Sweden national rugby union team

Sweden[1]
Shirt badge/Association crest
UnionSvenska Rugbyförbundet
Head coachEngland Alex Laybourne
CaptainAxel Kalling-Smith
Top scorerAndreas Bruhn (18)
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current31 (as of 16 November 2024)
Highest34 (2024)
Lowest62 (2016)
First international
Sweden Sweden 6–0 Denmark Denmark
(23 October 1949)
Biggest win
Luxembourg 3–116 Sweden
(5 May 2001)
Biggest defeat
Soviet Union Soviet Union 72–0 Sweden Sweden
(1 July 1976)
World Cup
Appearances0
Sami Paulsson rolls into the picture after Sweden beat Czechia 28–18 at Stockholm's Stadion on May 14th 2022, winning Conference 1 North

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 31st in the world (as of November 11, 2024).[2]

  1. ^ "Sweden - World Rugby - Hall of Fame". www.world.rugby.
  2. ^ "Men's Rankings | World Rugby".