Mexico national rugby union team
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The Mexico national rugby union team (Spanish: Selección nacional de rugby Mexico) represents Mexico men's international rugby union competitions, they entered the World Rugby Rankings in March 2012, ranked initially in joint 71st place with other new entrants Pakistan and the Philippines.
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Nickname(s) | Serpientes (Snakes) | ||
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Union | Federación Mexicana de Rugby | ||
Head coach | Rubén Duque | ||
Captain | Mizael "Manitas" Loredo | ||
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World Rugby ranking | |||
Current | 51 (as of 16 January 2023) | ||
Highest | 42 (14 August 2021) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (1985) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (31 August 2019) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (20 April 2013) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 0 |
Mexico is one of the newest members of World Rugby, having only been participating consistently in international rugby since the late 2000s; before, the 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.
The national side is ranked 42nd in the world (as of August 2021).[1]