Venezuela national rugby union team
| Nickname(s) | Las Orquídeas | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Union | Venezuelan Rugby Federation | ||
| Head coach | Harry Ramos | ||
| |||
| World Rugby ranking | |||
| Current | 79 (as of 29 January 2024) | ||
| Highest | 76 | ||
| Lowest | 79 (2024) | ||
| First international | |||
 Trinidad and Tobago 26–23 Venezuela  (1998-07-01) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Venezuela 70–0 Costa Rica  (2006-10-14) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Argentina 147–7 Venezuela (2004-05-01) | |||
The Venezuela national rugby union team is classified as a third-tier
IRB in 1998. They entered the Rugby World Cup qualification matches for the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cup's, but were twice eliminated by Brazil
.
Coaches
Rex Lawrence
Carlos de Pascual- José Queirel
Graciano Molina- Gustavo López (since July 2012)[1]
- Mario Urdaneta
- Carlos Caraza
- Harry Ramos
Rugby World Cup qualification
- 1987 - Did not enter
- 1991 - Did not enter
- 1995 - Did not enter
- 1999 - Did not enter
- 2003 - Did not qualify
- 2007 - Did not qualify
- 2011 - Did not qualify
- 2015 - Did not qualify
- 2019 - Did not qualify
Overall
| Against | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | % Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
 Brazil |
9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.11% |
 Chile |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Chile A |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
 Colombia |
22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 36.36% |
| Costa Rica |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Ecuador |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Paraguay |
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0% |
 Peru |
18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 66.67% |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
 Uruguay |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 67 | 28 | 39 | 0 | 41.79% |
See also
- Rugby union in Venezuela
- Venezuela national rugby sevens team
- Venezuela women's national rugby sevens team
References
- CONSUR. 24 July 2012. Archived from the originalon 14 July 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
Sources
- (in Spanish) feverugby.com - Official Site
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