Lithuanian Rugby Federation

Lithuanian Rugby Federation

Lietuvos Regbio Federacija
Sport	Rugby union
Founded	1961 (1961)
World Rugby affiliation	1993
Rugby Europe affiliation	1991
President	Rytis Davidovicius
Men's coach	Ntando Manyosha
Website	regbis.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.

The [[Lithuania national rugby union team|Lithuanian national rugby union team]] currently holds the record for most test match wins in a row (17 matches) along with New Zealand and South Africa.

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

• Rugby union in Lithuania
• Lithuania national rugby union team
• Lithuania national rugby sevens team
• Lithuania women's national rugby sevens team

External links

• Official site in Lithuanian
• [1] Lithuania dreaming of 2011 Rugby World Cup, AFP story published by rugbyweek.com