Luxembourg national rugby union team

The Rugby Club Luxembourg was founded in May 1973 by a group of expatriates working in the Grand Duchy. Several of the founders still live in Luxembourg and contribute one way or another to the sport. The club played its first competitive game against US Castillionnaise in September 1973. Up until 1995, the club played in the Alsace-Lorraine regional league. In that year, the team joined the Belgian second division, which it belonged to until 1998, when it earned promotion to the first division. In 2001, the club decided to return to the French league system, again playing regionally in Alsace-Lorraine. It won its division in 2008 but, after an invitation to play in Germany, decided to join the German league system in 2009. In the 2017–2018 season, RCL is leading Bundesliga 2 West unbeaten and hopes to secure promotion to Bundesliga 1 for the 2018–2019 season.

De Rugby Club Walferdange was founded in 1990. In 2001, after 10 years in the Belgian League they finished top of the third division and champion during the 2002/03 season. In its first season in the second division, the club was relegated to 3rd Division. The club's objective having gone through a rebuilding phase, is to return to and remain in the Belgian 2nd division.

The Richard Mertens Club is a member of the European Community sports clubs (French: Cercle Sportif des Communautés Européennes) and concentrates on U-7/U-19, its goal being to promote the game of rugby in Luxembourg and act as a feeder club for the two senior clubs of Luxembourg with any talented players. Player retention remains a concern for Luxembourgish rugby with most of such players stopping the sport after school for various reasons, even if they remain in Luxembourg. Despite this, the school has had some success stories since its inception with a few of its past players having gone on to play for well known university and club sides, or having gone on to represent Luxembourg at the senior level.

In 2017, a fourth club was founded in the south of the country in Dudelange, Rugby Club Terres Rouge. The club exclusively caters for the youth; it has been implied by the founders that there is potential for founding a senior team.

A fifth club, the Rugby Eagles Luxembourg, was founded in 2019 and became an official Member of the Luxembourg Rugby Union in June 2020. This club is exclusively a child-centered rugby project.

Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Luxembourg national XV at test level up until 5 April 2025, updated after match with {{ru|POL}}.

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On 17 November, Luxembourg named their 26-player squad for 2023-24 Rugby Europe Conference - Pool B against Slovenia.

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{{nat rs player|pos=PR|name={{sortname|Denis|Logelin}}|age=|caps=1|club=RC Luxembourg|clubnat=LUX}}

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{{nat rs player|pos=PR|name={{sortname|Thibault|Tomasetto}}|age=|caps=5|club=Metz Moselle|clubnat=FRA}}

{{nat rs player|pos=HK|name={{sortname|Quentin|Dee|dab=rugby union}}|age=|caps=18|club=Walferdange|clubnat=LUX}}

{{nat rs player|pos=LK|name={{sortname|Ruben|Albstmeijer}}|age=|caps=4|club=AAC Amsterdam|clubnat=NED}}

{{nat rs player|pos=LK|name={{sortname|Josselin|Gaspalou}}|age=|caps=7|club=Walferdange|clubnat=LUX}}

{{nat rs player|pos=LK|name={{sortname|Edward|Graybrook}}|age=|caps=2|club=RC Luxembourg|clubnat=LUX}}

{{nat rs player|pos=LK|name={{sortname|Stefan|Schaap}}|age=|caps=12|club=Walferdange|clubnat=LUX}}

{{nat rs player|pos=LK|name={{sortname|Guillaume|Thevenot|dab=rugby union}}|age=|caps=2|club=Paris Université|clubnat=FRA}}

{{nat rs player|pos=BR|name={{sortname|Julian|Timon Clavien}}|age=|caps=0|club=Walferdange|clubnat=LUX}}

{{nat rs player|pos=BR|name={{sortname|Guillaume|Kimmel}}|age=|caps=12|club=Metz Moselle|clubnat=FRA}}

{{nat rs player|pos=BR|name={{sortname|Noé|Tropiano}}|age=|caps=2|club=RC Luxembourg|clubnat=LUX}}

{{nat rs player|pos=SH|name={{sortname|Adrian|Mendez}}|age=|caps=8|club=Walferdange|clubnat=LUX}}

{{nat rs player|pos=SH|name={{sortname|Lucas|Schmitt}}|age=|caps=4|club=Heusenstamm|clubnat=GER}}

{{nat rs player|pos=FH|name={{sortname|Hugo|Bertani}}|age=|caps=10|club=Berre|clubnat=FRA}}

{{nat rs player|pos=FH|name={{sortname|Fintan|Lawlor}}|age=|caps=3|club=Jacou Montpellier|clubnat=FRA}}

{{nat rs player|pos=CE|name={{sortname|Liam|Carrol}}|age=|caps=6|club=Stirling RFC|clubnat=SCO}}

{{nat rs player|pos=CE|name={{sortname|John|Fitzpatrick|dab=rugby union}}|age=|caps=4|club=Glasgow URFC|clubnat=SCO}}

{{nat rs player|pos=CE|name={{sortname|Christian|Olsen|dab=rugby union}} (c)|age=|caps=13|club=RC Luxembourg|clubnat=LUX}}

{{nat rs player|pos=WG|name={{sortname|Yared|Ketema}}|age=|caps=37|club=RC Luxembourg|clubnat=LUX}}

{{nat rs player|pos=WG|name={{sortname|Luke|Ng Yan Kwong}}|age=|caps=1|club=RC Luxembourg|clubnat=LUX}}

{{nat rs player|pos=WG|name={{sortname|Luca|Zanette-Mansell}}|age=|caps=3|club=RC Luxembourg|clubnat=LUX}}

{{nat rs player|pos=FB|name={{sortname|Finley|Dew}}|age=|caps=0|club=RC Luxembourg|clubnat=LUX}}

{{nat rs player|pos=FB|name={{sortname|Matteo|Franzina}}|age=|caps=5|club=RC Luxembourg|clubnat=LUX}}

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• Luxembourg Rugby Federation
• Rugby union in Luxembourg
• Luxembourg women's national rugby union team
• Luxembourg national rugby sevens team
• List of Luxembourg national rugby union players
• List of international rugby union families
• List of rugby union players by country

• Rugby Club Luxembourg
• Rugby Club Walferdange

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• [http://www.rugbyeurope.eu Rugby Europe – Current Season Fixtures, Results and Table]
• [http://stats.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/stats/index.html Luxembourg rugby union stats from ESPN – scrum.com]

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