Venezuela national rugby union team

Venezuela
Nickname	Las Orquídeas
Union	Venezuelan Rugby Federation
Head coach	Harry Ramos
First colours	Second colours
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

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%