Guam national rugby union team explained

Guam
Badge:Guam Rugby logo.jpg
Badge Size:200px
Emblem:Latte stone
Union:Guam Rugby Football Union
Confederation:Asia Rugby
Coach:Tony Penn
Captain:Paul Claros
Home Stadium:Wettengel Rugby Field
World Rugby Trigramme:GUM
World Rugby Rank:73
World Rugby Rank Date:29 January 2024
World Rugby Max:71
World Rugby Max Year:2023
World Rugby Min:74
World Rugby Min Year:2019
First Game: 8 - 8
(June 18, 2005)
Largest Win: 74 - 0
(June 28, 2008)
Largest Loss:
(May 15, 2019)
World Cup Apps:0

The Guam national rugby union team represents the United States territory of Guam in international rugby union. They have yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup, though they have attempted to qualify for the World Cup.

The national side is ranked 73rd in the world (as of 29 January 2024).[1]

History

Guam attempted to qualify for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, taking part in Division 3 Pool B of Round 1a of the Asian qualifying tournament. They competed against three other nations in the pool; Kazakhstan, India and Malaysia.

In their first match of the pool competition, Guam played India in Guam and drew 8-all with them. However they then lost 51–6 to Kazakhstan and 44–15 to Malaysia. In 2006 they played two internationals, a 14–18 loss against the Philippines and a 27–22 loss against Pakistan.

World Cup record

Overall record

Below is table of the representative rugby matches played by a Guam national XV at test level up until 18 May 2019.

OpponentPlayedWonLostDrawnWin %ForAgaDiff
2 2 0 0 100% 140 12 +128
4 2 2 0 50% 114 98 +16
1 0 1 0 0% 16 18 -2
5 5 0 0 100% 160 53 +107
1 0 1 0 0% 11 44 -33
1 0 1 0 0% 8 17 -9
1 1 0 0 100% 48 10 +38
1 1 0 0 100% 37 10 +27
2 0 2 0 0% 8 45 -37
1 0 1 0 0% 7 13 -6
1 0 1 0 0% 16 25 -9
1 0 1 0 0% 7 82 -75
1 1 0 0 100% 23 22 +1
Total 22 12 10 0 54.54% 595 449 +146

Squad

Squad to 2012 Asian Five Nations - Division 3

Substitutes

Honours

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2019-07-31 . 2019-08-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190818135803/https://www.world.rugby/rankings/mru?lang=en . dead .