The Paphos Tigers are an independent rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 club based in Paphos

Paphos

Paphos , sometimes referred to as Pafos, is a coastal city in the southwest of Cyprus and the capital of Paphos District. In antiquity, two locations were called Paphos: Old Paphos and New Paphos. The currently inhabited city is New Paphos. It lies on the Mediterranean coast, about west of the...

, Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

. They are known as the first independent rugby club in Cyprus. They have been established since July 10, 2003.

Having starting playing rugby in Cyprus as a small independent team, organising ad hoc games with various opposition, the Tigers soon joined the JSRFU (Joint Service Rugby Football Union), along with their rivals, the Limassol Crusaders

Limassol Crusaders

The Limassol Crusaders are an independent rugby union club based in Limassol, Cyprus. They were the 2nd independent rugby club to be formed in Cyprus, after the Paphos Tigers. They were established in late 2003.-History:...

, which administers the services league in Cyprus. The current Cyprus league consists of seven regular teams who play each other twice (home and away) through the rugby season.

Alongside the league competition there is also a cup competition played between the teams who have entered the league.

The team are predominately made up of South Africans who learned the game from their home countries, and British resettlers. They currently have 9 players who play for the Cyprus national rugby union team

Cyprus national rugby union team

The Cyprus National Rugby Union Team known as "The Moufflons" is the representative side of Cyprus in rugby union. Their nickname is "The Moufflons" after a kind of horned sheep which is also the Republic's national animal, the Cypriot mouflon...

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Recent record

Year	Position
2006/7	3rd place
2007/8	2nd place
2008/9	1st place (Champions)