| Netherlands | |
| Nickname: | Oranje (The Oranges) |
| Badge: | Netherlands rugby badge.png |
| Badge Size: | 250px |
| Union: | Dutch Rugby Union |
| Confederation: | Rugby Europe |
| Coach: | Lyn Jones |
| Captain: | Dirk Danen |
| Most Caps: | Marc Visser (67) |
| Home Stadium: | NRCA Stadium |
| World Rugby Trigramme: | NED |
| Leftarm1: | FF8000 |
| Body1: | FF8000 |
| Rightarm1: | FF8000 |
| Shorts1: | 004080 |
| Socks1: | FF8000 |
| Leftarm2: | 004080 |
| Body2: | 004080 |
| Rightarm2: | 004080 |
| Shorts2: | 004080 |
| Socks2: | FF8000 |
| World Rugby Rank: | 27 |
| World Rugby Rank Date: | 5 February 2024 |
| World Rugby Max: | 23 |
| World Rugby Max Year: | 2018 |
| World Rugby Min: | 48 |
| World Rugby Min Year: | 2008 |
| First Game: | 0–6 (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 1 July 1930) |
| Largest Win: | 62–0 (Hilversum, Netherlands; 6 October 1973) |
| Website: | www.rugby.nl |
The Netherlands national rugby union team (Dutch; Flemish: Nederlands nationaal rugby team) represents Netherlands in men's international rugby union competitions. Nicknamed The Oranges (Oranje), is considered one of the stronger tier 3 teams in European rugby and currently compete in the second division of the Rugby Europe International Championships in the Rugby Europe Trophy, a competition which is just below the Rugby Europe Championship where the top 6 countries in Europe (apart from the teams in the Six Nations) compete. They are yet to participate in any Rugby World Cup.
See main article: Rugby union in the Netherlands. The Netherlands played their first ever game in 1930, against Belgium on 1 July. The Netherlands played Belgium and Germany as well as Romania. During the 1940s they played regularly against Belgium and Germany. The 1960s saw the side play West Germany regularly as well as other fixtures including matches against Poland, Sweden, Spain and Czechoslovakia. The 1970s saw fixtures played against many teams, notably Scotland XV in October 1978 & Italy.
Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Netherlands national XV at test level up until 17 March 2024.
| Opponents | Matches | Won | Draw | Lost | For | Aga | Diff | Win% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 116 | +24 | % | ||
| 45 | 20 | 4 | 21 | 475 | 539 | –64 | % | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 10 | +35 | % | ||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 19 | +28 | % | ||
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 91 | +45 | % | ||
| 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 88 | 99 | –11 | % | ||
| 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 311 | 57 | +254 | % | ||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 35 | –15 | % | ||
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 107 | 355 | –248 | % | ||
| 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 342 | 290 | +52 | % | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 10 | +15 | % | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 110 | –110 | 0% | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | +56 | % | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 178 | –151 | 0% | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 50 | -45 | 0% | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | +2 | % | ||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 23 | +11 | % | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 34 | +56 | % | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 9 | +18 | % | ||
| 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 111 | –23 | % | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 85 | –8 | % | ||
| 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 334 | 324 | +10 | % | ||
| 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 172 | 349 | –177 | % | ||
| 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 76 | 393 | –317 | 0% | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 243 | –169 | 0% | ||
| 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 40 | +53 | % | ||
| 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 152 | 537 | –385 | 0% | ||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 108 | –63 | % | ||
| 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 444 | 186 | +258 | % | ||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 22 | +25 | % | ||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 53 | +33 | % | ||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 88 | –17 | % | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | +42 | % | ||
| 28 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 279 | 481 | –202 | % | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 30 | –23 | 0% | ||
| Total | 262 | 114 | 13 | 135 | 4138 | 5008 | –870 | % |
On 22 January 2022, the following 49 players were called up for the 2022 Rugby Europe Championship.[1] [2]
Head Coach: Dick Muir (as of 2 June 2022)
On 10 February Spike Salman of Racing 92 was called up to the squad.[3]
The current coaching staff of the Netherlands national team:[4]
| Name | Nationality | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyn Jones | Head coach | ||
| Gareth Gilbert | Assistant coach | ||
| Allard Jonkers | Assistant coach | ||
| Emmanuel Peyrezabes | Strength and Conditioning coach | ||
| Antoine van den Berg | Physiotherapist | ||
| Sebastiaan van Osch | Physiotherapist | ||
| Kevan Gallagher | Video analyst | ||
| Jan van Diest | Manager |
Since 1997
| Years | Coach | |
|---|---|---|
| 1997–2000 |  Geoff Old | |
| 2001–2004 | Robbie Allen | |
| 2004 | Alex O'Dowd | |
| 2005–2006 | Iain Krysztofiak | |
| 2007 | Eric Hangeveld | |
| 2008 |  Robin Raphael | |
| 2009 | Hugues Dispas | |
| 2009 | Robin Raphael (Caretaker) | |
| 2009–2010 | Hugues Dispas | |
| 2010–2011 | Jean Bidal | |
| 2011 | Silvester Ramaker | |
| 2011–2016 |  Alex Chang | |
| 2016–2019 | Gareth Gilbert | |
| 2019–2022 | Zane Gardiner | |
| 2022 | Dick Muir (interim) | |
| 2022–present | Lyn Jones |