Mexico national rugby union team


The Mexico national rugby union team 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 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.
The national side is ranked 43rd in the world.

History

Mexico played only four test matches before 2008. The National Team played Miami Rugby in November 1977. Mexico's first test match was in 1985, an 18–22 loss against the Cayman Islands. This match was followed by 2 games against Colombia in 1996, and two losses in 2001 and 2002 against Cayman Islands.

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, 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 played qualifying matches for the 2019 World Cup during 2016. They won all three of their first-round Americas North group stage games, and also won the first round final against South Zone winners, Guyana. As such, they were named champions of the 2016 Rugby Americas North Championship.
From here, they progressed to a one-off play-off game against the 2016 CONSUR "B" Rugby Championship, Colombia, which they lost 29-11, ending Mexico's qualifying campaign.

Rankings

EventRankDateRef
Highest ranking43March 2020
Current ranking43May 2020
Lowest ranking752013
Initial ranking71March 2012

Record by opponent

Updated to 21 November 2019.
TeamMatWonLostDraw%ForAgaDiff
Arizona State Sun Devils1100100.00%3023+7
422050.00%10161+40
10100.00%2021–1
211050.00%6335+28
20200.00%19126–107
954050.00%324146+178
1100100.00%236+17
412133.33%104135-31
2200100.00%10222+80
Miami Rugby10100.00%1225-13
1100100.00%3527+8
1100100.00%477+40
1100100.00%960+96
10010.00%1630-14
USA South321075.00%9884+14
Total321714151.72%807651+156

Current squad

Mexico squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualification match against Colombia.
PlayerPositionClub
Andrés RodríguezScrum-half Black Thunder RFC
Miguel CarnerFly-half Black Thunder RFC
Franco GuerreroCentre
Christian HenningCentre Black Thunder RFC
Luis Arredondo VargasCentre ITESM Puebla
Alejandro ChavezWing Tazmania RC
Fharid SamanoWing Cumiyais Monterrey RFC
Yeudiel SuroWing
Rodrigo RipollFullback
Agustín SánchezFullback Hammerheads Cancún
Pascual NadalFullback Black Thunder RFC

PlayerPositionClub
Hooker Cumiyais Monterrey RC
Marcos FlegmannProp Boston RFC
Maximiliano DouekProp Tazmania RFC
Jesús RicoProp
Erick CastilloSecond row Black Thunder RFC
Santiago Prieto Ledesmasecond row Black Thunder RFC
José Raúl ReyesFlanker Cumiyais Monterrey RC
Gonzalo PonceFlanker Black Thunder RFC
Flanker Wallabies RFC
Santiago LeboreiroFlanker
Simon PierreNumber eight Tazmania RC