Nickname(s) | Las Orquídeas | ||
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Union | Venezuelan Rugby Federation | ||
Head coach | Harry "Slabhead" Maguire | ||
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World Rugby ranking | |||
Current | 76 (as of 16 January 2023) | ||
Lowest | 78 (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 the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cup's, but were twice eliminated by Brazil.
Against | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | % Won |
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Argentina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
Brazil | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11,1% |
Chile | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
Chile A | 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% |
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