Belgium national rugby union team

The Belgium rugby team played their first match on 13 March 1932 against the Netherlands. They contested annual games against the Netherlands for half a decade starting in 1932. They drew the 1932 game, but lost subsequent matches during the 1930s. They also played Italy and Germany in 1937, losing both games.

During the 1950s, Belgium continued playing the Netherlands, as well as teams like Spain. They managed to obtain a draw in the 1960s against Portugal. In the 1970s they won the majority of their games, as well as playing a broader range of European nations. This trend continued throughout the 1980s. Belgium had a six-game winning streak in the late 1980s. They began playing more games against their regular European opponents as they entered the 1990s. A Belgium side played the Argentina national rugby union team prior to the 2007 Rugby World Cup. A Belgium XV played the Barbarians on 24 May 2008.

Belgium has been steadily improving, ranked number 55th in 2004, the 'Black Devils' improved a whole lot on the following years, obtaining good results against other European Nations, gaining entry to the IRB Ranking's Top 30 in 2010. Since their induction to the first 30 rugby nations in the international ranking, they have managed to maintain their place.

Belgium had a very successful campaign during the 2010-2012 European Nations Cup, with a 10 match winning streak from March 2011 to December 2012. They gained promotion to the ENC 1A for the 2012-14 competition, where they play against sides such as Spain, Portugal, and the latest 2011 Rugby World Cup participants, Romania, Georgia and Russia.

Jacques Rogge, the former International Olympic Committee president, was a member of the Belgium national team.

• 1987 - Not invited
• 1991 -Did not qualify
• 1995 - Did not qualify
• 1999 - Did not qualify
• 2003 - Did not qualify
• 2007 - Did not qualify
• 2011 - Did not qualify
• 2015 - Did not qualify
• 2019 - Did not qualify

The following 34 players were called up for the 2020 Rugby Europe Championship game against Romania on the 1st of November 2020.[1]

Head Coach: Frédéric Cocqu

Caps updated: 3 October 2020

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Alexis Cuffolo	Hooker	(1991-06-13) 13 June 1991	17	Coq Mosan
Thomas Dienst	Hooker	(1987-01-19) 19 January 1987	54	Léognan
Vincent Tauzia	Hooker	(1992-07-17) 17 July 1992	6	Clermont-Cournon d'Auvergne
Bastien Gallaire	Prop	(1999-03-29) 29 March 1999	9	Suresnes
Julien Massimi	Prop	(1984-09-19) 19 September 1984	15	Waterloo
Maxime Jadot	Prop	(1991-01-06) 6 January 1991	17	Anglet
Romain Pinte	Prop	(1991-07-28) 28 July 1991	12	ROC
Lucas Sotteau	Prop	(1993-08-30) 30 August 1993	9	Oloron
Sven d`Hooghe	Lock	(1997-03-06) 6 March 1997	10	Biarritz
Tom Herenger	Lock	(1996-02-12) 12 February 1996	7	Castelsarrasin
Guillaume Mortier	Lock	(1997-08-24) 24 August 1997	4	Oloron
Mathieu Verschelden	Lock	(1985-07-10) 10 July 1985	14	Waterloo
Gillian Benoy	Back row	(1995-05-08) 8 May 1995	19	Suresnes
William van Bost	Back row	(1998-08-01) 1 August 1998	5	Béziers Espoirs
Lucas de Coninck	Back row	(1996-01-15) 15 January 1996	3	Provence
Jean Maurice Deccuber	Back row	(1996-09-10) 10 September 1996	6	Cognac
Thomas Demolder	Back row	(1992-06-22) 22 June 1992	20	Tyrosse
Julien Berger (c)	Scrum-half	(1990-01-10) 10 January 1990	16	Cognac
Tom Cocqu	Scrum-half	(1996-07-24) 24 July 1996	17	Frameries
Isaac Montoisy	Scrum-half	(1998-09-09) 9 September 1998	9	Alcobendas
Antoine Vassart	Fly-half	(1985-01-16) 16 January 1985	3	La Hulpe
Nathan Bontems	Centre	(1994-07-22) 22 July 1994	12	Mazamétain
Dazzy Cornez	Centre		1	Mâcon
Louis de Moffarts	Centre		8	La Hulpe
Florian Piron	Centre	(1991-09-24) 24 September 1991	5	ÉS Catalane
Guillaume Piron	Centre	(1992-04-09) 9 April 1992	22	Blagnac
Jens Torfs	Centre	(1992-05-26) 26 May 1992	11	Mont-de-Marsan
Craig Dowsett	Wing	(1991-05-01) 1 May 1991	13	Blackheath
Thomas Walraff	Wing	(1998-01-21) 21 January 1998	14	Nevers Espoirs
Cédric Wieme	Wing	(1999-06-20) 20 June 1999	3	Grenoble Espoirs
Ervin Muric	Wing	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997	10	Hartpury College
Gaspard Lalli	Fullback		3	La Hulpe
Charles Reynaert	Fullback	(1995-09-28) 28 September 1995	9	Nice
Alan Williams	Fullback	(1987-12-11) 11 December 1987	55	Soignies

Note - Players in bold have played more matches than shown above but there is no information of Belgium caps pre-2013.

Men's World Rugby Rankings
Top 30 rankings as of 13 January 2021[2]
Rank	Change*	Team	Points
1		South Africa	094.20
2		England	089.49
3		New Zealand	088.95
4		France	085.30
5		Ireland	084.65
6		Australia	083.08
7		Scotland	080.82
8		Argentina	080.31
9		Wales	079.36
10		Japan	079.29
11		Fiji	076.87
12		Georgia	072.18
13		Tonga	071.44
14		Italy	070.88
15		Samoa	070.72
16		United States	068.10
17		Spain	067.51
18		Uruguay	067.02
19		Romania	065.33
20		Portugal	062.12
21		Russia	061.96
22		Hong Kong	061.23
23		Canada	061.11
24		Namibia	061.04
25		Netherlands	060.09
26		Brazil	058.19
27		Belgium	057.17
28		Switzerland	054.12
29		Chile	053.81
30		Germany	053.13
*Change from the previous week

Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Belgium national XV at test level up until 7th March 2020.

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %
Armenia	1	0	1	0	0.0%
Barbarians	1	0	1	0	0.0%
Brazil	1	0	1	0	0.0%
Canada	1	0	1	0	0.0%
Croatia	4	2	2	0	50.0%
Czech Republic	7	4	2	1	57.1%
Czechoslovakia	6	1	5	0	16.7%
Denmark	5	3	1	1	60.0%
Fiji	1	0	1	0	0.0%
Georgia	7	0	7	0	0.0%
Germany	11	5	5	1	45.0%
Hong Kong	4	1	3	0	25.0%
Italy	2	0	2	0	0.0%
Latvia	2	1	1	0	50.0%
Lithuania	2	2	0	0	100.0%
Luxembourg	4	4	0	0	100.0%
Malta	2	2	0	0	100.0%
Moldova	7	5	2	0	71.4%
Monaco	1	1	0	0	100.0%
Morocco	4	1	3	0	25.0%
Netherlands	45	23	18	4	51.1%
Poland	9	2	7	0	22.2%
Portugal	15	3	10	2	21.4%
Romania	7	0	7	0	0.0%
Russia	7	1	6	0	14.29%
Samoa	1	0	1	0	0.0%
Serbia and Montenegro	8	7	1	0	87.5%
Slovenia	3	2	1	0	66.7%
Spain	17	2	14	1	12.5%
Sweden	12	8	4	0	66.7%
Switzerland	8	5	3	0	62.5%
Tunisia	5	1	3	1	20.0%
Ukraine	5	2	3	0	40.0%
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	100.0%
Uruguay	1	0	1	0	0.0%
West Germany	6	4	1	1	66.7%
Zimbabwe	1	1	0	0	100.0%
Total	222	94	116	12	42.72%

Germany playing Belgium in Qualifiers for the 2007 Rugby World Cup

Poland playing Belgium in Qualifiers for the 2011 Rugby World Cup

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