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{{Infobox national rugby team
| Badge = 
| Union =  Federación de Rugby de Costa Rica (FRCR)
| Nickname = Ticos
| Captain = Leonardo Muñoz Recalde
| Coach = Miguel Castillo
| pattern_b1 = _blueredhorizontal_stripes
| leftarm1 = FF0000
| body1 = FF0000
| rightarm1 = FF0000
| shorts1 = FFFFFF
| socks1 = FF0000
| World Rugby Rank      = 99
| World Rugby Rank date = 4 November 2024
| First game = {{ru|Costa Rica}} 60–0 {{ru-rt|PAN}}<BR/>(19 February 2005)
| Largest win = {{ru|Costa Rica}} 91–5 {{ru-rt|PAN}}<BR/>(27 August 2017)
| Largest loss = {{ru|COL}} 136–0 {{ru-rt|Costa Rica}}<BR/>(25 September 2024)
| countryflag = 
| World cup apps = 0
| year = 
| best = 
|World Rugby max=93|World Rugby max date=23 November 2020|World Rugby min=100|World Rugby min year=2024}}

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 | header = National Squads 2009 - 2012
 | image1 = Selección rugby costa rica.JPG
 | caption1 = Costa Rica in 2009
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 | caption2 = Costa Rica in 2011
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 | caption3 = Costa Rica in 2012
 }}

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 national rugby union team|Panama]] and [[Guatemala national rugby union team|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 [[International Rugby Board|IRB]] Consur B tournament.  The other competing nations were [[Colombia national rugby union team|Colombia]], [[venezuela national rugby union team|Venezuela]], [[peru national rugby union team|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 South American Rugby Championship "B"|2010]] and [[2011 South American Rugby Championship "B"|2011]] CONSUR B tournaments, Costa Rica played in the newly created [[2012 South American Rugby Championship "C"|CONSUR C]] tournament in 2012.  They won this tournament, beating [[Guatemala national rugby union team|Guatemala]], [[Ecuador national rugby union team|Ecuador]] and [[El Salvador national rugby union team|El Salvador]].

==Overall Record==

Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by the Costa Rican national XV at test level up until '''23 November 2019''':

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 87%;"
|-
! Against
! Played
! Won
! Lost
! Drawn
! % Won
|-
| align="left" | {{Ru|BRA}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0%
|-
| align="left" | {{Ru|CAY}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0%
|-
| align="left" | {{Ru|COL}} || 5 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0%
|-
| align="left" | {{Ru|ECU}} || 7 || 3 || 3 || 1 || {{#expr:3/7*100 round 2}}%
|-
| align="left" | {{Ru|ESA}} || 6 || 4 || 2 || 0 || {{#expr:4/6*100 round 2}}%
|-
| align="left" | {{Ru|GUA}} || 5 || 2 || 2 || 1 || {{#expr:2/5*100 round 2}}%
|-
| align="left" | {{Ru|MEX}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0%
|-
| align="left" | {{Ru|NIC}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || {{#expr:2/2*100 round 2}}%
|-
| align="left" | {{Ru|PAN}} || 6 || 5 || 1 || 0 || {{#expr:5/6*100 round 2}}%
|-
| align="left" | {{Ru|PER}} || 6 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 0%
|-
| align="left" | {{Ru|VEN}} || 4 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0%
|-
!Total|| '''43''' || '''16''' || '''25''' || '''2''' || '''{{#expr:16/43*100 round 2}}%'''
|}

==Players==

=== Recent squad ===
In December 2012, Costa Rica played in the newly created [[2012 South American Rugby Championship "C"|CONSUR C]] tournament.  They won this tournament, beating [[Guatemala national rugby union team|Guatemala]] by 37 to 10, [[Ecuador national rugby union team|Ecuador]] by 33 to 8 and [[El Salvador national rugby union team|El Salvador]] by 57 to 3.

This unprecedented achievement was the result a hardworking staff and a 5 months preparation during which more than 100 players were called for trials. Coach Francisco José "El Gordo Secret" Galarreta Apaestegui and his manager Wadya "Dr. Evil" Sauma put up a team united by personal sacrifice, friendship and a common dream that lead them into victory. The 2012 Costa Rican rugby union team demonstrated the country's rugby at its best, displaying some players from every union.

The 2012 CONSUR C 25-player squad:

{| class="wikitable"
!Player !!Position !!Club
|-
| Marco Blanco|| [[Prop (rugby union)|Prop]]||{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Coronado RC]]
|-
|Guillermo Lavari
|[[Prop (rugby union)|Prop]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Stag RFC]]
|-
|Jefry Vargas
|[[Prop (rugby union)|Prop]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Cadejos Rugby Club|Cadejos RC]]
|-
|Marvin Taylor Ebanks
|[[Prop (rugby union)|Prop]]
|{{Flagicon|Canada}} [[Montreal Irish RFC]]
|-
|Claudio Carrizo
|[[Hooker (rugby union)|Hooker]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Stag RFC]]
|-
|Alexis Devitre
|[[Lock (Rugby Union)|Lock]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Universitarios Club de Rugby]]
|-
|Meyer Zúñiga Fernández
|[[Lock (Rugby Union)|Lock]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Rugby Cartago|Cartago RC]]
|-
|Hugo López Póveda
|[[Lock (Rugby Union)|Lock]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Rugby Cartago|Cartago RC]]
|-
|Nicolas Broggi
|[[Number 8 (rugby union)|No. 8]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Universitarios Club de Rugby]]
|-
|Marlon Cerdas Blanco
|[[Number 8 (rugby union)|No. 8]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Coronado RC]]
|-
|Fernando Ramírez Esquivel
|[[Flanker (rugby union)|Flanker]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Wák RC]]
|-
|Pierric Béros
|[[Flanker (rugby union)|Flanker]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Stag RFC]]
|-
|Sebastián Gutiérrez del Valle
|[[Scrum-Half (rugby union)|Scrum Half]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Stag RFC]]
|-
|Leonardo Muñoz Recalde
|[[Scrum-Half (rugby union)|Scrum Half]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Wák RC]]
|-
|Iván Bogantes Miranda
|[[Fly-half (rugby union)|Fly Half]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Universitarios Club de Rugby]]
|-
|Ignacio Maqueda
|[[Fly-half (rugby union)|Fly Half]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Stag RFC]]
|-
|Lucas Withington
|[[Fly-half (rugby union)|Fly Half]] / [[Center (rugby union)|Center]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Stag RFC]]
|-
|Rafael Ulloa Beeche
|[[Center (rugby union)|Center]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Wák RC]]
|-
|Franklin Zúñiga
|[[Center (rugby union)|Center]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Stag RFC]]
|-
|Rafael López Póveda
|[[Full back (rugby union)|Full Back]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Rugby Cartago|Cartago RC]]
|-
|Ariel Apuy
|[[Full back (rugby union)|Full Back]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Universitarios Club de Rugby]]
|-
|Juan José Mata Zúñiga
|[[Wing (rugby union)|Wing]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Universitarios Club de Rugby]]
|-
|Gustavo Patiño
|[[Wing (rugby union)|Wing]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Cadejos Rugby Club|Cadejos RC]]
|-
|César Salas
|[[Wing (rugby union)|Wing]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Cadejos Rugby Club|Cadejos RC]]
|-
|Byron Monge Benavides
|[[Wing (rugby union)|Wing]]
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Universitarios Club de Rugby]]
|}
===Coaches===
{| class="wikitable"
!Coach !!Tenure
|-
|Pablo Gonzales Lucas ||2009
|-
|Charles ||2010
|-
|Larry Grech ||2011
|-
|Francisco José Galarreta Apaestegui ||2012
|-
|Rodrigo Etchart ||2020–2021
|-
|Rony Reperger ||2022–2023
|-
|Miguel Castillo ||2024–
|}
==External links==
* [http://www.rugbydata.com/costarica Costa Rica] on rugbydata.com
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130323033145/http://www.rugbyuniversitarios.com/web/ Universitarios Club de Rugby Costa Rica] on rugbyuniversitarios.com

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