Venezuela national rugby union team
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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.
NicknameLas Orquídeas
Head coachHarry Ramos
Current75 (as of 4 November 2024)
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| Nickname | Las Orquídeas | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Union | Venezuelan Rugby Federation | ||
| Head coach | Harry Ramos | ||
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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) | |||
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
Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Venezuela national XV at test level up until 29 September 2024, updated after match with 
Colombia.
| Opponent | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | % Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 34.78% |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Ecuador | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Paraguay | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0% |
 Peru | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 65% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
 Uruguay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 70 | 29 | 41 | 0 | 41.43% |
