Venezuela national rugby union team

VenezuelaNickname| Las Orquídeas

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Union| Venezuelan Rugby Federation
Head coach| Harry Ramos

First colours

Second colours

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World Rugby ranking
Current| 75 (as of 4 November 2024)
Highest| 75 (2024)
Lowest| 79 (2024)
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 then, 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

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* 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

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* 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

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Against  | Played  | Won  | Lost  | Drawn  | % Won

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Argentina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0%
Brazil | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.11%
Chile | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0%
Chile A | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0%
Colombia | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 36.36%
Costa Rica | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100%
Ecuador | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100%
Paraguay | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0%
Peru | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 66.67%
Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0%
Uruguay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0%
Total | 67 | 28 | 39 | 0 | 41.79%

## See also

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* Rugby union in Venezuela
* Venezuela national rugby sevens team
* Venezuela women's national rugby sevens team

## References

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1. ^ "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

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* (in Spanish) feverugby.com \- Official Site

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Tier 1 teams|

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