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Denmark
Nickname(s)
Danish Lions
Union
Dansk Rugby Union
Head coach
Junaire Brown
Captain
Mikkel Andresen
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current
77 (as of 29 January 2024)
Highest
71 (1 October 2022)
First international
Denmark 0 – 6 Sweden (1949-10-23)
Biggest win
Denmark 127 – 5 Estonia (2018-04-28)
Biggest defeat
Denmark 7 – 104 Russia (2000-05-13)
The Denmark national rugby union team is governed by Danish Rugby Union and has been playing international rugby since 1949.
DRU now has nearly 2,500 members in more than 30 clubs.[1]
The DRU Superliga is the highest tier of the national rugby union competition in Denmark. Most of the national team's players play in the local league, however a handful of them play in amateur clubs in England, Sweden and France. There are no professional players that play for Denmark.
The national side is ranked 75th in the world, as of 16 January 2023.[2]
^"IRB Denmark". IRB.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-31. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
^"Men's Rankings | World Rugby". Archived from the original on 2019-08-18. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
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Denmark 0 – 6 Sweden 
