The first international game of the Cyprus national rugby union team took place on 24 March 2007 against Greece in Paphos. The Cypriot XV won the game by 39-3 in front of 2,500 fans setting a world record for largest win in début match. In October and November 2007, Cyprus beat
Azerbaijan,
Monaco and
Slovakia to win the
2006–08 European Nations Cup Division 3D, in their first year on the international scene. However, they lost the play-off game for promotion to Division 3C for the
2008–10 European Nations Cup on 6 September 2008 against
Israel by a score of 23–14. This would be Cyprus' only loss in international rugby for the next six years.
Record setting win streak The following season, Cyprus had another attempt to be promoted as they played
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Azerbaijan and
Monaco in a round-robin home-and-away basis. They won every game scoring a total of 187 points and conceding only 17. They gained automatic promotion to Division 3B, although, for the following season, the divisions had changed numbers, so instead of moving to Division 3B, they were in fact in Division 2D. The
2010–12 European Nations Cup saw Cyprus play in Division 2D (the lowest level of the second division) against
Bulgaria,
Finland,
Greece and
Luxembourg. They won all their games for the second consecutive year increasing their win success to 15 and making it two consecutive seasons and nearly four years unbeaten. They scored 4 or more tries in each of their games during the 2010–2012 season, including an emphatic 94–3 win over
Bulgaria, and were promoted to Division 2C for 2012–2014. Their
2012–14 European Nations Cup Division 2B campaign kicked off in style with a 54–20 win over
Austria. They followed that win with consecutive home and away wins against
Slovenia,
Bulgaria and
Hungary and also a home win over
Austria. On 16 March 2013 ahead of their match against Bulgaria, Cyprus were aware of a potential world record of 18 games unbeaten which would overtake the men's official record of 17 games originally held by both
New Zealand (between 1965 and 1969 and again between 2013 and 2014),
South Africa (between 1997 and 1998) and
Lithuania (between 2006 and 2010). They won the match comfortably 79–10. A month later, Cyprus were informed that they would not be eligible to qualify for the
2015 Rugby World Cup and were disqualified by the
International Rugby Board due to 'not meeting the necessary membership criteria'. • World record for most consecutive international rugby union wins by greater than a converted try (14). • World record for most consecutive international rugby union matches scoring 4 or more tries (11). • Won 11 away games in a row, tied for second most all time. • Won 10 consecutive matches by 30-plus points between 2011–2013, which ended in a 16–15 victory over
Hungary.
Post win streak era ==Motto==