Union | Federación de Rugby de Costa Rica (FRCR) |
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Nickname(s) | Ticos |
Coach(es) | Pablo Gonzales Lucas (2009); Charles (2010); Larry Grech (2011); Francisco José Galarreta Apaestegui (2012). |
Captain(s) | Leonardo Muñoz Recalde |
First match | |
Costa Rica 60 - 0 Panama (19 February 2005) |
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Largest win | |
Costa Rica 71 - 3 El Salvador (1 December 2013) |
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Largest defeat | |
Brazil 95 - 0 Costa Rica (16 October 2006) |
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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.
Their Test record against all nations (up to 8 October 2014):
In December 2012, Costa Rica played in the newly created CONSUR C tournament. They won this tournament, beating Guatemala by 37 to 10, Ecuador by 33 to 8 and El Salvador by 57 to 3.