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.
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 37th in the world (as of 8 June 2026).
History Mexico played only four test matches before 2008. The National Team played Miami Rugby in November 1977. 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.Mexico Test Matches, ESPN Scrum. Accessed 6 March 2016.
2011 RWC qualifying
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.
2015 RWC qualifying
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, "Mexico off to flyer in RWC 2105 qualifying" 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.
2019 RWC qualifying
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.
2025 RAN Champions Mexico beat Jamaica in the RAN semi-final 37-24 on May 3, 2025, and beat Trinidad and Tobago 45-14 on June 21, 2025. This was a historical win as Mexico was able to achieve 37th in World Rugby Rankings, the highest ever recorded ranking, and now able to quality against higher ranked South American and Europe teams.
Honors RAN Championship
Champions: (2) 2016, 2025
Runners-up: 2015
RAN Cup
Champions: (1) 2014
Americas Rugby Challenge
Runners-up: (1) 2019
Third place: (1) 2018
Rankings
Event Rank Date Ref Highest ranking 37 June 2025 Current ranking 38 February 2026 Lowest ranking 75 2013 Initial ranking 71 March 2012
Record
Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Mexico national XV at test level up until 6 June 2026, updated after the match with .
Team Mat Won Lost Draw % For Aga Diff Arizona State Sun Devils 1 1 0 0 % 30 23 +7 4 2 2 0 % 101 61 +40 1 0 1 0 0% 20 21 -1 3 2 1 0 % 141 43 +98 2 0 2 0 0% 19 126 -107 13 8 5 0 % 372 259 +113 7 1 5 1 % 140 243 -103 1 1 0 0 % 33 17 +16 1 0 1 0 0% 27 54 -27 3 3 0 0 % 139 46 +83 2 1 0 1 % 71 72 -1 1 1 0 0 % 47 7 +40 1 1 0 0 % 96 0 +96 3 2 0 1 % 85 57 +28 USA South 4 3 1 0 % 134 113 +21Total 47 26 20 1 % 1535 1181 +354
Current squad
Mexico squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualification match against Colombia.
+ BacksPlayerPositionClubAndrés RodríguezScrum-half Black Thunder RFCChristian AlvarezFly-half Austin Huns RFCLuc MartinCentre Brandon ArriagaCentre Miami Tridents RFCConnor OlveraCentre Utah Warriors AcademyDiego SanchezWing Fharid SamanoWing Cumiyais Monterrey RFCYeudiel SuroWing Rodrigo RipollFullback Agustín SánchezFullback Hammerheads CancúnPascual NadalFullback Black Thunder RFC
+ ForwardsPlayerPositionClubHooker Cumiyais Monterrey RCMarcos FlegmannProp Boston RFCMaximiliano DouekProp Tazmania RFCJesús RicoPropErick CastilloSecond row Black Thunder RFCSantiago Prieto Ledesmasecond row Black Thunder RFCJosé Raúl ReyesFlanker Cumiyais Monterrey RCGonzalo PonceFlanker Black Thunder RFCFlanker Wallabies RFCSantiago LeboreiroFlanker Simon PierreNumber eight Tazmania RC
See also Rugby union in Mexico Mexican Rugby Federation Mexico national rugby sevens team
References
External links Federación Mexicana de Rugby - Official Site Wallabies México Rugby Football Club - Official Site TEMPLARIOS México Rugby Football Club - Official Site
fr:Rugby à XV au Mexique