Monaco national rugby union team
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| Union | Fédération Monégasque de Rugby | |
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| Head coach | Nicolas Bonnet, Thierry Danthez, Vincent Romulus | |
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| World Rugby ranking | ||
| Current | 102 (as of November 23rd, 2020) | |
Monaco national rugby union team has been playing since the 1990s. They currently only play friendly games and do not compete in the European Nations Cup, but they are still member of World Rugby. In October 2019, Monaco ranked 101st out of 105 national teams according to World Rugby.[1]
History[]
Monaco made their international debut in July 1996, in a match against Luxembourg, which ended in an 8-all draw. The next match played by Monaco was in April of the following year, when they also recorded their first win, defeating Slovenia 23-17. Monaco then played a number of games in the late 1990s, and then won three games in 2002. However, in 2006, they defeated Slovakia 6 points to nil. Monaco competed in the European qualifying tournament for the 2003 Rugby World Cup.
Record[]
World Cup[]
| World Cup record | World Cup Qualification record | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | |
  1987
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Declined invitation | No qualifying tournament held | ||||||||||||
   1991
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Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
 1995
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 1999
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| 2003
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Did not qualify | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 84 | |||||||
| 2007
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Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
| 2011
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 2015
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 2019
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| Total | 0/9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 84 | |
Overall[]
| Against | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | % Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Andorra |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Austria |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Azerbaijan |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
 Belgium |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Bulgaria |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
 Cyprus |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Finland |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
 Greece |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Hungary |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
 Israel |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Lithuania |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Luxembourg |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 |
 Malta |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
 Moldova |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Norway |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
 Slovakia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
 Slovenia |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 |
 Switzerland |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Total | 34 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 36.76 |
See also[]
External links[]
- Monaco-Rugby.com
- Monaco on IRB.com
- Monaco on rugbydata.com
References[]
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