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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.