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Malta national rugby union team
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| Malta | |||
| Union | Malta Rugby Football Union | ||
| Coach | Damian Neill | ||
| Captain | Steve (Cammileri) Kempster | ||
| First international | |||
| Malta 8 - 58 Moldova (2000-11-18) |
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| Largest win | |||
| Malta 35 - 27 Hungary (2004-05-22) |
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| Worst defeat | |||
| Malta 8 - 58 Moldova (2000-11-18) |
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The Malta national rugby union team are governed by the Malta Rugby Football Union (MRFU). Malta have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup.
Malta's national team played their first match on November 18 in 2000, against Moldova in Chişinău. Malta lost the match by 50 points, with the final score being 58-8. They played a subsequent match against Belgium that same year in Marsa, which they lost 26-0. Malta played four matches in 2001, and they recorded their first win in the fourth of them, against Monaco in Marsa. The win over Monaco saw a number of quality results follow, including drawing 10-10 with Norway, defeating Lithuania, Austria, Luxembourg, Bosnia, Serbia-Montenegro, Latvia and Hungary. The nine-game undefeated streak was ended by Moldova in 2004.
Malta then proceeded to enter the 2007 Rugby World Cup European qualification tournament where they were grouped in Pool D of the second round. After finishing third in their pool with two wins from four pool games, Malta entered a play-off along with Denmark, Andorra and Sweden to enter round three. Malta were successful and entered Pool B of round three, though they won two of their four matches, only the top nation left the pool, which was Germany.
- Rugby in the George Cross Island
- Malta on rugbydata.com
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