Country: | Cyprus |
Union: | Cyprus Rugby Federation |
Nickname: | Mouflons |
Ground: | Pafiako Stadium, Paphos |
Captain: | Chris Thoma |
Most Caps: | Georgios Agathokleous |
Pattern B1: | _bowonwhite |
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Bigwin: | Cyprus 80 - 0 |
Sevens: | yes |
Bigloss: | Italy 28 - 0 Cyprus |
The Cyprus national rugby sevens team competes in the FIRA-AER European sevens. They have only played for 2 seasons. In their first season of the 2008 competition they managed to compete with the First and Third Tier sevens teams by defeating Georgia 7-5 and drawing 7–7 with Italy. Their second season saw them finish 12th out of 30 teams, just 2 places off qualifying for the final tournament held in Germany. In just their third year of sevens rugby, Cyprus hosted the final stage of the FIRA-AER European Sevens, this was held in Paphos on 12 and 13 June 2010.
10-man squad:
Player | Club | |
Chris Thoma | Paphos Tigers (c) | |
George Agathacleous | Paphos Tigers | |
Daniel Thrasivoulou | Derby Rugby Club | |
Marcus Holden | RGC 1404 | |
Andreas Zacharia | University of Lincoln | |
Colm O'Cleirgh | Bective Rangers | |
Peter Ioulianou | University of Lincoln | |
Marko Mladenvic | Limassol Crusaders | |
Luke Peters | North Shore Rugby Football Club | |
Kyle Oelofse | Paphos Tigers |
12-man squad: Bucharest and Paphos Sevens
Player | Club | |
Jonathon Pettemerides (c) | Singapore Rugby Club | |
Chris Thoma | Paphos Tigers | |
George Agathacleous | Paphos Tigers | |
Daniel Thrasivoulou | Derby Rugby Club | |
Marcus Holden | RGC 1404 | |
Andreas Zacharia | University of Lincoln | |
Reno Ioannides | Montluçon Rugby | |
Burhan Torghut | Moseley | |
Marko Mladenvic | Limassol Crusaders | |
Fidias Efthymiou | Paphos Tigers | |
Andrew Binikos | Currie RFC | |
Dan McFarlane | Paphos Tigers |