Brazil national rugby union team
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| Union | Associação Brasileira de Rugby | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Jonathan Lowe | |||||||||||||||||
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| Chile 68 - 0 Brazil (1951-09-09) |
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| Costa Rica 0 - 95 Brazil (2006-10-16) |
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| Argentina 114 - 3 Brazil (1993-10-02) |
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The Brazil national rugby union team are the national side of Brazil, representing them at rugby union. Brazil are a third tier rugby union side, and have yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup.
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[edit] History
Brazil starting playing international rugby union matches in the early 1950s Their first match was against Chile, Brazil ended up losing by over 60 points to nil however. Brazil continued playing sides like Chile, Uruguay and Argentina through the 1950s and into the 1960s. In the 1970s, Brazil began playing a more diverse range of sides, including heavyweights France in 1974, though Brazil lost 99 to seven. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Brazil mainly contested matches with Chile, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay. After playing less matches in the latter years of the 1990s, Brazil returned, and went undefeated for seven matches over a period from 2000 to early 2002. This success has continued as of late, and Brazil have been winning the majority of their games in the 2000s.
[edit] World Cup record
- 1987 - 1995 - Did not enter
- 1999 - 2007 - Did not qualify
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- (Portuguese) Associação Brasileira de Rugby - Official Site
- Brazil on Rugbydata.com
