Venezuela national rugby union team

Venezuela

Nickname(s)	Las Orquídeas
Union	Venezuelan Rugby Federation
Head coach	Gustavo López
First colours Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	78 (as of 23 November 2020)
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 rugby playing nation. They joined the IRB in 1998. They entered the Rugby World Cup qualification matches for Australia 2003 and France 2007, but were twice eliminated by Brazil.

Coaches[]

• Rex Lawrence
• Carlos de Pascual
• José Queirel
• Graciano Molina
• Gustavo López (since July 2012)^[1]

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	0.00
Brazil	9	1	8	0	11,1%
Chile	1	0	1	0	0.00
	1	0	1	0	0.00
Colombia	22	8	0	14	36.3%
Costa Rica	4	4	0	0	100.00
Ecuador	3	3	0	0	100.00
Paraguay	4	0	4	0	0.00
Peru	18	12	6	0	66,7%
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	3	0	0.00
Uruguay	1	0	1	0	0.00
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[]

Sources[]

• (in Spanish) feverugby.com - Official Site

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