Norway national rugby union team

{{Short description|National rugby union team}}

{{About|the men's team|the women's team|Norway women's national rugby union team}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox national rugby team

| Name =Norway

| Badge = Norway logo.png

| Badge_size = 200px

| Union = Norges Rugbyforbund

| Captain = Erik Cavan

| Coach = Andrew Evans

| Manager = Karina Breuer

| Assistant coach = Robert Gannon
Glynn Southee

| top scorer = Kristoffer Borsheim

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| pattern_b1 =_Norwayjersey

| pattern_so1 = _whitetop

| leftarm1 = ED1C24

| body1 = ED1C24

| rightarm1 = ED1C24

| shorts1 = ED1C24

| socks1 = ED1C24

| World Rugby Rank = 106

| World Rugby Rank date = 4 November 2024

| First game = {{flagdeco|DEN}} Denmark 30{{ndash}}12 Norway {{flagdeco|NOR}}
(1979-06-23)

| Largest win = {{flagdeco|NOR}} Norway 86{{ndash}}5 Finland {{flagdeco|FIN}}
(1 October 1989)

| Largest loss = {{flagdeco|SWE}} Sweden 98{{ndash}}0 Norway {{flagdeco|NOR}}
(26 September 1992)

| no World cup apps = 0

| year =

| best =

|World Rugby max=105|World Rugby max year=2024}}

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.

class="wikitable sortable"
NamePositionClubCountry of Birth
Bastian FrommPropBlindern Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|GER}}
Levan AbramishviliPropStavanger Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|GEO}}
Lloyd HopkinPropBergen Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|AUS}}
Mats HallerudPropBlindern Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|NOR}}
Even Syrdahl EllingsenHookerBlindern Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|NOR}}
James BuncleHookerStavanger Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|NOR}}
Lasse Eri MarthinsenHookerNTNUI Rugby{{flagicon|NOR}}
Merwan BoughalemHookerOslo Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|FRA}}
Axel WilhelmsenLockStavanger Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|NOR}}
Magnus AnderssonLockOslo Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|SWE}}
Martin SkovlyLockOslo Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|NOR}}
Lars ThorkildsenFlankerHorten Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|NOR}}
Pascal RaclinFlankerOslo Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|FRA}}
Andrew Fraser-SmithNumber 8Blindern Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|ENG}}
Fredrik SkovlyNumber 8Oslo Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|NOR}}
Erik CavanNumber 8GHA RFC{{flagicon|SCO}}
Charles Henry Francis Pembroke-BirssHalfbackOslo Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|AUS}}
Jon Michael MoultonHalfbackBlindern Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|NOR}}
Thierry DavyHalfbackBlindern Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|FRA}}
Adriaan BothaFlyhalfOslo Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|RSA}}
Aleksander Næss-ClarkeFlyhalfHorten Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|NOR}}
Erlend Høen LaukvikCentreOslo Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|NOR}}
Espen HøgsetCentreBlindern Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|NOR}}
Kristoffer BorsheimCentreStavanger Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|NOR}}
Mattias LindqvistCentreNTNUI Rugby{{flagicon|SWE}}
Thomas Bichard-BreaudCentreOslo Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|NOR}}
Carlos RodriguezWingStavanger Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|SPA}}
Fredtrik NorthunWingStavanger Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|NOR}}
Tobias Carcary NygaardWingNTNUI Rugby{{flagicon|NOR}}
Francis Ramon James Skaret HuntFullbackOslo Rugbyklubb{{flagicon|NOR}}

=Coaching staff=

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NamePosition
{{flagicon|IRE}} Richard WhiteHead coach
{{flagicon|IRE}} Robert GannonAssistant coach
{{flagicon|ENG}} Glynn SoutheeAssistant coach
{{flagicon|GER}} Karina BreuerManager

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 {{ru|LAT}}.

class="wikitable sortable" style="border:1px solid #CCCCCC"
align="left" width="175" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" |Against

!align="center" width="75" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" |Played

!align="center" width="75" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" |Won

!align="center" width="75" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" |Lost

!align="center" width="75" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" |Drawn

!align="center" width="75" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" |Win percentage

style="text-align:center"

|align="left"|{{ru|AND}}

40400%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|ARM}}

10100%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|AUT}}

10541{{#expr:5/10*100 round 2}}%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|AZE}}

1100{{#expr:1/1*100 round 2}}%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|BIH}}

2200{{#expr:2/2*100 round 2}}%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|BUL}}

5230{{#expr:2/5*100 round 2}}%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|CRO}}

10100%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|DEN}}

201181{{#expr:1/20*100 round 2}}%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|EST}}

2200{{#expr:2/2*100 round 2}}%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|FIN}}

191180{{#expr:11/19*100 round 2}}%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|GRE}}

10100%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|Hong Kong}}

10100%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|HUN}}

60600%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|ISR}}

5140{{#expr:1/5*100 round 2}}%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|LAT}}

60600%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|LTU}}

30300%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|LUX}}

5140{{#expr:1/5*100 round 2}}%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|MLT}}

10010%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|MDA}}

10100%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|MON}}

10100%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|POL}}

10100%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|RUS}}

10100%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|SLO}}

20200%
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{ru|SWE}}

70700%
style="text-align:center;"
class="sortbottom"

!Total

10626773{{#expr:26/106*100 round 2}}%

References

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