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Netherlands national rugby union team

National rugby union team

National rugby union team

FieldValue
NameNetherlands
NicknameOranje (The Oranges)
BadgeNetherlands rugby badge.png
Badge_size250px
UnionDutch Rugby Union
ConfederationRugby Europe
CoachBryan Easson
CaptainKoen Bloemen
Most capsMarc Visser (67)
Home StadiumNRCA Stadium
World Rugby TrigrammeNED
leftarm1FF8000
body1FF8000
rightarm1FF8000
shorts1004080
socks1FF8000
leftarm2004080
body2004080
rightarm2004080
shorts2004080
socks2FF8000
World Rugby Rank26
World Rugby Rank date21 July 2025
World Rugby max23
World Rugby max year2018
World Rugby min48
World Rugby min year2008
First game0–6
(Amsterdam, Netherlands; 1 July 1930)
Largest win76–0
(Amsterdam, Netherlands; 16 February 2025)
Largest loss110–0
(Huddersfield, England; 14 November 1998)
websitewww.rugby.nl
Note

the men's team

| World Rugby Rank date = 21 July 2025 | World Rugby max year = 2018 | World Rugby min year = 2008 (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 1 July 1930) (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 16 February 2025) (Huddersfield, England; 14 November 1998) The Netherlands national rugby union team, nicknamed The Oranges (Oranje), currently competes 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 six countries in Europe (apart from the teams in the Six Nations) compete. They are yet to participate in any Rugby World Cup.

History

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. However, they never fully recovered from the floating turn incident.

Record

Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Netherlands national XV at test level up until 16 November 2024, updated after match with .

OpponentsMatchesWonDrawLostForAgaDiffWin%Total2631151313541585025–867%
3300140116+24%
4520421475539–64%
11004510+35%
11002017+3%
22004719+28%
530213691+45%
72058899–11%
1090131157+254%
21012035–15%
8107107355–248%
181008342290+52%
21102510+15%
10010110–1100%
1100560+56%
400427178–1510%
1001550-450%
11001513+2%
330013423+11%
32019034+56%
1100279+18%
730488111–23%
31027785–8%
218211334324+10%
141310172349–177%
1001976393–3170%
500547243–1690%
64029340+53%
180117152537–3850%
210145108–63%
191801444186+258%
22004722+25%
54018653+33%
41037188–17%
1100420+42%
289118279481–202%
1001730–230%

Current squad

On 22 January 2025, the following 49 players were called up for the 2025 Rugby Europe Championship.

Head Coach: RSA Dick Muir (as of 2 June 2022)

  • Caps Updated: 23 January 2021 **

  • *: Also a member of Delta squad, playing in the Rugby Europe Super Cup.

  • **: Servette is a Swiss club but plays in the French league.

Call-ups

On 10 February Spike Salman of Racing 92 was called up to the squad.

Current coaching staff

The current coaching staff of the Netherlands national team:

NameNationalityRole
Lyn JonesWALHead coach
Gareth GilbertRSAAssistant coach
Allard JonkersNEDAssistant coach
Emmanuel PeyrezabesFRAStrength and Conditioning coach
Antoine van den BergNEDPhysiotherapist
Sebastiaan van OschNEDPhysiotherapist
Kevan GallagherNEDVideo analyst
Jan van DiestNEDManager

Past Coaches

Since 1997

YearsCoach
1997–2000NZL Geoff Old
2001–2004SCO Robbie Allen
2004NZL Alex O'Dowd
2005–2006ENG Iain Krysztofiak
2007NED Eric Hangeveld
2008FRA Robin Raphael
2009NED Hugues Dispas
2009FRA Robin Raphael (Caretaker)
2009–2010NED Hugues Dispas
2010–2011FRA Jean Bidal
2011NED Silvester Ramaker
2011–2016AUS Alex Chang
2016–2019RSA Gareth Gilbert
2019–2022NZL Zane Gardiner
2022RSA Dick Muir (interim)
2022–2025WAL Lyn Jones
2025–presentSCO Bryan Easson

References

References

  1. ({{langx. nl. Nederlands nationaal rugby team)
  2. [https://www.rugby.nl/oranje/selecties/heren-xv/ Netherlands`s squad for the 2022 Rugby Europe Championship]
  3. (22 January 2022). "Trainingsselectie Championship 2022 bekend".
  4. (10 February 2022). "Nederland speelt tegen regerend kampioen Georgië".
  5. "Netherlands National Rugby Union Team Coaching Staff". [[Dutch Rugby Union]].
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