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The Moldova national rugby union team represent Moldova at Rugby Union . They are governed by the Federatia de Rugby din Moldovei, and have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup . HISTORY Moldova played their first international on October 10, 1991 against Lithuania . Moldova won the match, 22 points to six. The next year they played against Bulgaria , which Moldova won, 42 points to three. Moldova played Hungary in 1995, which they won, by three points, 17 to 14. They played Georgia , who defeated them 47 to five. They then played Ukraine and Latvia and Bulgaria. Moldova played twice in 1997, defeating Norway and losing to Croatia . They won a number of fixtures in 2000. They played the Netherlands the following year. They would play in qualifying tournaments for the 2007 Rugby World Cup European Qualifiy . Moldova were grouped in Pool B of the second round, and they won two of their four matches, which saw them finish second in their pool behind Germany , and thus move onto round three and enter Pool A. On May 5 2007 , Moldova made their greatest achievement by defeating Ukraine 17-16 away from home which won them the European Nations Cup , Division 2A. This in turn, allowed them promotion to Division 1, to play against the likes of Romania , Georgia and Russia . POPULARITY Perhaps surprisingly, the popularity of rugby in Moldova is growing rapidly, with well over 10,000 fans regularly turning up to their home matches in the European Nations Cup . Since 2004, the number of Moldovan rugby players has more than doubled, due to the national team's growing international reptutation. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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