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Moldova national rugby union team

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the following year. The national rugby team was designated by the members of Moldova's Sports Press Association as the best Moldovan team in 2004. Following this, they played in qualifying tournaments for the
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However, their road to the World Cup was ended when a respectful 2nd place above Poland, Netherlands and Andorra was not enough to proceed to round 4.
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Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by the Moldova national XV at test level up until
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making the two the first Moldovan players to sign for a professional English team. More recently, props
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is growing rapidly, with well over 1,250 fans regularly turning up to their home matches in the
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This is Moldova`s current squad for the 2022-23 for Rugby Europe Conference 2 North.
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On the 23rd of August 2018, Cristian Ojovan another prop made his debut for D2 side
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Moldova played their first international on October 10, 1991 against
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Moldovan international Alexei Cotruţa was the top try-scorer in the
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in 2006, scoring 16 tries in 14 matches for Moscow-area side
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in 1995, which they won, by three points, 17 to 14.
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1523: 1520: 1517: 1516: 1513: 1510: 1504: 1499:Current squad 1496: 1494: 1490: 1486: 1482: 1477: 1475: 1471: 1470:Cardiff Blues 1467: 1463: 1459: 1455: 1451: 1450:Vadim Cobîlaş 1446: 1444: 1440: 1430: 1428: 1424: 1409: 1406: 1403: 1400: 1397: 1394: 1393: 1389: 1386: 1383: 1380: 1377: 1375: 1363: 1359: 1356: 1353: 1350: 1347: 1345: 1333: 1329: 1326: 1323: 1320: 1317: 1315: 1303: 1299: 1296: 1293: 1290: 1287: 1285: 1273: 1269: 1266: 1263: 1260: 1257: 1255: 1243: 1239: 1236: 1233: 1230: 1227: 1225: 1213: 1209: 1206: 1203: 1200: 1197: 1195: 1183: 1179: 1176: 1173: 1170: 1167: 1165: 1153: 1149: 1146: 1143: 1140: 1137: 1135: 1123: 1119: 1116: 1113: 1110: 1107: 1105: 1093: 1089: 1086: 1083: 1080: 1077: 1075: 1063: 1059: 1056: 1053: 1050: 1047: 1045: 1033: 1029: 1026: 1023: 1020: 1017: 1015: 1003: 999: 996: 993: 990: 987: 985: 973: 969: 966: 963: 960: 957: 955: 943: 939: 936: 933: 930: 927: 925: 913: 909: 906: 903: 900: 897: 895: 883: 879: 876: 873: 870: 867: 865: 853: 849: 846: 843: 840: 837: 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3407: 3380: 3353: 3321: 3289: 3277: 3267: 3245: 3218: 3201: 3184: 3137: 3095: 3081:Cook Islands 3046:Burkina Faso 3033: 3026: 2984: 2852:South Africa 2800:Tier 1 teams 2747:www.rugby.md 2734:RC Ciorescu 2701:Alexei Isaac 2694:RC Ciorescu 2621:RC Ciorescu 2555:Mihail Boian 2548:RC Ciorescu 1928:London Irish 1814:Andrei Lungu 1652:RC Ciorescu 1505: 1502: 1478: 1462:Dmitri Arhip 1447: 1436: 1420: 1281:   496: 494: 486: 462: 460:soon after. 444:They played 443: 428: 401:Rugby Europe 396: 395:, nicknamed 392: 390: 384:www.rugby.md 352: 302: 268: 204: 155: 98:Home stadium 58:Sergiu Motoc 37: 4139:Deaflympics 4134:Paralympics 3975:Basketball 3871:East Africa 3728:El Salvador 3425:Switzerland 3398:South Korea 3344:Philippines 3297:Netherlands 2956:World Rugby 2898:Ivory Coast 2842:New Zealand 2654:Unattached 2645:31 May 1995 2628:Adrian Adam 2581:Unattached 2452:2 June 1986 2428:Unattached 2379:2 June 1989 2355:Unattached 2042:Petru Crețu 2019:19 May 1993 1995:Unattached 1969:Dorin Boțan 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Index


Moldovan Rugby Federation
caps
Gelu Memorial Stadium
colours
colours
World Rugby ranking
Moldova
Lithuania
Moldova
Malta
Chișinău
Sweden
Moldova
Norrköping
World Cup
www.rugby.md
Rugby Europe
Conference 2 North
Moldovan Rugby Federation
Rugby World Cup
Rugby union in Moldova
Lithuania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Georgia
Ukraine
Latvia
Bulgaria
Norway

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