# Norway national rugby union team

Norway national rugby union team (Norwegian: Norges nasjonale rugbyunionsteam) represents Norway in men's international rugby union competitions, It's a member of the Rugby Europe and plays in Rugby Europe's Conference 2- North Championship.
Norway's once-captain and a rare professional player is Erik Lund, who played until 2010 at lock for Leeds Carnegie. Erik is the brother of England international Magnus Lund, and joined him at Biarritz Olympique in France from autumn 2010. Lund had been unavailable to play for Norway since 2006, however played for Norway in May 2010 against Slovenia.
The national side is ranked 100th in the world (as of 19 of march 2025).

## Current squad

Norway's Training Squad for the 2016/17 Rugby Europe Conference 2- North Championship. Norway lost to Hungary; 41-7 (32-0), on 22 April in Eztergom. They defeated Estonia, 43-16 (17-13) on 6 May, in Oslo.
| Name | Position | Club |
| Bastian Fromm | Prop | Blindern Rugbyklubb |
| Levan Abramishvili | Prop | Stavanger Rugbyklubb |
| Lloyd Hopkin | Prop | Bergen Rugbyklubb |
| Mats Hallerud | Prop | Blindern Rugbyklubb |
| Even Syrdahl Ellingsen | Hooker | Blindern Rugbyklubb |
| James Buncle | Hooker | Stavanger Rugbyklubb |
| Lasse Eri Marthinsen | Hooker | NTNUI Rugby |
| Merwan Boughalem | Hooker | Oslo Rugbyklubb |
| Axel Wilhelmsen | Lock | Stavanger Rugbyklubb |
| Magnus Andersson | Lock | Oslo Rugbyklubb |
| Martin Skovly | Lock | Oslo Rugbyklubb |
| Lars Thorkildsen | Flanker | Horten Rugbyklubb |
| Pascal Raclin | Flanker | Oslo Rugbyklubb |
| Andrew Fraser-Smith | Number 8 | Blindern Rugbyklubb |
| Fredrik Skovly | Number 8 | Oslo Rugbyklubb |
| Erik Cavan | Number 8 | GHA RFC |
| Charles Henry Francis Pembroke-Birss | Halfback | Oslo Rugbyklubb |
| Jon Michael Moulton | Halfback | Blindern Rugbyklubb |
| Thierry Davy | Halfback | Blindern Rugbyklubb |
| Adriaan Botha | Flyhalf | Oslo Rugbyklubb |
| Aleksander Næss-Clarke | Flyhalf | Horten Rugbyklubb |
| Erlend Høen Laukvik | Centre | Oslo Rugbyklubb |
| Espen Høgset | Centre | Blindern Rugbyklubb |
| Kristoffer Borsheim | Centre | Stavanger Rugbyklubb |
| Mattias Lindqvist | Centre | NTNUI Rugby |
| Thomas Bichard-Breaud | Centre | Oslo Rugbyklubb |
| Carlos Rodriguez | Wing | Stavanger Rugbyklubb |
| Fredtrik Northun | Wing | Stavanger Rugbyklubb |
| Tobias Carcary Nygaard | Wing | NTNUI Rugby |
| Francis Ramon James Skaret Hunt | Fullback | Oslo Rugbyklubb |

### Coaching staff

| Name | Position |
| Richard White | Head coach |
| Robert Gannon | Assistant coach |
| Glynn Southee | Assistant coach |
| Karina Breuer | Manager |

## Overall Record

Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Norway national XV at test level up until 26 October 2024, updated after match with Latvia.
| Against | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win percentage |
| Andorra | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Armenia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Austria | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 50% |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40% |
| Croatia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Denmark | 20 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 5% |
| Estonia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Finland | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 57.89% |
| Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Hungary | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Israel | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20% |
| Latvia | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20% |
| Malta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Moldova | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Monaco | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Slovenia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Sweden | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 106 | 26 | 77 | 3 | 24.53% |