Dutch Rugby Union

Dutch Rugby Union
Nederlandse Rugby Bond

Sport	Rugby union
Founded	1932
WR affiliation	1988
FIRA-AER affiliation	1934
President	Gerard Kemps
Men's coach	Erik Hengeveld
Women's coach	Silvester Ramaker
Official website	www.rugby.nl

The Dutch Rugby Union (Dutch: Nederlandse Rugby Bond) is the governing body for rugby union in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1932 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1988.

See also

Rugby union in the Netherlands
Netherlands national rugby union team
Netherlands women's national rugby union team
RC Greate Pier

External links

(Dutch) Nederlandse Rugby Bond – Official Site

Rugby union in the Netherlands

Governing body	Dutch Rugby Union

National teams	Netherlands 7's Women's Women's 7's

Competitions	European Nations Cup Ereklasse Klasse2e Klasse3e Klasse4e

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Rugby unions by best performance at the Men's World Cups

Winners	Australia (2 Times) England (Once) New Zealand (2 Times) South Africa (2 Times)

Runners up	France (3 Times)

Third	Argentina (Once) Wales (Once)

Fourth	Scotland (Once)

Quarter Final	Canada (Once) Fiji (2 Times) Ireland (5 Times) Samoa (2 Times)

Group stages	Côte d'Ivoire (Once) Georgia (3 Times) Italy (7 Times) Japan (7 Times) Namibia (4 Times) Portugal (Once) Romania (7 Times) Russia (Once) Spain (Once) Tonga (6 Times) United States (6 Times) Uruguay (2 Times) Zimbabwe (2 Times)

Without World Cup experience	American Samoa Andorra Arabian Gulf Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bermuda Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland Germany Ghana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Hungary India Iran Israel Jamaica Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Netherlands Nigeria Niue Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Rwanda St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines Serbia Senegal Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Tahiti Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Zambia

Rugby unions by best performance at the Women's Rugby World Cup

Winners	England (2 Times) New Zealand (4 Times) United States (Once)

Runners up	Canada (Once)

Third	Australia (Once) France (5 Times)

Fourth	Wales (Once) Ireland (Once)

Group stages	Germany (2 Times) Italy (3 Times) Japan (3 Times) Kazakhstan (6 Times) Netherlands (3 Times) Russia (3 Times) Samoa (3 Times) Scotland (5 Times) South Africa (3 Times) Spain (5 Times) Sweden (4 Times)

Without World Cup experience	American Samoa Andorra Arabian Gulf Argentina Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bermuda Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Fiji Finland Georgia Ghana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Hungary India Iran Israel Ivory Coast Jamaica Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Namibia Nigeria Niue Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Rwanda St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines Serbia Senegal Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Swaziland Switzerland Tahiti Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Ukraine Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Zambia Zimbabwe