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| Union | Hrvatski Ragbijaski Savez | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Template:Country data Croatia Tihomir Janković | |||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Template:Country data Croatia Miroslav Mandić | |||||||||||||||||
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| Template:Ru-rt 35 - 3 Template:Country data Slovenia (1992-11-07) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Template:Ru-rt 78 - 3 Template:Country data Hungary (1993-05-22) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Template:Ru-rt 0 - 126 Flag of France France XV (1993-06-19) | ||||||||||||||||||
The Croatia national rugby union team are the national rugby union team of Croatia. They are governed by the Hrvatski Ragbijaski Savez. Croatia have been playing international rugby since 1992, they have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup
History[]
Croatia played their first international on November 28, 1992, against Bosnia & Herzegovina, and won 47 to three. Croatia played four the following year with wins over Austria and Hungary. They then faced off against Italy, who won 76 to 11. This was followed by a win over Morocco and a win over Spain.
The following year they won three of their five fixtures, though they lost to Ukraine and Luxembourg, though the following year, they were able to defeat Luxembourg in 1995. Croatia won a number of games in 1996-97, and played Georgia that year. After the loss against Georgia in 1997. Croatia played the Netherlands in 2000.
Croatia won five matches in a row from 2001 to 2002. Croatia started in round three of the 2007 Rugby World Cup European qualification tournament.
Famous players[]
- Frano Botica
External links[]
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