The Venezuela national rugby union team is classified as a third-tier
rugby
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Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
playing nation. They joined the
IRB in 1998. They entered the
Rugby World Cup qualification
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Unlike previous tournaments (where eight teams, the quarter-finalists from the preceding World Cup, qu ...
matches for the
2003
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and
2007 Rugby World Cup
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's, but were twice eliminated by
Brazil
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.
Coaches
* Rex Lawrence
* Carlos de Pascual
* José Queirel
* Graciano Molina
* Gustavo López (since July 2012)
* Mario Urdaneta
* Carlos Caraza
*
Harry Ramos
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* Harry "Slabhead" Maguire
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
See also
*
Rugby union in Venezuela
Rugby union in Venezuela is a team sport that is played as an amateur sport.
History
The history of rugby in Venezuela goes back to the fifties of the last century, when a group of English oil workers played the first match in Zulia State. Martel ...
*
Venezuela national rugby sevens team
The Venezuela national rugby union sevens team is Venezuela's representative team in rugby sevens.
Tournament record South American Men's Sevens
* 2006 - 7th
* 2007 - 8th
* 2008 - 8th
* 2009 - 8th
* 2010 - 8th
* 2011 - 8th
* 2012 - 8th
* 201 ...
*
Venezuela women's national rugby sevens team
The Venezuela women's national rugby sevens team is Venezuela's representative team in rugby sevens for women. They competed at the 2015 CONSUR Women's Sevens, they placed third and qualified for the Olympic Repechage Tournament in Dublin. Th ...
References
Sources
*
feverugby.com- Official Site
South American national rugby union teams
Rugby union in Venezuela
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