Mexico national rugby union team

Mexico played only four test matches before 2008. The National Team played Miami Rugby in November 1977.{{Cite news|title=Rugby Results|date=8 Dec 1977|work=The Miami News|page=7PS}} 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 (a 46-12 victory and a 10-10 draw), and two losses in 2001 and 2002 against Cayman Islands.[http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/team/78.html?class=1;template=results;type=team;view=results Mexico Test Matches], ESPN Scrum. Accessed 6 March 2016.

{{See also|2011 Rugby World Cup - Americas qualification}}

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.

{{See also|2015 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification}}

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,IRB, [http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/news/newsid=2061635.html#mexico+flyer+rwc+2015+qualifying "Mexico off to flyer in RWC 2105 qualifying"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427132754/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/news/newsid=2061635.html#mexico+flyer+rwc+2015+qualifying |date=2012-04-27 }} 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.

{{See also|2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification}}

Mexico played qualifying matches for the 2019 World Cup during 2016. They won all three of their first-round Americas North (North Zone) group stage games (against the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, and The Bahamas), 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.

RAN Championship

Champions: 2016

Runners-up: 2015

RAN Cup

Champions: 2014

Americas Rugby Challenge

Runners-up: 2019

Third place: 2018

Updated to 11 December 2021.

Mexico squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualification match against Colombia.{{cite news |title=Third Concentration of Serpents|url=http://mexrugby.com/website/noticias.html?start=12 |publisher=

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• Rugby union in Mexico
• Mexican Rugby Federation
• Mexico national rugby sevens team

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• [http://www.mexrugby.com Federación Mexicana de Rugby] - Official Site
• [http://www.wallabiesrfc.com.mx Wallabies México Rugby Football Club] - Official Site
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120322184831/http://www.templariosrugbymexico.com/ TEMPLARIOS México Rugby Football Club] - Official Site

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