Moldova national rugby league team
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The Moldova
national rugby league
team first competed into international competition in 1993. Moldova has not competed internationally since the 1995 Emerging Nations World Cup
. Rugby league is no longer played in Moldova and while there were attempts to revive the national team for a tournament in 2003 (likely based on Russian players of Moldovan descent and Moldovan rugby union players) the team failed to materialise. There are no known current plans to resurrect the team, though rugby league has recently started in neighbouring Ukraine.
The Moldovan national side was largely based on the semi-professional Tiraspol side who played in the Russian Rugby League in its early seasons, where they even won some early titles, though at one stage there was also a small amateur Tiraspol league.
COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS):
SOVIET UNION (USSR):
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
national rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
team first competed into international competition in 1993. Moldova has not competed internationally since the 1995 Emerging Nations World Cup
1995 Rugby League Emerging Nations Tournament
The 1995 Rugby League Emerging Nations Tournament was held alongside the Centenary Rugby League World Cup. Although the competition received little build-up or promotion, the novelty value of the teams taking part encourage relatively large crowds, and the competition was a success...
. Rugby league is no longer played in Moldova and while there were attempts to revive the national team for a tournament in 2003 (likely based on Russian players of Moldovan descent and Moldovan rugby union players) the team failed to materialise. There are no known current plans to resurrect the team, though rugby league has recently started in neighbouring Ukraine.
The Moldovan national side was largely based on the semi-professional Tiraspol side who played in the Russian Rugby League in its early seasons, where they even won some early titles, though at one stage there was also a small amateur Tiraspol league.
Results
- Moldova def. Morocco 24-19 (18 October 1995)
- Ireland def. Moldova 48-26 (16 October 1995)
- BARLA Great Britain Lions def. Moldova 33-14 (May 1994)
- France def. Moldova 34-14 (1993)
COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS):
- CIS def. South Africa 22-19 (1992)
- CIS def. South Africa 30-26 (1992)
- France def. CIS 38-4 (1992)
- France def. CIS 28-8 (1992)
SOVIET UNION (USSR):
- France def. USSR 26-6 (1991)
See also
- Moldova national rugby union teamMoldova national rugby union teamThe Moldova national rugby union team represent Moldova at rugby union. They are governed by the Moldovan Rugby Federation , and have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup.-History:...
- Rugby league in Moldova