFC
Jarno SuojaScrum-half Linna R.F.C.
Thomas FinnellFly-half Warriors RC
Liam ClearyFly-halfunattached
Panu LeinonenFly-half Helsinki RC
Dario FornerisFly-half Helsinki RC
Jussi ViljanenCentre Kuopio Rugby Club
Curtis PollardCentre Shamrocks Rugby Club
Joonas KoskelainenCentre Linna Rugby Club
Joonas BaskWing Helsinki RC
Samu-Petteri PääkköWing Shamrocks Rugby Club
Philip SleathFullback Tampere R.F.C.