The Thailand national rugby union team represents Thailand in men's international Rugby union. The Thai national team is yet to play at the Rugby World Cup, but has been playing in qualifying tournaments since the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales.
History Thailand played their first ever rugby international in 1970. Thailand first attempted to qualify for a World Cup in 1999 when Wales was the host. They competed in Round 1 of the Asia qualifying tournament, winning and losing one match; seeing them finish second in the final standings, and knocking them out of contention to qualify. For the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, Thailand participated in Pool B of the Asia qualification tournament, but finished third in the standings after losing both of their fixtures.
Thailand attempted to qualify for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France as well, and were grouped with Sri Lanka and Singapore. However they lost both of their fixtures and did not advance to the next stage.
Within the Asian Five Nations, they competed in the inaugural 2008 HSBC Asian Five Nations in Division Two. After winning all their matches, they will play in the First Division for the 2009 event, taking the place of the Chinese team, (which withdrew due to visa problems) Sri Lanka who finished last stay in Division One because of this.
Rugby World Cup record Year Round Position Notes 1987 — — No qualifying tournament held 1991 — — Did not enter 1995 — — Did not enter 1999 — — Did not qualify 2003 — — Did not qualify 2007 — — Did not qualify 2011 — — Did not qualify 2015 — — Did not qualify 2019 — — Did not qualify 2023 — — Did not enter
Asia Rugby Championship Asia Rugby Championship – Thailand record (Division 2 / equivalent)YearHost nation / VenueFormatPositionNotes 2014 — Round-robin Fourth place — — — Participated in Division 2 2017 Chinese Taipei Round-robin — — — — Notable win vs Chinese Taipei (27–21) 2018 Thailand (Pattaya) Knockout Runner-up 2 1 1 Beat India (SF), lost final to Chinese Taipei 2019 Thailand (Hua Hin) Knockout Runner-up 2 1 1 Beat Kazakhstan (SF), lost final to UAE 2022 Pakistan (Lahore) Two-leg final Runner-up 2 1 1 Lost title on aggregate (38–39) to Pakistan 2024 — League / Union Cup — — — — Participated under Asia Rugby Union Cup structure
Record
Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Thailand national XV at test level up until 15 July 2026, updated after match with .
Opponent Played Won Lost Drawn % Won 3 1 2 0 % 3 1 2 0 % 2 2 0 0 % 10 3 7 0 % 8 8 0 0 % 2 1 1 0 % 1 0 1 0 0% 8 0 8 0 0% 6 4 2 0 % 1 1 0 0 % 38 24 9 5 % 3 2 1 0 % 2 0 2 0 0% 1 0 1 0 0% 1 0 1 0 0% 22 11 9 2 % 11 1 9 1 % 14 4 9 1 % 17 5 12 0 % 3 0 3 0 0% Total 156 68 79 9 %
Squad Squad to 2012 Asian Five Nations - Division 3
Chiramat Budnampeth Pongnatee Ngoenthong Thodspornchai Jindasawat Sarayuth Thiengtrong Suparat Kongtawee Sumet Thammapom Chatree Wannadit Pinit Inta Nuntapol Potipirom Pawaj Jarunapat Pichit Yingcharoen Tanyavit Kuasint Yatchakorn Vorachate Korrrapong Wongsalangkarn Warongkorn Khamkoet
Substitutes Adsawin Thiamyod Chaninthorn Banluesup Chawiatt Klongtroujrok Chaisak Piromkraipak Chestaphol Promtaree Kittisak Boonprakob Nuttapong Kaittlbunnawat
See also Rugby union in Thailand
References
External links Thailand on World Rugby Thailand on rugbydata.com (in Thai)