Mexico national rugby union team

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Mexico

Nickname(s)| Serpientes (Snakes)
Union| Federación Mexicana de Rugby
Head coach| Rubén Duque
Captain| Mizael "Manitas" Loredo

First colours

Second colours

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World Rugby ranking
Current| 51 (as of 16 January 2023)
Highest| 42 (14 August 2021)
First international
Mexico 18–22 Cayman Islands
(1985)
Biggest win
Mexico 105–7 Cayman Islands
(31 August 2019)
Biggest defeat
Brazil 76–5 Mexico
(20 April 2013)
World Cup
Appearances| 0

The Mexico national rugby union team (Spanish: Selección nacional de rugby Mexico) represents Mexico men's international rugby union competitions, they entered the World Rugby Rankings in March 2012, ranked initially in joint 71st place with other new entrants Pakistan and the Philippines.

Mexico is one of the newest members of World Rugby, having only been participating consistently in international rugby since the late 2000s; before, the 6 games, including 2 that are not capped by the FMR. Mexico also fields a rugby sevens team, as well as female teams in both the main union game and the 7s.

The national side is ranked 42nd in the world (as of August 2021).[1]

## History[edit]

Mexico played only four test matches before 2008. The National Team played Miami Rugby in November 1977.[2] Mexico's first test match was in 1985, an 18–22 loss against the Cayman Islands. This match was followed by 2 games against Colombia in 1996 (a 46-12 victory and a 10-10 draw), and two losses in 2001 and 2002 against Cayman Islands.[3]

### 2011 RWC qualifying[edit]

See also: 2011 Rugby World Cup - Americas qualification

Mexico's first official test match, and first participation in Rugby World Cup qualifying, was in March 2008. In that match, Mexico secured a 47-7 victory over Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying. Mexico's record in qualifying was 2-2, finishing 6th place in Round 1A of the Americas qualification zone.

### 2015 RWC qualifying[edit]

See also: 2015 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification

A record crowd for a rugby match in Mexico saw the home team dispatch Jamaica 68–14 in Mexico City in front of more than 2,000 vociferous fans at the Universidad Iberoamericana. This match opened their NACRA Caribbean Championship account,[4] and also doubled as the opening Rugby World Cup 2015 qualification match. However, Mexico lost its next qualifying match 13–46 against the Cayman Islands, ending its 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifying campaign.

### 2019 RWC qualifying[edit]

See also: 2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification

Mexico played qualifying matches for the 2019 World Cup during 2016. They won all three of their first-round Americas North (North Zone) group stage games (against the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, and The Bahamas), and also won the first round final against South Zone winners, Guyana. As such, they were named champions of the 2016 Rugby Americas North Championship.

From here, they progressed to a one-off play-off game against the 2016 CONSUR "B" Rugby Championship, Colombia, which they lost 29-11, ending Mexico's qualifying campaign.

## Rankings[edit]

Event | Rank | Date | Ref

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Highest ranking | 42 | August 2021 | [5]
Current ranking | 42 | August 2021 |
Lowest ranking | 75 | 2013 | [6]
Initial ranking | 71 | March 2012 | [7]

## Record by opponent[edit]

Updated to 11 December 2021.

Team  | Mat  | Won  | Lost  | Draw  | %  | For  | Aga  | Diff

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Arizona State Sun Devils | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 30 | 23 | +7
Bahamas | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | 101 | 61 | +40
Barbados | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 20 | 21 | –1
Bermuda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | 63 | 35 | +28
Brazil | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | 19 | 126 | –107
Cayman Islands | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | 363 | 159 | +204
Costa Rica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 23 | 6 | +17
Colombia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 33.33% | 104 | 135 | -31
Jamaica | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 102 | 22 | +80
Miami Rugby | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 12 | 25 | -13
Paraguay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 35 | 27 | +8
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 47 | 7 | +40
Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 96 | 0 | +96
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 16 | 30 | -14
USA South | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | 98 | 84 | +14
Total | 33 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 51.72% | 846 | 664 | +182

## Current squad[edit]

Mexico squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualification match against Colombia.[8]

Backs  | Player  | Position  | Club

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Andrés Rodríguez | Scrum-half |  Black Thunder RFC
Miguel Carner | Fly-half |  Black Thunder RFC
Franco Guerrero | Centre |  Querétaro Roosters Rugby
Christian Henning | Centre |  Black Thunder RFC
Luis Arredondo Vargas | Centre |  ITESM Puebla
Alejandro Chavez | Wing |  Tazmania RC
Fharid Samano | Wing |  Cumiyais Monterrey RFC
Yeudiel Suro | Wing |  Cumiyais Monterrey RFC
Rodrigo Ripoll | Fullback |  Querétaro Roosters Rugby
Agustín Sánchez | Fullback |  Hammerheads Cancún
Pascual Nadal | Fullback |  Black Thunder RFC
Forwards  | Player  | Position  | Club

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Alberto Mizael Loredo Reta | Hooker |  Cumiyais Monterrey RC
Marcos Flegmann | Prop |  Boston RFC
Maximiliano Douek | Prop |  Tazmania RFC
Jesús Rico | Prop |  Cumiyais Monterrey RC
Erick Castillo | Second row |  Black Thunder RFC
Santiago Prieto Ledesma | second row |  Black Thunder RFC
José Raúl Reyes | Flanker |  Cumiyais Monterrey RC
Gonzalo Ponce | Flanker |  Black Thunder RFC
Alberto Ruiz | Flanker |  Wallabies RFC
Santiago Leboreiro | Flanker |  Black Thunder RFC
Simon Pierre  | Number eight |  Tazmania RC

## See also[edit]

* Rugby union in Mexico
* Mexican Rugby Federation
* Mexico national rugby sevens team

## References[edit]

1. ^ https://www.world.rugby/rankings/mru?lang=en
2. ^ "Rugby Results". The Miami News. 8 Dec 1977. p. 7PS.
3. ^ Mexico Test Matches, ESPN Scrum. Accessed 6 March 2016.
4. ^ IRB, "Mexico off to flyer in RWC 2105 qualifying" Archived 2012-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ https://www.world.rugby/rankings/mru?lang=en
6. ^ "Mexican rugby: Blooming from grassroots to international level | World Rugby".
7. ^ "Rugby World Cup - Argentina 2023: March 2012". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
8. ^ "Third Concentration of Serpents". <Mexican Rugby Federation. 2012-04-28.

## External links[edit]

* Federación Mexicana de Rugby \- Official Site
* Wallabies México Rugby Football Club \- Official Site
* TEMPLARIOS México Rugby Football Club \- Official Site

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