Lithuanian Rugby Federation
Appearance
Lietuvos Regbio Federacija | |
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Sport | Rugby union |
Founded | 1961 |
World Rugby affiliation | 1993 |
Rugby Europe affiliation | 1991 |
Men's coach | Ntando Manyosha |
Website | rebis.lt |
The Lithuanian Rugby Federation (Template:Lang-lt), abbreviated to LRF is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Lithuania. Lithuania currently comprises 1,650 registered players and there are 15 club in the whole country.
Lithuania also holds the records for most test match wins in a row, 17.
History
It was formed in 1961, yet was not considered by European rugby authorities and World rugby authorities as a national rugby federation as Lithuania at the time we part of the USSR.
It became affiliated to the International Rugby Football Board, now known as World Rugby, in 1993 and to FIRA Europe, now known as Rugby Europe in 1991 as soon as the USSR collapsed.
See also
External links
- Official site in Lithuanian
- [1] Lithuania dreaming of 2011 Rugby World Cup, AFP story published by rugbyweek.com