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| Nickname | Los Yakares (The Alligators) | ||
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| Union | Unión de Rugby del Paraguay | ||
| Head coach | Ricardo Le Fort | ||
| Top scorer | Gerard Cuttier | ||
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| World Rugby ranking | |||
| Current | 39 (as of 16 January 2023) | ||
| Lowest | 46 (23 November 2020) | ||
| First international | |||
 Brazil 21–3 Paraguay  (Asunción, 5 September 1970) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Bolivia 0–109 Paraguay (Asunción, 20 September 2019) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Paraguay 0–152 Argentina (Mendoza, 1 May 2002) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
The Paraguay national rugby team is governed by the Paraguayan Rugby Union. They compete regularly in the South American Rugby Championship, but have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup.
Paraguay had the unenviable position on 1 May 2002, of being beaten by Argentina A by 152–0.[1] In July of the same year, Japan beat Taiwan by an identical margin – 155–3, but unlike Paraguay, Taiwan scored some points in their match.[1]
In the past Paraguay was regularly the 4th team in South American rugby, behind Argentina, Uruguay and Chile. However, in the late 2000s, at both Junior and Senior Levels, Brazil came to compete with and beat Paraguay, relegating Paraguay to 5th place in South America.