Austria national rugby union team

The Austria national rugby union team is a third tier rugby union playing nation. They began playing international rugby in the early 1990s. Thus far, Austria has not made an appearance at any of the World Cups.

Austria
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Steinböcke
UnionAustrian Rugby Federation
Head coachKurt Martin
CaptainRobert Schneider
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current87 (as of 30 March 2023)
Highest85 (23 November 2020)
Lowest88 (29 July 2019)
First international
 Hungary 23–9 Austria 
(3 May 1992[1])
Biggest win
 Austria 95–3 Kosovo 
(22 April 2023)
Biggest defeat
 Austria 0–78 Ukraine 
(14 May 1994)

The national side is ranked 87th in the world, as of 16 January 2023.[2]

History

Austria played their first official international on 3 May 1992 against Hungary, losing 23 points to nine. Austria had another fixture against Hungary that year, it was the first home game, which they lost 5:3, as well as two games against Slovenia. Austria's first win came against Slovenia on 21 November 1992, winning 9:5. Austria played nations such as Croatia and Ukraine as well as regulars Slovenia.

From 1996 on Austria began winning more games, and only lost a few sporadic matches in the late 1990s, as they were now beating the European sides that had beaten them in the early 1990s. During the 2000s Austria were now playing a larger variety of nations. After not winning one game in 2002, Austria went on to win every fixture in 2004, creating an undefeated streak which was broken by Denmark in 2005.

Current squad

Squad for opening 2023-24 Rugby Europe Conference match against Hungary.

  • Caps & age not updated.
  • Head coach: Kurt Martin

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

PlayerPositionDate of birth (age)CapsClub/province
Adi PrapsiloProp{{{age}}}{{{caps}}} RC Donau
Moritz SchwabHooker{{{age}}}{{{caps}}} RC Donau
Omar El AgrebiProp{{{age}}}{{{caps}}} Vienna Celtic RFC
Alexander BercoviciLock{{{age}}}{{{caps}}}
Max SchwabLock{{{age}}}{{{caps}}} RC Donau
Georg LeutgöbFlanker{{{age}}}{{{caps}}} RC Linz
Julian TröndleFlanker{{{age}}}{{{caps}}} RC Graz
Robert SchneiderNumber 8{{{age}}}{{{caps}}} RC Donau
Fabian WolframScrum-half{{{age}}}{{{caps}}} RC Donau
Peter MorrisFly-half{{{age}}}{{{caps}}}
Julian TerlerWing{{{age}}}{{{caps}}} RC Donau
Alexander GanzbergerCentre{{{age}}}{{{caps}}} RC Linz
Benjamin PreclikCentre{{{age}}}{{{caps}}}
Tobias BöhmWing{{{age}}}{{{caps}}}
Max KarpelesFullback{{{age}}}{{{caps}}}
Paul HruschkaProp{{{age}}}{{{caps}}}
Stefan Pauser??{{{age}}}{{{caps}}} Wombats RC
Vincent RitzbergerLock{{{age}}}{{{caps}}} RC Donau
Alexander Radomirov??{{{age}}}{{{caps}}}
Fabian Unterlercher??{{{age}}}{{{caps}}}
Michael Hehenberger??{{{age}}}{{{caps}}}
Samuel SchönauerScrum-half{{{age}}}{{{caps}}} RC Donau
Clemens Mostbeck??{{{age}}}{{{caps}}} Vienna Celtic RFC

Record

Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by the Austria national XV at test level up until 13 April 2024:

AgainstPlayedWonLostDrawnWin percentage
 Andorra20200%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina6600100%
 Bulgaria321066.67%
 Croatia40400%
 Denmark615016.67%
 Finland10100%
 Germany10100%
 Hungary1248033.33%
 Israel413025%
 Latvia20200%
 Lithuania413025%
 Luxembourg523040%
 Malta10100%
 Moldova211050%
 Norway1045140%
 Serbia624033.33%
 Slovenia19712036.84%
 Sweden20200%
  Switzerland30300%
 Turkey1100100%
 Ukraine20200%
Total963263133.33%

Coaches

NameYears
Didier Louvat2004-2007[3]
Gael Mouysset2007–'2013[3]

References


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