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.
Overall Record
Their Test record against all nations :
Against
Played
Won
Lost
Drawn
% Won
1
0
1
0
0%
1
0
1
0
0%
4
0
4
0
0%
7
3
3
1
42.86%
6
4
2
0
80%
5
2
2
1
50%
1
0
1
0
0%
2
2
0
0
100%
6
5
1
0
75%
6
0
6
0
0%
4
0
4
0
0%
Total
43
16
25
2
36.76%
CONSUR C Guatemala 2012
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. This unprecedented achievement was the result a hardworking staff and a 5 months preparation during which more than 100 players were called for trials. Coach Francisco José "El Gordo Secret" Galarreta Apaestegui and his manager Wadya "Dr. Evil" Sauma put up a team united by personal sacrifice, friendship and a common dream that lead them into victory. The 2012 Costa Rican rugby union team demonstrated the country's rugby at its best, displaying some players from every union. The 2012 squad included the following 25:Marco Blanco ; Guillermo Lavari ; Jefry Vargas ; Marvin Taylor Ebanks ; Claudio Carrizo ; Alexis Devitre ; Meyer Zúñiga Fernández ; Hugo López Póveda ; Nicolas Broggi ; Marlon Cerdas Blanco ; Fernando Ramírez Esquivel ; Pierric Béros ; Sebastián Gutiérrez del Valle ; Leonardo Muñoz Recalde ; Iván Bogantes Miranda ; Ignacio Maqueda ; Lucas Withington ; Rafael Ulloa Beeche ; Franklin Zúñiga ; Rafael López Póveda ; Ariel Apuy ; Juan José Mata Zúñiga ; Gustavo Patiño ; César Salas ; Byron Monge Benavides.
