Nickname | Ticos | |
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Union | Federación de Rugby de Costa Rica (FRCR) | |
Head coach | Miguel Castillo | |
Captain | Leonardo Muñoz Recalde | |
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World Rugby ranking | ||
Current | 99 (as of 4 November 2024) | |
Highest | 93 (23 November 2020) | |
Lowest | 100 (2024) | |
First international | ||
Costa Rica 60–0 Panama (19 February 2005) | ||
Biggest win | ||
Costa Rica 91–5 Panama (27 August 2017) | ||
Biggest defeat | ||
Colombia 136–0 Costa Rica (25 September 2024) | ||
World Cup | ||
Appearances | 0 |
The Costa Rica national rugby union team represents Costa Rica in international rugby union. The nation have yet to play in a Rugby World Cup tournament. The Costa Rica national rugby team played their first international in 2005 defeating their opponents Panama by 60–0.
In December, 2007, Costa Rica A & B sides participated in the First Central American Rugby cup. The other competing teams were Panama and Guatemala. Costa Rica A came first in this tournament, Panama 2nd, Guatemala 3rd, and Costa Rica B 4th.
In December 2009, Costa Rica hosted the IRB Consur B tournament. The other competing nations were Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, and Costa Rica. The final results were Colombia finishing first, Venezuela second, Peru third, and Costa Rica fourth.
After finishing fourth behind Peru, Venezuela and Colombia in the 2010 and 2011 CONSUR B tournaments, Costa Rica played in the newly created CONSUR C tournament in 2012. They won this tournament, beating Guatemala, Ecuador and El Salvador.