Monaco national rugby union team

Monaco
Union	Monegasque Rugby Federation
Head coach	Nicolas Bonnet,; Thierry Danthez,; Vincent Romulus
	First colours
	First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	110 (as of 4 November 2024)
Highest	109 (2024)
Lowest	110 (2024)
First international
	Monaco 8–8 Luxembourg ; (Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France; 1 July 1996)
Biggest win
	Monaco 90–0 Finland ; (Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France; 19 October 2002)
Biggest defeat
	Bosnia-Herzegovina 50–5 Monaco ; (Menton, France; 11 October 2008)

Monaco national rugby union team has been playing since the 1990s. They currently only play friendly games and do not compete in the European Nations Cup, but they are still member of World Rugby. In October 2019, Monaco ranked 101st out of 105 national teams according to World Rugby.^[1]

History

Monaco made their international debut in July 1996, in a match against Luxembourg, which ended in an 8-all draw. The next match played by Monaco was in April of the following year, when they also recorded their first win, defeating Slovenia 23-17. Monaco then played a number of games in the late 1990s, and then won three games in 2002. However, in 2006, they defeated Slovakia 6 points to nil. Monaco competed in the European qualifying tournament for the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

Record

World Cup

World Cup record								World Cup Qualification record
Year	Round	P	W	D	L	F	A	P	W	D	L	F	A
1987	No invitation							No qualifying tournament held
1991	Did not enter							Did not enter
1995
1999
2003	Did not qualify							5	1	0	4	54	84
2007	Did not enter							Did not enter
2011
2015
2019
2023
Total	0/10	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	4	54	84

Overall

Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Monaco national XV at test level up until 14 November 2009, updated after match with Cyprus.

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	% Won
Andorra	2	0	2	0	0%
Austria	1	0	1	0	0%
Azerbaijan	2	2	0	0	100%
Belgium	1	0	1	0	0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	2	0	33.33%
Bulgaria	4	4	0	0	100%
Cyprus	3	0	3	0	0%
Finland	1	1	0	0	100%
Greece	1	0	1	0	0%
Hungary	1	1	0	0	100%
Israel	1	0	1	0	0%
Lithuania	1	0	1	0	0%
Luxembourg	2	0	1	1	0%
Malta	2	1	1	0	50%
Moldova	1	0	1	0	0%
Norway	1	1	0	0	100%
Slovakia	1	0	1	0	0%
Slovenia	4	2	2	0	50%
Switzerland	1	0	1	0	0%
Total	33	13	20	1	39.39%