Austria national rugby union team

The Austria national rugby union team is a third tier rugby union playing nation. They began playing international rugby in the early 1990s. Thus far, Austria has not made an appearance at any of the World Cups.

The national side is ranked 70th in the world, as of 4 November 2024.

History

Austria played their first official international on 3 May 1992 against Hungary, losing 23 points to nine. Austria had another fixture against Hungary that year, it was the first home game, which they lost 5:3, as well as two games against Slovenia. Austria's first win came against Slovenia on 21 November 1992, winning 9:5. Austria played nations such as Croatia and Ukraine as well as regulars Slovenia.

From 1996 on Austria began winning more games, and only lost a few sporadic matches in the late 1990s, as they were now beating the European sides that had beaten them in the early 1990s. During the 2000s Austria were now playing a larger variety of nations. After not winning one game in 2002, Austria went on to win every fixture in 2004, creating an undefeated streak which was broken by Denmark in 2005.

Current squad

Squad for opening 2023-24 Rugby Europe Conference match against Hungary.

• Caps & age not updated.
• Head coach: Kurt Martin

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Adi Prapsilo	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}	RC Donau
Moritz Schwab	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}	RC Donau
Omar El Agrebi	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}	Vienna Celtic RFC
Alexander Bercovici	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}
Max Schwab	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}	RC Donau
Georg Leutgöb	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}	RC Linz
Julian Tröndle	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}	RC Graz
Robert Schneider	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}	RC Donau
Fabian Wolfram	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}	RC Donau
Peter Morris	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}
Julian Terler	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}	RC Donau
Alexander Ganzberger	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}	RC Linz
Benjamin Preclik	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}
Tobias Böhm	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}
Max Karpeles	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}
Paul Hruschka	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}
Stefan Pauser	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}	Wombats RC
Vincent Ritzberger	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}	RC Donau
Alexander Radomirov	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}
Fabian Unterlercher	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}
Michael Hehenberger	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}
Samuel Schönauer	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}	RC Donau
Clemens Mostbeck	Template:Rugby squad role	{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}	Vienna Celtic RFC Record Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by an Austria national XV at test level up until 3 May 2025, updated after match with Slovakia. Against Played Won Lost Drawn Win percentage Andorra 2 0 2 0 0% Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 6 0 0 100% Bulgaria 3 2 1 0 66.67% Croatia 4 0 4 0 0% Denmark 6 1 5 0 16.67% Finland 1 0 1 0 0% Germany 1 0 1 0 0% Hungary 13 5 8 0 38.46% Israel 4 1 3 0 25% Latvia 2 0 2 0 0% Template:Country data LIT 4 1 3 0 25% Luxembourg 7 2 5 0 28.57% Malta 1 0 1 0 0% Moldova 2 1 1 0 50% Norway 10 4 5 1 40% Serbia 6 2 4 0 33.33% Slovakia 2 2 0 0 100% Slovenia 19 7 12 0 36.84% Sweden 2 0 2 0 0% Template:Country data SWI 3 0 3 0 0% Turkey 1 1 0 0 100% Ukraine 2 0 2 0 0% Total 101 35 65 1 34.65% Coaches Name Years Didier Louvat 2004-2007 Gael Mouysset 2007–'2013 References External links Österreichischer Rugby Verband - Official Site Template:In lang Template:Austria-sport-team-stub Template:National-rugbyunion-team-stub