Sweden national rugby union team explained

Sweden[1]
Badge:Swedish Rugby Union logo.svg
Badge Size:160px
Union:Svenska Rugbyförbundet
Captain:Axel Kalling-Smith
Coach: Alex Laybourne
Caps:Tim Johansson (29)
Top Scorer:Andreas Bruhn (18)
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World Cup Apps:0
World Rugby Rank:33
World Rugby Rank Date:April 08 2024
First Game: Sweden 6–0 Denmark
(23 October 1949)
Largest Win: Luxembourg 3116 Sweden
(5 May 2001)
Largest Loss: Soviet Union 72–0 Sweden
(1 July 1976)
Most Tries:Andrew Daish (18)
Founded:1932
League:Rugby Europe Trophy
World Rugby Min Year:2016
World Rugby Min:62
World Rugby Max:34
World Rugby Max Year:2024

The Sweden national rugby union team represents Sweden in rugby union.

Rugby has been played in Sweden since 1933, the first full international being played in 1949 against Denmark. The country celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2008.

Sweden has been a member union of World Rugby since 1988 and is one of the 48 members of Rugby Europe.

Sweden won Rugby Europe Division 2 in 2012 and Conference 1 North in 2022, beating the Czech Republic in the final league game of the season at Stockholm's Stadion, in front of more than 1,500 spectators, promoting them to the Rugby Europe Trophy, a league level consolidated in 22/23 with a third-placed finish.

The national side is ranked 33rd in the world (as of April 08, 2024).[2]

Current squad

This is the Sweden team that beat Lithuania in Šiauliai on April 1, 2023:[3]

NameClubCapsTries
15 Hannes NylénEnköpings RK 7
14 Samuel EkfeldtLugi Lions RFC 2
13 Axel Kalling-SmithRAMS RFC 1610
12 Philip MurphyWatsonians FC 174
11 Alfred NordgrenMalmö RC 133
10 Tim JohanssonEnköpings RK 166
9 Philip AxelssonNorrköpings RK Trojan 4
1 Ale LomanLugi Lions RFC 7
2 Casper ForsbergStockholm Exiles RFC 4
3 Henrik EkNorrköpings RK Trojan 10
4 Elias GranathNewcastle University RFC 7
5 Christopher SidgwickNorrköpings RK Trojan 2
6 Arthur MariniParis Université Club 193
7 Terry Vaa luta FryxellStockholm Exiles RFC 73
8 Theodor KarlssonStockholm Exiles RFC 114
Adam ChristerssonKalmar Södra IFR 5
Christopher NilseriusNorrköpings RK Trojan 111
Alexander NahasErikslund Rugby 4
Raymond KanyasaCoventry Rugby 2
Sebastian NockmarNorrköpings RK Trojan 4
Christopher VannerbergEnköpings RK 2
Jack DuffyMonkstown FC 152
Mattieu Spens-CossinNorrköpings RK Trojan 8

Leading Try Scorers

Nametries
Andreas Bruhn18
Kari Tapper16
Kanogo Njuru14
Ian Gowland13
Bobby Nave 13
Alan Letele12
Johan Andersson11
Axel Kalling-Smith12
Thomas Arvidsson10

Rugby Europe Conference 1 North Champions 2021/22

2019 promoted side ↑ 2019 relegated side ↓ WR = World Ranking May 2022

Conference 1 NorthWRDLBFADIFF
3844003154817119
3743013142707215
633102174109-355
614103056145-894
64300326190-292

Rugby Europe Trophy Fixtures and Results 2022/23

DATE
22 - 2722/10/2022
37 - 1729/10/2022
39 v 2005/11/2022
12 v 6905/11/2022
45 v 612/11/2022
32 v 5912/03/2023
38 v 1518/03/2023
37 v 3925/03/2023
15 v 1801/04/2023
22 v 3201/04/2023

Final League Table 2022/23

2022 promoted sides ↑ WR = current World Ranking (Apr 6 2023)

TrophyWRDLBFADIFF
27440032057213319
3642021117135-189
394202182139-579
524103397122-257
4241031100133-335

Results and Fixtures

The following is a list of test matches since 2018, as well as any future test matches that have been officially scheduled.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sweden – World Rugby – Hall of Fame.
  2. Web site: Men's Rankings | World Rugby.
  3. http://iof3.idrottonline.se/SvenskaRugbyforbundet/Nyheter/Senastenytt/HerrXVSkrallmotPolen/
  4. https://www.scorespro.com/rugby-union/europe/teams/sweden-MTAwNTAz/