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The initial team began as “Tirana Lions Rugby Club” and later becoming “Tirana Rugby Club”. The club was formed through the joint effort of; Stiljan Sala, Xhino Drangu, Mariglen Nezaj and Kein Turdiu. It represented a truly pioneering endeavour where the effort of the aforementioned was to bring rugby to the youth of the capital.
Albanian Rugby League (ARL) represents Albania in international rugby league tournaments, as well as organizes domestic competitions, and undertakes development projects. Rugby league is a new sport in Albania, which has been officially registered since 2017. The popularity of rugby league is struggling for attention in the national media.
Rugby union in Albania is a minor but growing team sport in the country, and progress is continuing with the aim of creating a federation for the sport once four teams become active. [ 1 ] Teams
Rugby football match on the 1846 Shrove Tuesday in Kingston upon Thames, England. Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union or rugby league.. Rugby football started at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, [1] where the rules were first codified in 1845. [2]
Football is the most popular sport in Albania. [citation needed] It arrived in Albania at the beginning of the 20th century.[citation needed] Football is played by children at school and by grown-ups on the many indoor and outdoor fields located throughout the country.
The Albania national rugby team is the representative of Albania in the rugby union. It was established on 6 February 2010 in Pordenone . The team's first international participation was at the "Alpe, Adria and Balkans Cup" on June 11, 2011, placing 6th.
The Kosovo Rugby Federation was founded in 2018 [4] and became a member of Rugby Europe on 3 December 2021. [5] [6] The first chairman of the KRF was Ruari O’Connell, who was the United Kingdom ambassador to Kosovo at that time. [7] The current chairman is Ndrec Musolli who is also a player for the Kosovo national rugby sevens team.
The U20 Rugby Championship is the youth edition of the competition The Rugby Championship, played between the teams that make up SANZAAR (South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Argentina) In July 2023 it was announced that the first edition of the youth competition of The Rugby Championship would be played, starting in April 2024, hosted on the ...