Cyprus Rugby

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2007 (19 years old)

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15 Nov	Cyprus Ru	8 - 27	Malta Rug

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The Cyprus national rugby union team is nicknamed ‘’The Mighty Mouflons’’ after a native wild horned sheep which is also the republic's national animal. Cyprus won 28 of their first 30 games from 2007–2015 and hold the world record for the most consecutive international men's rugby union tests wins with 24, which ended on 15 November 2014 in a loss Latvia. They were controversially disqualified from the knock-out phase of the 2015 Rugby World Cup Qualifiers, as they did not meet the necessary membership criteria according to the International Rugby Board.

History
See also: Rugby union in Cyprus
The first international game of the Cyprus national rugby union team took place on 24 March 2007 against Greece in Paphos. The Cypriot XV won the game by 39-3 in front of 2,500 fans setting a world record for largest win in début match.

In October and November 2007, Cyprus beat Azerbaijan, Monaco and Slovakia to win the 2006–08 European Nations Cup Division 3D, in their first year on the international scene. However, they lost the play-off game for promotion to Division 3C for the 2008–10 European Nations Cup on 6 September 2008 against Israel by a score of 23–14. This would be Cyprus' only loss in international rugby for the next six years.