Mexico national rugby union team

Mexico
Union Federación Mexicana de Rugby
Nickname(s) Serpientes (Snakes)
Emblem(s) Kukulkan
Coach(es) Simon Pierre
Captain(s) Juan Pablo Andrade
Team kit
Change kit
First international
 Mexico 18 - 22 Cayman Islands 
(1985)
 Mexico 46 - 12 Colombia 
(7 June 1996)
Largest win
 Mexico 96 - 0 Turks and Caicos Islands 
(28 June 2014)
Largest defeat
 Brazil 76 - 5 Mexico 
(20 April 2013)
World Cup
Appearances 0

The Mexico national rugby union team represents Mexico in international rugby union competitions. Mexico 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 team only played 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.

History

Mexico played only four matches before 2008. Mexico's first 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.[1]

2011 RWC qualifying

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

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,[2] 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

Mexico begins qualifying for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in 2016.

Rankings

Event Rank Date Ref
Highest ranking 48 October 2016
Current ranking 48 October 2016
Lowest ranking 75 2013 [3]
Initial ranking 71 March 2012 [4]

Record by opponent

Updated to 13 April 2015.

Team Mat Won Lost Draw % For Aga Diff
Arizona 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 7 3 4 0 43.00% 114 122 –8
 Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 100.00% 23 6 +17
 Colombia 3 1 1 1 33.33% 80 84 -4
 Jamaica 2 2 0 0 100.00% 102 22 +80
 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
United States USA South 3 2 1 0 75.00% 98 84 +14
Total 29 15 13 1 51.72% 643 566 +77

2015 squad

Mexico squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup qualification match against Cayman Islands.[5]

Backs
Player Position Club
Juan Pablo Andrade (c) Scrum-half Mexico Jaguars RFC
Gerardo Gutierrez Scrum-half Mexico Lobos Ibero
Bruno Rodriguez Scrum-half Mexico Black Thunder RFC
Miguel Carner Fly-half Mexico Black Thunder RFC
Lucas Collavizza Fly-half Mexico Guadalajara Lobos RC
Christian Henning Centre Mexico Black Thunder RFC
Paul Pagano Centre Mexico Wallabies RFC
Ricardo Riveros Centre Mexico ITESO
Carlos Susarrey Centre Mexico Guadalajara Lobos RC
Alan Acevedo Wing Mexico Pumas UNAM
Alejandro Chavez Wing Mexico Tazmania RC
Gerardo Hernández Gil Wing Mexico Templar RFC
Victor Oliva Wing Mexico Universidad de Celaya
Sammie Gythu Fullback Mexico RC Rhinos Guadalajara
Pascal Nadaud Fullback Mexico Black Thunder RFC

Forwards
Player Position Club
Juan Manuel Ceja Hooker Mexico Templar RFC
Carlos Prieto Hooker Mexico Black Thunder RFC
Max Douek Prop Mexico Tazmania RC
Antonio Gil Hernandez Prop Mexico Templar RFC
Luis Hernandez Prop Mexico UNAM Pumas
Patrick Jouan Prop Mexico Wallabies RFC
Erick Castillo Lock Mexico Jaguars RFC
Fharid Samano Lock Mexico Monterrey Cumiyais RC
Gonzalo Taddei Lock Mexico Wallabies RFC
Roberto Calderon Flanker Mexico Guadalajara Lobos RC
Juan Carlos Castaneda Flanker Mexico Jaguars RFC
Fernando Herrejon Flanker Mexico Black Thunder RFC
Pablo Pinedo Flanker Mexico Jaguars RFC
Luis Rosete Flanker Mexico Black Thunder RFC
Simon Pierre Number eight Mexico Tazmania RC

See also

References

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