Cyprus national rugby sevens team

The Cyprus national rugby sevens team competes in the FIRA-AER European sevens. They have only played for 2 seasons. In their first season of the 2008 competition they managed to compete with the First and Third Tier sevens teams by defeating Georgia 7-5 and drawing 7–7 with Italy. Their second season saw them finish 12th out of 30 teams, just 2 places off qualifying for the final tournament held in Germany. In just their third year of sevens rugby, Cyprus hosted the final stage of the FIRA-AER European Sevens, this was held in Paphos on 12 and 13 June 2010.

Cyprus
UnionCyprus Rugby Federation
Nickname(s)Mouflons
Ground(s)Pafiako Stadium, Paphos
Captain(s)Chris Thoma
Team kit
Largest win
Cyprus Cyprus 80 - 0 Hungary 
Largest defeat
Italy Italy 28 - 0 Cyprus Cyprus

FIRA-AER European Sevens

2008-09 Squad

10-man squad:

PlayerClub
Chris ThomaPaphos Tigers (c)
George AgathacleousPaphos Tigers
Daniel ThrasivoulouDerby Rugby Club
Marcus HoldenRGC 1404
Andreas ZachariaUniversity of Lincoln
Colm O'CleirghBective Rangers
Peter IoulianouUniversity of Lincoln
Marko MladenvicLimassol Crusaders
Luke PetersNorth Shore Rugby Football Club
Kyle OelofsePaphos Tigers

2010 squad

12-man squad: Bucharest and Paphos Sevens

PlayerClub
Jonathon Pettemerides (c)Singapore Rugby Club
Chris ThomaPaphos Tigers
George AgathacleousPaphos Tigers
Daniel ThrasivoulouDerby Rugby Club
Marcus HoldenRGC 1404
Andreas ZachariaUniversity of Lincoln
Reno IoannidesMontluçon Rugby
Burhan TorghutMoseley
Marko MladenvicLimassol Crusaders
Fidias EfthymiouPaphos Tigers
Andrew BinikosCurrie RFC
Dan McFarlanePaphos Tigers

Coaches

  • Mark Walboyoff (head coach)
  • Paul Shanks (assistant coach)
  • Carlton Douglas

References