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Luxembourg

Five years of results, read from this team's own point of view.

Rating

30

Below average — bottom 23% · Glicko-2 343 ±101

Record

8-1-7

50.0% of 16 matches in the last five years

Average margin

+1.1

27.5 for, 26.4 against

Home advantage

+4.5

Points per match better at home

Attack

+5%

27.5 scored per match, against the placed field's average

Defence

+4%

26.4 conceded per match; positive is fewer than average

About the team
Head coach
James Kent
Captain
Hugo Bertani
Union
Luxembourg Rugby Federation
Home ground
Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City
First match
Belgium 28 – 6 Luxembourg <BR/> 3 May 1975
Most caps
Nigel Shaplin (51)
Leading scorer
Gilles Caviglia (288)
Most tries
Steve Knowles<BR>Adrien Timmermans (11)

Anthem

Ons HeemechtOur Motherland

Luxembourgish · 1895 · 1:24

Words
Luxembourgish lyrics 1. Wou d’Uelzecht durech d’Wisen zéit, duerch d’Fielsen d’Sauer brécht. Wou d’Rief laanscht d’Musel dofteg bléit, den Himmel Wäin ons mécht – dat ass onst Land, fir dat mir géif hei nidden alles won. Onst Heemechtsland, dat mir sou déif an onsen Hierzer dron. Onst Heemechtsland, dat mir sou déif an onsen Hierzer dron. 2. O Du do uewen, deem seng Hand duerch d’Welt d’Natioune leet, behitt Du d’Lëtzebuerger Land vru friemem Joch a Leed! Du hues ons all als Kanner schonn de fräie Geescht jo ginn. Looss virublénken d’Fräiheetssonn, déi mir sou laang gesinn! Looss virublénken d’Fräiheetssonn, déi mir sou laang gesinn! English translation 1. Where the Alzette flows through the meadows, The Sura breaks through the crags. Where the vine fragrant grows along the Moselle, The sky promises us wine: There lies the land for which we willingly Dare everything down here. Our homeland which we so deeply Carry in our hearts. Our homeland which we so deeply Carry in our hearts. 2. O Thou above, Whose powerful hand Leads the nations through the world, Protect the Luxembourg land From foreign yoke and threat. As children Thou already instilled in us all The spirit of freedom. Let freedom’s sun, which we have known for so long, Shine for evermore. Let freedom’s sun, which we have known for so long, Shine for evermore.

Recording and words from nationalanthems.info, used under CC BY 4.0.

From Wikipedia, read 2026-10-19. Not an input to any forecast — the rating does not know who is coaching.

Recent results
  • Finland2026-05-09 · away22–17won
  • Norway2025-10-18 · away60–6won
  • Poland2025-04-05 · home10–33lost
  • Sweden2025-03-29 · home18–57lost
  • Czechia2025-03-08 · away16–40lost

Newest first, from Luxembourg's own point of view. Home and away are as the record stores them; a fixture the record does not mark neutral is listed as one side's home, which is right for a league round and wrong for a final played at a third ground.

Shape
Matches decided by seven or fewer25%
Matches totalling 50 or more63%
Margin swing34.1 points
Last five, most recent firstwonwonlostlostlostW2

Biggest win: 84-7 v Slovenia

Heaviest defeat: 5-51 v Sweden

Where they stand (of 65 ranked teams)
Rating30
1Q1 32Med 49Q3 6492

Below average — bottom 23%

Box is the middle half of the ranked field, line is the median, dot is Luxembourg. The scale is this domain's own and does not compare across the two.

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Teams that play alike sit close together. The two axes hold 72% of the variation between teams. Component 1 (42%) rises with more average margin and win rate. Component 2 (30%) rises with more high-scoring matches and margin swing.

27 of 66 teams sit too close together to name without covering another team's point, so they are drawn unlabelled. Every dot is still a link to that team, and hovering one names it.

  1. 1Chile0.23
  2. 2Poland0.41
  3. 3Spain0.47
  4. 4Ukraine0.76
  5. 5USA0.85

Distance in the projection above, nearest first.

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