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| Nickname(s) | Ay Yıldızlar (The Crescent Stars) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Union | Turkish Rugby Federation | ||
| Head coach | Niall Doherty | ||
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| World Rugby ranking | |||
| Current | 94 (as of 29 January 2024) | ||
| First international | |||
 Turkey 31–5 Slovakia  (19 April 2012) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Turkey 55–3 Slovakia (23 November 2013) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Ukraine 64–5 Turkey (10 July 2021) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
The Turkey national rugby union team is a relatively recent creation, being started at the end of 2009. Turkey is currently a third-tier side. The team first played in 2012 against Slovakia and won 31–5 in Bratislava. On tour, they also defeated Estonia 49–5 in Tallinn.[1] Turkey has yet to play in the qualifying stages for the Rugby World Cup finals.
Rugby union in Turkey is administered by the Turkish Rugby Federation (Türkiye Ragbi Federasyonu). The federation is affiliated to Rugby Europe (formerly FIRA-AER),[2] and as of 11th May 2023 a full member of World Rugby (formerly IRB).[3] Murat Pazan is the federation's president.
2021 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy
Turkey 0 - 38 Ukraine Turkey 5 - 52 
Czech Republic Turkey 0 - 34 
Luxembourg Turkey 7 - 12 
Latvia Turkey 19 - 24 
Bulgaria Turkey 5 - 64 Ukraine Turkey 5 - 15 
Sweden Turkey 5 - 29 Luxembourg Turkey 0 - 48 Luxembourg Turkey 5 - 36 
Croatia2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Conference
Turkey 31 - 12 
Finland Turkey 41 - 0 
Serbia Turkey 49 - 12 
Bosnia and Herzegovina Turkey 21 - 19 
Norway Turkey 28 - 12 Norway Turkey 14 - 12 
Monaco Turkey 10 - 17 Czech Republic Turkey 21 - 22 
Hungary Turkey 28 - 24 
Netherlands Turkey 19 - 21 Sweden Turkey 17 - 31 
Switzerland Turkey 14 - 17 HungaryBelow is a table of the representative rugby matches played by the Turkey national XV at test level up until 13 April 2024:
| Against | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | % Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Andorra |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
 Austria |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
 Azerbaijan |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0% |
| Bulgaria |
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20% |
 Estonia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Finland |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
 Moldova |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
 Montenegro |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
| Norway |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
| Serbia |
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20% |
| Slovakia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Slovenia |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 32 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 37.5% |
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