El Salvador national rugby union team

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El Salvador
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Union Salvadoran Rugby Association
Nickname(s)Los Torogoces
(turquoise-browed motmots)
CoachAlvaro Gorostiza
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Team kit
First international
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 57 - 3 El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg
2 December 2012
Largest win
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 32 - 0 Panama  Flag of Panama.svg
6 December 2015
Largest defeat
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 114 - 0 El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg
13 August 2017
World Cup
Appearances0

The El Salvador national rugby union team (Spanish: rugby union equipo nacional de El Salvador), nicknamed Los Torogoces, represents El Salvador in rugby union. They had their first international tournament in 2011 in Costa Rica along the other teams from Central America, winning the Silver Cup.

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History

El Salvador started playing matches against Guatemalan clubs in 2009, losing 3−85 against Xela and winning 37–11 against Santa Rosa. [1] Consequently, a victory against Xela Rugby Club 17–0, after clinching the second place in the Guatemalan Championship the "Torogoces" prepare 2 teams to give battle in the upcoming championship, which is in this case to bring the 1st place.

El Salvador's coaches are from France and Argentina. Even though rugby is such a young sport in this country, it is opening way within other popular sports. Recently,[ when? ] the Salvadoran Rugby Association (Federacion Salvadorena de Rugby) was recognized as a federation from the local Olympic committee, making it an official recognized sport in El Salvador.

El Salvador played their first international against Costa Rica as part of the 2012 South American Rugby Championship "C". They recorded their first international win, during the 2014 ARC, over Costa Rica. They went on to defeat Panama, which secured their first major tournament victory. [2]

Record

Overall

OpponentPlayedWonLostDrawn% Won
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 514020%
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 20200%
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 50500%
Flag of Honduras (2022-present).svg  Honduras 1100100%
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 1100100%
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 413025%
Total18414022.22%

Tournaments

South American Rugby Championship
YearTournament
level		Win/LossPosition
2012 C0–34/4
2013 C0–34/4
2014 C2–11/4
2015 C1–23/4
2016 C0–34/4
2017 ---
2018 C1–12/3

Leadership

Coaches
Alvaro Gorostiza (Esp)
Juan Carlos Peréz (Esp)
Board of Directors

Players

Current players

El Salvador's rugby union team has a mixture of local young athletes with the reinforcement of experienced foreign players. Torogoces now remains as El Salvador's national team, recognized by CONSUR as a member and will participate in south and Central American tournaments under that name. Rugby in this country has evolved and two clubs have been created: Cuscatlan Rugby Club and Santa Tecla Rugby Club, both still participating in the binational club league with Guatemala. Players from both teams will be selected by trainers and the Federacion Salvadorena de Rugby to be part of Torogoces for international tournaments. In September 2013, Cuscatlán Rugby Club became the first Salvadoran team to win the Bi-National League with Guatemala.

See also

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Los Torogoces Aletean Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "El Salvador campeón". CONSUR. 2014-10-12. Archived from the original on 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2014-10-14.


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