Rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
is a minor, but growing, sport in
Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...
.
The
Danish Rugby Union dates back to 1950, and joined the IRB in 1988.
[Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Complete Book of Rugby'' (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ) p66][( Danishbr>Rugby i Danmark (DRU)]
/ref>[ They joined the Scandinavian Rugby Union in 1974.][
]
History
Denmark is normally considered the second nation in Nordic rugby, after Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
.[ Until 1980, they had never beaten Sweden, but since then,
the silverware has been shared fairly equal, and in 1995 beat the touring side of Welsh Districts.][
Rugby has been played in Denmark since 1931.][''Rugby'' in Den Store Danske]
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Levels of development in Denmark in the 1970s, were extremely uneven. For example, in 1973, when Comet met Lyndo in a match in Copenhagen, the scoreline was 194-0.[Cotton, p67]
The Danes have a fairly robust amateur struction, which comprises over thirty clubs, and 3,000 registered players.
See also
* Denmark national rugby union team
* Denmark women's national rugby union team
External links
World Rugby Denmark page
Official union page
Denmark Rugby news
* ( Danish
Aktuelle resultater i forbundets øverste puljer. (Rugby)
References
* Cotton, Fran (Ed.) (1984) ''The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records''. Compiled by Chris Rhys. London. Century Publishing.
* Richards, Huw ''A Game for Hooligans: The History of Rugby Union'' (Mainstream Publishing
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, Edinburgh
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, 2007, )
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