The Cyprus Rugby Federation (CRF) (Greek: Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ράγκμπι, Κ.Ο.ΡΑ) (Turkish: Kıbrıs Ragbi Federasyonu (KRF)) the governing body for rugby union in Cyprus.
It runs several competitions including a league with teams from the British military bases (Akrotiri, Episkopi and Dhekelia) and four local teams: It became affiliated to FIRA in 2006.
[1] The CRF was accepted as an affiliated member of World Rugby in November 2014 [2] The first international game of the Cyprus Rugby National Team took place on March 24, 2007 against Greece in Paphos.
[3] In October and November 2007, Cyprus beat Azerbaijan, Monaco and Slovakia to win the FIRA 3D Tournament, a great achievement in their first year on the international scene.
They lost the play-off game for promotion to level 3C on 6 September 2008 against Israel by a score of 23-14.