Andorra national rugby union team

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Andorra
Union Federació Andorrana de Rugby
Nickname(s) Els Isards
President Jordi Cerqueda
Coach Christian Cerqueda
Captain Lionel Prat
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First international
Andorra 24 -3 Luxembourg
(1st July 1987)
Largest win
Andorra 76 - 3 Norway
(4th September 2004)
Worst defeat
Andorra 3 - 62 Spain
(8th November 1997)

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The Andorra national rugby union team, nicknamed Els Isards (which is a Pyrenean Chamois) represent Andorra in international rugby union competitions. They are currently ranked 62nd out of 95 Rugby playing nations by the International Rugby Board (IRB). They play most of their home games in Andorra la Vella, the country's capital, though have had some matches in Foix, which is in France.

They compete in the European Nations Cup, and are currently in the second division. As well as playing numerous friendlies they have also taken part in the qualification stages of the Rugby World Cup, competing in every tournament since 1995.

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[edit] History

Andorra played their first rugby international in 1987 against Luxembourg. Andorra won the match 24-3.

Andorra first tried to qualify for the Rugby World Cup in 1995. They competed in the preliminary round in the west group of the European qualification. They defeated Denmark, but lost to Switzerland, and were knocked out.

Andorra also attempted to qualify for the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Andorra started off in Pool 3 of Round 1, and won all four of their fixtures, finishing at the top of the final standings to advance through to Round 2. However they were then knocked out of qualifying after Round 2 coming last in a five team group.

They competed in Pool B of Round 1 in attempting to qualify for the 2003 World Cup, but did not advance to the next stage coming third in a six team group.

The 2007 tournament saw many more fixtures and gained the small nation some greater publicity by playing in the first match of the tournament, beating Norway 76-3. They won a 2 leg match, came third in the ensuing five team group thus qualifying for a further 2 leg playoff, victory in which led to a further five team group in which they were last. Competing with the more populous Moldova, Netherlands, Spain and Poland, having beaten Norway, Hungary, Slovenia and Sweden certainly brought Andorra to the attention of more rugby followers, all in spite of a small population of just 70,000.

[edit] Popularity

The popularity of football in Andorra has been on the decline due to a poor record at home and away. This has left room for Andorran rugby to rise out of the shadows. Mainly affected by the fanatical popularity of rugby in southern France, Els Isards continue to impress on the international stage. This has led to the rapid increase in the number of registered players in Andorra. Many are now suggesting that rugby in Andorra has grown to such an extent that it has now become the tiny nation's national sport.

As well as a men's 15 aside team, the men have competed in the European Sevens competition since 2005. In 2005 they won promotion to the next division and in both 2006 and 2007 made the finals of the competition.

Also Andorra have a women's set up. As of yet they have only played sevens, competing in 2006 and 2007.

Youth rugby in Andorra is less developed and has to date only consisted of training camps.

[edit] Results Men's 15 aside

[edit] Analysis

Andorra have played friendlies, FIRA competitions and World Cup Qualifiers. The full results list including details of unplayed games can be found below. The various game types can be summarised as follows - note that unfulfilled and defaulted games are NOT included in the analysis although they do count towards the game count in the full list. Also if a game has been both a World Cup and FIRA game then it is only recorded here in the World Cup figures.

Match Type P W D L  % F A D Notes
Friendly 6 2 0 4 33 41 65 -24
Regional 43 16 1 26 38 618 897 -279
World Cup 27 13 0 14 48 589 636 -47
All Games 76 31 1 44 41 1248 1598 -350

Matches against individual teams can be summarised as follows

Nation P W D L  % F A D Notes
Norway 2 2 0 0 100 99 12 87
Austria 2 2 0 0 100 77 15 62
Lithuania 1 1 0 0 100 54 24 30
Monaco 2 2 0 0 100 43 16 27
Bosnia Herzogovina 1 1 0 0 100 23 13 10
Israel 1 1 0 0 100 19 13 6
Denmark 2 2 0 0 100 11 5 6
Hungary 4 3 0 1 75 116 58 58 There is also one unfulfilled fixture
Yugoslavia 4 3 0 1 75 56 43 13 There is also one unfulfilled fixture
Luxembourg 7 4 1 2 64 124 66 58
Slovenia 4 2 0 2 50 85 70 15
Malta 2 1 0 1 50 41 47 -6
Sweden 4 2 0 2 50 67 79 -12 There is also one win by default
Bulgaria 6 2 0 4 33 95 95 0
Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 33 26 104 -78
Croatia 4 1 0 3 25 41 62 -21
Tunisia 4 1 0 3 25 48 80 -32
Latvia 2 0 0 2 0 30 54 -24 There is also one unfulfilled fixture
Moldova 1 0 0 1 0 16 23 -7 There is also one unfulfilled fixture and one defeat by default
Switzerland 3 0 0 3 0 39 62 -23 There is also one win by default
Morocco 2 0 0 2 0 19 63 -44
Germany 1 0 0 1 0 11 56 -45
Portugal 3 0 0 3 0 32 115 -83
Poland 5 0 0 5 0 43 154 -111
Spain 3 0 0 3 0 17 129 -112
Netherlands 3 0 0 3 0 16 140 -124
Total 76 31 1 44 41 1248 1598 -350

[edit] Full Match List

Defaulted games (3), unfulfilled games (5) and non-Internationals (3) do not count towards the match tally.

Sequence Date Opponents F A Venue Type Notes
1 1st July 1987 Luxembourg (1) 24 3 A Luxembourg FIRA C First International for Andorra
2 8th July 1987 Luxembourg (2) 12 3 H Andorra La Vella Friendly First Home match
3 28th May 1988 Bulgaria (1) 6 30 A Sofia FIRA C First defeat
4 1st July 1988 Bulgaria (2) 7 21 H Andorra Friendly
5 8th April 1989 Tunisia (1) 7 19 H Andorra La Vella Friendly First game against an African team
6 23rd April 1989 Luxembourg (3) 8 10 A Cessange FIRA C
7 28th May 1989 Bulgaria (3) 7 21 H Andorra La Vella FIRA C
8 1st July 1989 Luxembourg (4) 6 10 A Friendly
9 8th April 1990 Tunisia (2) 6 12 H Andorra La Vella Friendly 9th consecutive defeat
10 29th April 1990 Luxembourg (5) 26 6 H Andorra La Vella FIRA C
11 26th May 1990 Yugoslavia (1) 9 3 A Split FIRA C
12 9th March 1991 Morocco (1) 9 25 H Andorra La Vella FIRA C
13 23rd March 1991 Portugal (1) 15 33 A Coimbra FIRA C
14 4th May 1991 Tunisia (3) 16 14 H Andorra La Vella FIRA C
15 9th November 1991 Tunisia (4) 19 35 A Tunis FIRA C First match in Africa
16 28th March 1992 Portugal (2) 6 29 H Andorra La Vella FIRA C
17 25th April 1992 Morocco (2) 10 38 A Casablanca FIRA C
18 1st October 1992 Denmark (1) 3 0 H Friendly Some sources list this as the WC game but it appears to be separate
19 27th October 1992 Denmark (2) 8 5 H Andorra La Vella WC 1995 First World Cup match
20 31st October 1992 Switzerland (1) 0 14 H Andorra La Vella WC 1995 First game without scoring
21 28th November 1992 Netherlands (1) 6 40 A Hertogenbosch FIRA B1
22 17th April 1993 Poland (1) 6 19 H Andorra La Vella FIRA B1
23 15th May 1993 Czech Republic (1) 6 3 H Andorra La Vella FIRA B1
24 11th September 1993 Sweden (1) 6 25 A Nassjo FIRA B1
25 6th November 1993 Poland (2) 10 30 A Sochaczew FIRA B1
26 26th March 1994 Netherlands (2) 10 49 H Andorra La Vella FIRA B1
27 12th April 1994 Czech Republic (2) 0 56 A Prague FIRA B1
Def 15th May 1994 Sweden w/o H Default FIRA B1 Won by default
Non Int 25th March 1995 Catalunya 6 66 A St Boi Friendly - non-International
28 22nd April 1995 Croatia (1) 0 16 H Andorra La Vella FIRA B3
Def 7th May 1995 Switzerland w/o A Default FIRA B3 Won by default
29 13th May 1995 Luxembourg (6) 18 18 A Cessange FIRA B3 First draw
30 26th November 1995 Slovenia (1) 28 23 H Andorra La Vella FIRA B3
31 24th March 1996 Yugoslavia (2) 30 12 A Ursag FIRA B2
32 20th April 1996 Bulgaria (4) 13 8 H Andorra La Vella FIRA B2
33 19th October 1996 Lithuania (1) 54 24 H Andorra La Vella WC 1999 Pool 3 Round A
34 2nd November 1996 Sweden (2) 21 20 H Andorra La Velle WC 1999 Pool 3 Round A
35 15th March 1997 Luxembourg (7) 30 16 A Cessange WC 1999 Pool 3 Round A
36 14th June 1997 Hungary (1) 34 5 A Budapest WC 1999 Pool 3 Round A, 7th consecutive win and 8th unbeaten
37 13th September 1997 Czech Republic (3) 20 45 A Tatra Smichov Stadium WC 1999 Pool 3 Round B
38 4th October 1997 Germany (1) 11 56 H Andorra La Velle WC 1999 Pool 3 Round B
39 8th November 1997 Spain (1) 3 62 H Andorra La Velle WC 1999 Pool 3 Round B, biggest defeat
40 30th May 1998 Portugal (3) 11 53 A Lousa WC 1999 Pool 3 Round B
41 26th September 1998 Switzerland (2) 14 15 H Andorra La Velle FIRA D
42 31st Ocober 1998 Bulgaria (5) 3 5 A FIRA D
43 27th February 1999 Monaco (1) 29 6 H Andorra La Velle FIRA D
44 12th June 1999 Israel (1) 19 13 A FIRA D
45 30th October 1999 Slovenia (2) 3 16 A FIRA D1
46 5th February 2000 Monaco (2) 14 10 A FIRA D1
47 26th February 2000 Hungary (2) 32 10 H Andorra La Velle FIRA D1
48 13th May 2000 Austria (1) 21 12 H Andorra La Velle FIRA D1
49 14th October 2000 Yugoslavia (3) 12 9 H Andorra La Velle WC 2003 EURO Round A
50 28th October 2000 Hungary (3) 21 27 A Szazhalombatta WC 2003 EURO Round A
51 5th May 2001 Switzerland (3) 25 33 H Andorra La Velle WC 2003 EURO Round A
52 12th May 2001 Bulgaria (6) 59 10 H Andorra La Velle WC 2003 EURO Round A
53 26th May 2001 Bosnia Herzogovina (1) 23 13 H Andorra La Velle WC 2003 EURO Round A
54 13th October 2001 Austria (2) 56 3 H Andorra La Velle FIRA B Pool A
55 11th November 2001 Slovenia (3) 16 26 A Ljubljana FIRA B Pool A
Non Int 27th March 2002 Nortwestern University (USA) 40 5 H Andorra La Velle Touring team
56 5th May 2002 Yugoslavia (4) 5 19 H Andorra La Velle FIRA B Pool A
Def 1st June 2002 Moldova w/o A Chisnau FIRA B Pool A - Lost by default
Unf 22nd September 2002 Moldova Probably FIRA B, this game is shown as a fixture
Unf 26th October 2002 Hungary Probably FIRA B, this game is shown as a fixture
Unf 3rd November 2002 Yugoslavia Probably FIRA B, this game is shown as a fixture
Unf 2nd March 2003 Latvia Probably FIRA B, this game is shown as a fixture
57 4th September 2004 Norway (1) 76 3 H Andorra La Velle WC 2007 Round 1 - first game of the tournament, biggest victory
58 18th September 2004 Norway (2) 23 9 A Fana WC 2007 Round 1
59 23rd October 2004 Hungary (4) 29 16 A Vasas WC 2007 Round 2 Pool A
60 20th November 2004 Croatia (2) 7 18 A Stadium Metalac, Sisak WC 2007 Round 2 Pool A
61 12th February 2005 Spain (2) 14 36 H Andorra La Velle WC 2007 Round 2 Pool A
62 30th April 2005 Slovenia (4) 38 5 H Andorra La Velle WC 2007 Round 2 Pool A
63 28th May 2005 Sweden (3) 30 20 H Andorra La Velle WC 2007 Round 2 playoff
64 4th June 2005 Sweden (4) 10 14 A Vanersborg WC 2007 Round 2 playoff
65 29th October 2005 Poland (3) 14 18 A WC 2007 Round 3 Pool A
66 26th November 2005 Netherlands (3) 0 51 A Amsterdam WC 2007 Round 3 Pool A
67 11th March 2006 Spain (3) 0 31 H Andorra La Vella WC 2007 Round 3 Pool A
68 6th May 2006 Moldova (1) 16 23 H Andorra La Vella WC 2007 Round 3 Pool A
69 7th Otober 2006 Poland (4) 8 54 A ENC 2B
70 4th November 2006 Latvia (1) 21 34 H Andorra La Vella ENC 2B 7th consecutive defeat
71 7th April 2007 Croatia (3) 24 13 H Andorra La Vella ENC 2B
72 12th May 2007 Malta (1) 24 31 A Valetta ENC 2B
73 29th September 2007 Poland (5) 5 33 H Andorra La Vella ENC 2B
74 24th November 2007 Latvia (2) 9 20 A Riga ENC 2B
75 19th April 2008 Croatia (4) 10 15 A Split ENC 2B
76 17th May 2008 Malta (2) 17 16 H Andorra la Vella ENC 2B
Unknown Lithuania (2) A ENC 3A
Unknown Armenia (1) H ENC 3A
Unknown Switzerland (4) A ENC 3A
Unknown Serbia (1) H ENC 3A
Unknown Lithuania (3) H ENC 3A
Unknown Armenia (2) A ENC 3A
Unknown Switzerland (5) H ENC 3A
Unknown Serbia (2) A ENC 3A

[edit] Current Squad

Listed end 2007 by FAR

Xavier Vilasetru - Iosif Tchelitze - Xavier Soteras - Roger Font - Joan Fite - Toni Carmona - Peter Ambor - David Kirikashvili - Jonathan Garcia - Josep Magallon - Sergi Abreu - Paul Alieu - Roger Fite - Jeremy Berrier - Marc Abelló - David Martinez - Oscar Cabanes - Franck Mitjana - Alexandro Consuegra - Emmanuel Sarti - Flavien Sayo - Alex Ballesta

[edit] Results Men's 7s

To date Andorra (men) have played in thirteen International Sevens Tournaments (WC Qualifier 1996 (1 round), WC Qualifier 2000 (1 round), FIRA-AER 2003 Qualifiers (1 round), FIRA-AER 2004 Qualifiers (2 rounds), FIRA-AER 2005 Qualifiers (2 rounds), FIRA-AER 2006 Qualifiers (2 rounds) and Finals, FIRA-AER 2007 Qualifiers (2 rounds) and Finals). In FIRA-AER, each year a number of tournaments take place across Europe and each nation takes part in two tournaments to decide on a final 12. In 2007 Andorra were joint 12th with Croatia but qualified on points difference. The FIRA-AER qualifiers have seen placings of 5th (5 times), 4th (1 time) and 3rd (2 times). Both appearances in the finals have seen 12th (last) but notable teams have failed to qualify.

[edit] 1st to 2nd June 1996 at Lisbon, Portugal (RWC Qualifier)

1st Round

Pool 7

0-74 Romania

5-52 Poland

2nd Round

Pool F

10-63 Portugal

5-31 Georgia

[edit] 1st to 2nd July 2000 at Madrid, Spain (RWC Qualifier)

1st Round

Pool D

24-36 Bulgaria

0-60 Russia

7-43 Italy

2nd Round (Russia swapped with winners of Pool C from first round)

Pool D

19-19 Bulgaria

0-49 Italy

0-61 Portugal

[edit] 14th June 2003 at Madrid, Spain (FIRA-AER Qualifiers)

Came fifth

Group Games

17-12 Belgium

10-21 Spain

14-33 Portugal

Knock Out (5th to 8th)

12-10 Malta

33-26 Italy

[edit] 21st to 22nd May 2004 at Lunel, France (FIRA-AER Qualifiers)

Came fifth

Group Games

26-0 Denmark

20-5 Switzerland

0-24 Spain

12-29 Italy

Knock Out (5th to 8th)

17-0 Belgium

29-20 Switzerland

[edit] 12th to 13th June 2004 at Tbilisi, Georgia (FIRA-AER Qualifiers)

Came eighth

Group Games

71-0 Israel

14-12 Romania

22-12 Ukraine

0-33 France

Knock Out (5th to 8th)

5-10 Georgia II

0-45 Scotland

[edit] 25th to 26th June 2005 at Lunel, France (FIRA-AER Qualifiers)

Came Fifth (Plate winners)

Group Games

0-35 Spain

27-5 Belgium

43-0 Monaco

5-29 France

Knock Out (5th to 8th)

5-0 Armenia

26-21 Netherlands

[edit] 2nd to 3rd July 2005 at Andorra (FIRA-AER Qualifiers)

Came Fifth (Plate winners)

Group Games

0-29 Spain

24-5 Belgium

w/o Slovakia

7-28 France

36-7 Invitation

Knock Out (5th to 8th)

26-7 Bosnia and Herzogovina

17-15 Croatia

[edit] 27th to 28th May 2006 at Amsterdam, Netherlands (FIRA-AER Qualifiers)

Came Third

Group Games

19-21 Netherlands

26-10 Israel

24-14 Portugal

40-0 Luxembourg

Knock Out (1st to 4th)

12-17 Croatia

17-5 Portugal

[edit] 9th to 10th June 2006 at Madrid, Spain (FIRA-AER Qualifiers)

Came Third

Group Games

24-0 Croatia

68-0 Norway

54-5 Azerbaijan

0-26 Portugal

Knock Out (1st to 4th)

12-19 Spain

26-7 Belgium

[edit] 15th to 16th July 2006 at Moscow, Russia (FIRA-AER Finals)

Came Twelfth

Group Games

12-42 Romania

0-52 Spain

12-14 Croatia

7-56 Russia

7-19 Portugal

Knock Out (9th to 12th)

19-24 Lithuania

0-21 Ukraine

[edit] 19th to 20th May 2007 at Amsterdam, Netherlands (FIRA-AER Qualifiers)

Came Fourth

Group Games

41-0 Belgium

56-0 Norway

7-21 Portugal

39-14 Serbia

Knock Out (1st to 4th)

10-21 Italy

5-29 Germany

[edit] 26th to 27th May 2007 at Croatia (FIRA-AER Qualifiers)

Came Fifth (plate winners)

Group Games

5-31 Ukraine

40-7 Hungary

41-0 Slovakia

12-14 Italy

Knock Out (5th to 8th)

21-5 Greece

47-12 Hungary

[edit] 7th to 8th July 2007 at Moscow, Russia (FIRA-AER Finals)

Came Twelfth

Group Games

0-36 Russia

5-26 Romania

14-38 Poland

7-28 Germany

12-33 France

Knock Out (9th to 12th)

0-49 Ukraine

17-26 Lithuania

[edit] 14th June to 15th June 2008 at Ostrava, Czech Republic (FIRA-AER Qualifiers)

Andorra will compete in stage five at Ostrava (Czech Republic) on 14th June and 15th June as 13th seeds. They are in group 2 with Belgium, Germany, Serbia and Slovakia. Group 1 contains Switzerland, Croatia, Czech Republic and IRB circuit experienced Spain and Portugal.

This appears to be a good opportunity to reach the last four. Failing that then a 5th place final with Croatia seems likely.

[edit] 21st and 22nd June 2008 at Porto Carras, Greece (FIRA-AER Qualifiers)

Andorra will compete in stage seven at Porto Carras (Greece) on 21st and 22nd June. The are in group 1 with Luxembourg, Israel, Bosnia-Herzogovina and IRB experienced Russia. Group 2 contains Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus and IRB experienced Spain.

Second place in the group is very achievable with a showdown with Spain likely in the last four.

[edit] 12th and 13th July 2008 at Hanover, Germany (FIRA-AER Finals if qualified)

[edit] Nation Analysis

Nation Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff.  %
Norway 2 2 0 0 124 0 124 100
Belgium 6 6 0 0 152 29 123 100
Hungary 2 2 0 0 87 19 68 100
Israel 2 2 0 0 97 10 87 100
Azerbaijan 1 1 0 0 54 5 49 100
Monaco 1 1 0 0 43 0 43 100
Slovakia 2 2 0 0 41 0 41 100
Luxembourg 1 1 0 0 40 0 40 100
Invitation 1 1 0 0 36 7 29 100
Denmark 1 1 0 0 26 0 26 100
Serbia 1 1 0 0 39 14 25 100
Switzerland 2 2 0 0 49 25 24 100
Bosnia Herzogovina 1 1 0 0 26 7 19 100
Greece 1 1 0 0 21 5 16 100
Armenia 1 1 0 0 5 0 5 100
Malta 1 1 0 0 12 10 2 100
Croatia 4 2 0 2 65 46 19 50
Netherlands 2 1 0 1 45 42 3 50
Bulgaria 2 0 1 1 43 55 -12 25
Ukraine 4 1 0 3 27 113 -86 25
Romania 4 1 0 3 31 154 -123 25
Portugal 8 2 0 6 79 242 -163 25
Italy 6 1 0 5 74 182 -108 16
Georgia II 1 0 0 1 5 10 -5 0
Lithuania 2 0 0 2 36 50 -14 0
Georgia 1 0 0 1 5 31 -26 0
Germany 2 0 0 2 12 57 -45 0
Scotland 1 0 0 1 0 45 -45 0
Poland 2 0 0 2 19 90 -71 0
France 4 0 0 4 24 123 -99 0
Russia 3 0 0 3 7 152 -145 0
Spain 6 0 0 6 22 180 -158 0
TOTALS 78 34 1 43 1346 1703 -357 44

The Slovakia record includes one "w/o". It is counted as a win with no effect on points scored.

[edit] Current Squad

The following 20 man squad was announced on 29th May 2008 for the WCQ tournaments.

Paul Alieu - David Kirikashvili - Toni Carmona - Peter Ambor - Gerard Soteras - Jonathan Garcia - Esteve Perez - Marc Abello - Renaud Calvel - Roger Fite - Marc Gispert - Josep Magallon - Sergi Lucas - Miquel Barbolla - Kim Jordan - Emmanuel Sarti - Benjami Taurinya - Flavien Sayo - Maxim Taurinya - Gerard Gimenez

[edit] Results Women's 7s

To date Andorra (women) have played in three international Sevens Tournaments

[edit] 25th to 27th May 2006 at Limoges, France (FIRA-AER Division B)

Came Second and promoted

Group Games

17-0 Poland

0-7 Hungary

29-0 Austria

15-0 Malta

Knock Out (1st to 4th)

22-0 Bulgaria

0-7 Romania

[edit] 26th to 27th May 2007 at Zagreb, Croatia (FIRA-AER Division A)

Came 8th and should maintain status

Group Games

7-29 Germany

22-5 Bulgaria

7-12 Lithuania

19-5 Poland

15-7 Norway

Knock Out (7th to 8th)

0-5 Romania

0-29 Norway

[edit] 30th May to 1st June 2008 at Belgium (FIRA-AER WCQ Stage 2)

Came third

Group Games (Pool A)

41-0 Luxembourg

5-17 Moldova

10-0 Norway

14-5 Switzerland

5-0 Malta

Knock Out (1st to 4th)

0-50 Germany

Knock Out (3rd place)

7-0 Czech Republic

THIS MEANT QUALIFICATION FOR THE FINALS

[edit] 14th June to 15th June 2008 at Limoges, France (FIRA-AER WCQ Finals)

Group Games (Pool B)

Sweden

England

Germany

Knock Out

[edit] Nation Analysis

Nation Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff.  %
Luxembourg 1 1 0 0 41 0 41 100
Bulgaria 2 2 0 0 44 5 39 100
Poland 2 2 0 0 36 5 31 100
Austria 1 1 0 0 29 0 29 100
Malta 2 2 0 0 20 0 20 100
Switzerland 1 1 0 0 14 5 9 100
Czech Republic 1 1 0 0 7 0 7 100
Norway 3 2 0 1 25 36 -11 67
Lithuania 1 0 0 1 7 12 -5 0
Hungary 1 0 0 1 0 7 -7 0
Moldova 1 0 0 1 5 17 -12 0
Romania 2 0 0 2 0 12 -12 0
Germany 2 0 0 2 7 79 -72 0
TOTALS 20 12 0 8 235 178 57 60

[edit] Current Players

Myriam García Ramón - Iolanda Gispert Sancho - Marilia Ferreira Gomes - Carla Ferreira Gomes - Sílvia Cuaresma - Sandra Guerrero Soria - Magali Paradelle - Tània Albino Ferreira - Mariona Vila Torrents - Anna Casals Casas - Beatriz Candela Callejero - Gisela Escolà i Marsal - Olga Arrú Solana - Juana Gutierrez Lopez - Judith Riba Mateu - Cèlia Ferreira Gomes - Carol Dañobeitia - Lorena Ledesma Torres - Sònia Llopis Carreras - Isabel Tejero Cano - Sílvia Arrú Solana

[edit] Youth Rugby

There are only limited records for Andorran youth rugby.

A training camp (with Spain and Portugal) took place in 2001/2002. A similar camp took place at Tarazones from 7th to 12th April 2006 with 23 players and 3 coaches attending. These are both for Under 17s.

A camp is planned for 14th to 19th March 2008 in Spain, with Spain and Portugal. This too is for under 17s.

Andorra took part in the 1996 Junior World Cup (winning group C) and also took part in the pre-classification stages in 2000.

[edit] Off Field

Not counting youth training camps (which are mentioned in that section) and hosting tournaments, Andorra also endeavours to be involved in non-playing activities.

1993 Hosts 52nd FIRA conference

[edit] Sources

http://www.irb.com/, ITV, http://www.irb.com/, http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/index.php, websites of unions mentioned, Scrum.com, http://www.rugbyinternational.net/

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