Kazakhstan national rugby union team

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Kazakhstan
Union	Kazakhstan Rugby Union
Coach	Stanislav Knorr
Team colours		Change colours
First international
Kazakhstan  5 - 17  Georgia (1994-04-03)
Largest win
Kazakhstan  89 - 10  India (2002-11-18)
Worst defeat
China  57 - 15  Kazakhstan (2002-04-14)

The Kazakhstan national rugby union team is nicknamed the Nomads. It is controlled by the Kazakhstan Rugby Union and represents Kazakhstan in the sport of Rugby Union.

In 2007 they won all five of their matches and rose 14 places in the IRB World Rankings to 32nd, a bigger rise than any other team^[1].

In 2008 Kazakhstan is participating in the inaugural Asian Five Nations.

[edit] 2007 Rugby World Cup Qualifying

See Also: 2007 Rugby World Cup - Asia qualification

From June 5 - June 25, 2005, Kazakhstan defeated Guam, India and Malaysia to finish top of Pool B, Division 3.

They then defeated Sri Lanka 25-19 in Kazakhstan before losing the match in Colombo, Sri Lanka 24-12. This eliminated them from the 2007 World Cup.

Irish player Luke O'Callaghan plays for the Kazakhstan team, and put together material for a television documentary of his experiences which was shown on Setanta Sports.

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Tries and Tribulations

[edit] References

1. ^ International Rugby Board - 2007 rankings highs and lows. December 28, 2007

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