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
Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Costa Rica national XV at test level up until 27 June 2026, updated after match with .
Opponent Played Won Lost Drawn % Won 1 0 1 0 0% 1 0 1 0 0% 5 0 5 0 0% 2 1 1 0 % 5 4 1 0 % 9 5 3 1 % 1 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 % 7 7 0 0 % 8 1 7 0 % 4 0 4 0 0%Total 45 20 24 1 %
Players
Recent squad 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.
Following this achievement a staff and a five months preparation were called for trials. Coach Francisco José "El Gordo Secret" Galarreta Apaestegui and his manager Wadya "Dr. Evil" Sauma assembled the squad that lead them into victory. The 2012 Costa Rican rugby union team demonstrated the country's rugby at its best, included players representing rugby unions from across the country.
The 2012 CONSUR C 25-player squad:
Player Position Club Marco Blanco Prop Coronado RCGuillermo LavariProp Stag RFCJefry VargasProp Cadejos RCMarvin Taylor EbanksProp Montreal Irish RFCClaudio CarrizoHooker Stag RFCAlexis DevitreLock Universitarios Club de RugbyMeyer Zúñiga FernándezLock Cartago RCHugo López PóvedaLock Cartago RCNicolas BroggiNo. 8 Universitarios Club de RugbyMarlon Cerdas BlancoNo. 8 Coronado RCFernando Ramírez EsquivelFlanker Wák RCPierric BérosFlanker Stag RFCSebastián Gutiérrez del ValleScrum Half Stag RFCLeonardo Muñoz RecaldeScrum Half Wák RCIván Bogantes MirandaFly Half Universitarios Club de RugbyIgnacio MaquedaFly Half Stag RFCLucas WithingtonFly Half / Center Stag RFCRafael Ulloa BeecheCenter Wák RCFranklin ZúñigaCenter Stag RFCRafael López PóvedaFull Back Cartago RCAriel ApuyFull Back Universitarios Club de RugbyJuan José Mata ZúñigaWing Universitarios Club de RugbyGustavo PatiñoWing Cadejos RCCésar SalasWing Cadejos RCByron Monge BenavidesWing Universitarios Club de Rugby Coaches Coach TenurePablo Gonzales Lucas 2009Charles 2010Larry Grech 2011Francisco José Galarreta Apaestegui 2012Rodrigo Etchart 2020–2021Rony Reperger 2022–2023Miguel Castillo 2024–
External links Costa Rica on rugbydata.com Universitarios Club de Rugby Costa Rica on rugbyuniversitarios.com