Venezuela national rugby union team
Appearance
Nickname(s) | Las Orquídeas | ||
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Union | Venezuelan Rugby Federation | ||
Head coach | Harry Ramos | ||
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World Rugby ranking | |||
Current | 79 (as of 29 January 2024) | ||
Highest | 76 | ||
Lowest | 79 (2024) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (1998-07-01) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (2006-10-14) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (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 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 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
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9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.11% |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
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22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 36.36% |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0% |
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18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 66.67% |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
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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
- ^ "Venezuela estrena nuevo entrenador de rugby" (in Spanish). CONSUR. 24 July 2012. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
Sources
- (in Spanish) feverugby.com - Official Site