Estonia national rugby union team

National rugby union team

Rugby team

EstoniaUnion| Estonian Rugby Union

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Coach(es)| Chris Budgen[1]

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First international
Estonia 15 – 22 Finland
(22 May 2010)
Largest win
Estonia 59 – 12 Belarus
(4 October 2014)
Largest defeat
Denmark 127 – 5 Estonia
(28 April 2018)

The Estonia national rugby union team is governed by the Estonian Rugby Union, which oversees all rugby union in Estonia. As of October 2014 they have played only a handful of matches, but have qualified for the 2014–16 European Nations Cup Third Division. The team's main stadium was Viimsi Staadion for several years.

## History

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A combined Estonia/Latvia side took on a Swedish representative side in the late 1990s, but a proper national team only started playing in August 2009, touring England and playing two matches, losing both. They came up against Kent club Tonbridge Juddians in their first match, coming out at the wrong end of a 94–7 scoreline.[2] The Juddians gave them a rather torrid time in the scrums, which was probably influenced by the fact that the Estonians only had their first-ever scrum machine session on the morning of the match. The second fixture saw them square off against England Deaf at Folkestone, this time managing to keep the score to a respectable 21–27.[3]

Estonia have since played several matches as they have built up their team. They were defeated by the Welsh national deaf team in Tallinn, losing 93–3 in June 2012,[4] with closer defeats to Finland, Finland 'A'[5] and Turkey.[6]

Estonia obtained their first win a play-off match for a position in the 2014–16 European Nations Cup Third Division, defeating Belarus 59–12.[7]

## Record

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Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by an Estonia national XV at test level up until 10 May 2025, updated after match with  Finland.

Against  | Played  | Won  | Lost  | Drawn  | % Won

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Belarus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100%
Finland | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0%
Denmark | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0%
Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0%
Latvia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0%
Luxembourg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0%
Montenegro | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50%
Norway | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0%
Presidents XV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100%
Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100%
Turkey | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0%
Total | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 20%

## Squad for the 2016 European Nations Cup

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* Ragnar Toompere
* Taavi Ermel
* Mamukel Gorelashvili
* Ashwath Venkatasubramanian
* Lauri Laaniste
* Rasmus Toompere
* Mihkel Parn
* Kaarel Kokemagi
* Jaan Lorens
* Karmo Lomp
* Pedro Gallardo
* Andre Astre
* Kimmo Kokemagi
* Kullar Veersalu
* Rob Kalso
* Marvin Uurike
* Chris Wallace
* Luke Veebel
* Aivar Lohmus
* Eerik Oja
* Kristjan Kotkas
* Karl Pallas

## See also

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* Rugby union in Estonia
* Estonian Rugby Union

## References

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1. ^ "Ex-professional rugby player coaches Estonian team during Army deployment". Belfast Telegraph. 24 February 2018.
2. ^ "TJs play host to Estonia National Squad". Tonbridge Juddians RFC. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
3. ^ "England Deaf beat Estonia Elite XV". RFU. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
4. ^ "Baltic bonanza as Wales run in 12 tries in Tallinn". Wales Deaf Rugby Union. 9 June 2012.
5. ^ "Finland victorious in Turku!". Pitchero. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
6. ^ "Finland A v Estonia". Rugby International News. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
7. ^ "Estonian Rugby Team Defeats Belarus 59–12 in Historic Match". Estonian Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 23 October 2014.

## External links

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* Estonian Rugby Union official site Archived 22 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
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