Cyprus national rugby sevens team
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Union | Cyprus Rugby Federation | |
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Nickname(s) | Mouflons | |
Ground(s) | Pafiako Stadium, Paphos | |
Captain(s) | Chris Thoma | |
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Largest win | ||
Cyprus 80 - 0 Hungary | ||
Largest defeat | ||
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.
FIRA-AER European Sevens
[edit]2008-09 Squad
[edit]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 |
2010 squad
[edit]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 |
Coaches
[edit]- Mark Walboyoff (head coach)
- Paul Shanks (assistant coach)
- Carlton Douglas