Mexico national rugby union team
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| Union | Federación Mexicana de Rugby |
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| Nickname(s) | Serpientes (Snakes) |
| Emblem(s) | Kukulkan |
| Coach(es) | Simon Pierre |
| Captain(s) | Juan Pablo Andrade |
| First international | |
 Mexico 18 - 22 Cayman Islands  (1985) Mexico 46 - 12 Colombia  (7 June 1996) |
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| Largest win | |
Mexico 96 - 0 Turks and Caicos Islands  (28 June 2014) |
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| Largest defeat | |
 Brazil 76 - 5 Mexico (20 April 2013) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 0 |
The Mexico national rugby union team represents Mexico in international rugby union competitions. Mexico 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 team only played 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.
Mexico played only four matches before 2008. Mexico's first match was in 1985, an 18–22 loss against the Cayman Islands. This match was followed by 2 games against Colombia in 1996 (a 46-12 victory and a 10-10 draw), and two losses in 2001 and 2002 against Cayman Islands.
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.
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.
Mexico begins qualifying for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in 2016.
Updated to 13 April 2015.
Mexico squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualification match against Colombia.
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