Netherlands national rugby union team

The Netherlands national rugby union team (Dutch: Nederlands nationaal rugbyteam) 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 6 nations) compete. They are yet to participate in any Rugby World Cup and often play in orange with blue shorts as well as in blue with orange shorts.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Netherlands women's national rugby union team.
Netherlands
Nickname(s)Oranje (The Oranges)
UnionNederlandse Rugby Bond
Head coachZane Gardiner
CaptainKevin Krieger
Most capsMarc Visser (67)
Home stadiumNRCA Stadium
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current25 (as of 21 November 2020)
Highest23 (2018)
Lowest48 (2008)
First international
Netherlands 0-6 Belgium
(Amsterdam, Netherlands 1 July 1930)
Biggest win
Netherlands 62-0 Denmark
(Hilversum, Netherlands 6 October 1973)
Biggest defeat
England 110-0 Netherlands
(Huddersfield, England 14 November 1998)
Websitewww.rugby.nl

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 teams including Italy. They won a number of games from 1984 through to 1987.

Record
Men's World Rugby Rankings
Top 30 rankings as of 13 January 2021[1]
RankChange*TeamPoints
1  South Africa094.20
2  England089.49
3  New Zealand088.95
4  France085.30
5  Ireland084.65
6  Australia083.08
7  Scotland080.82
8  Argentina080.31
9  Wales079.36
10  Japan079.29
11  Fiji076.87
12  Georgia072.18
13  Tonga071.44
14  Italy070.88
15  Samoa070.72
16  United States068.10
17  Spain067.51
18  Uruguay067.02
19  Romania065.33
20  Portugal062.12
21  Russia061.96
22  Hong Kong061.23
23  Canada061.11
24  Namibia061.04
25  Netherlands060.09
26  Brazil058.19
27  Belgium057.17
28   Switzerland054.12
29  Chile053.81
30  Germany053.13
*Change from the previous week

Below is table of the representative rugby matches played by a Netherlands national XV at test level up until 10 January 2021.

Opponents Matches Won Draw Lost Points For Points Against Pts Difference Win%
 Andorra3300140116+24100%
 Belgium4318421421499–7846.5%
 Bulgaria11004510+35100%
 Croatia22004719+28100%
 Czech Republic530213691+4560%
 Czechoslovakia72058899–1128.5%
 Denmark1090131157+25490%
 East Germany21012035–1550%
 Georgia410364164–10025%
 Germany14608175220–4542.8%
 Hong Kong21102510+1550%
 England10010110–1100%
 Israel1100560+56100%
 Italy400427178–1510%
 Japan40041513+2100%
 Latvia330013423+11100%
 Lithuania32019034+5675%
 Malta1100279+18100%
 Morocco730488111–2342.86%
 Moldova31027785–833.3%
 Poland207211280317–3736.4%
 Portugal12138141229–8829.1%
 Romania801749299–2506.25%
 Russia400439208–1690%
 Serbia and Montenegro64029340+5366.6%
 Spain140113107394–2873.5%
 South Korea210145108–6350%
 Sweden191801444186+25894.74%
  Switzerland22004722+25100%
 Tunisia54018653+3380%
 Ukraine41037188–1725%
 Uganda1100420+42100%
 West Germany289118279481–20233.9%
Total2451061312637094308–59943.27%

Current squad

Netherlands squad for the 2018–19 Rugby Europe Trophy, against Portugal (9 March 2019).

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Mark Darlington Hooker Maidenhead RFC
Ross Bennie Coulson Hooker RC DIOK Leiden
Rik van Dijk Hooker Haagsche RC
Hugo Langelaan Prop RC 't Gooi
Andrew Darlington Prop Maidenhead RFC
Kieran Hogg Prop Rugby Club Hilversum
Robin Moenen Prop RC DIOK Leiden
Joe Collins Prop RC 't Gooi
Tom Hiddlestone Prop Castricumse Rugby Club
Jim Boelrijk Lock RC 't Gooi
Chesney Crosby Lock Rugby Club Hilversum
Quermy Warmerdam Lock Rugby Club Hilversum
Rikkert Verhofstad Lock Castricumse Rugby Club
Mark Wokke Lock Castricumse Rugby Club
Dirk Danen Flanker Rugby Club Hilversum
Vincent Wright Flanker Maidenhead RFC
Wolf van Dijk Flanker Ayr RFC
Duncan MacDonald Flanker Haagsche RC
Robin Kok Flanker RC 't Gooi
Blake Nightingale Flanker Rugby Club Hilversum
Ben Hammerlink Flanker RC 't Gooi
Kevin Krieger Number 8 Montpellier Hérault Rugby Youth
Tom Altink Number 8 RC DIOK Leiden
Amir Rademaker Scrum-half Ayr RFC
Luc Scholler Scrum-half Haagsche RC
Maarten van Osch Scrum-half Rugby The Dukes 's Hertogenbosch
Tony Hoogenboom Scrum-half Castricumse Rugby Club
Danny Volker Fly-half Rugby Club Hilversum
Liam McBride Fly-half Bury St Edmunds RUFC
Jasey van Kampen Fly-half Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne Youth
Storm Carroll Centre Rugby Club Hilversum
Rik Roovers Centre Rugby Club Hilversum
Illie Greeve Centre RC DIOK Leiden
Quinten Koster Centre Loughborough Students RUFC
Lucas de Waaij Centre RC the Bassets Sassenheim
Sep Visser Wing Rugby Club Hilversum
Norbecio Mambo Wing RC 't Gooi
Siem Noorman Wing Haagsche RC
Daan van de Avoird Wing RC DIOK Leiden
Tausinga Kautai Wing Castricumse Rugby Club
Josh Gascoigne Fullback Rugby Club Hilversum

Current coaching staff

The current coaching staff of the Netherlands national team:[2]

Name Nationality Role
Robert Penris NEDManager
Zane Gardiner NZLHead coach
Mathew Cripps NEDAssistant coach
Job Völker NEDAssistant coach
Emmanuel Peyrezabes NEDStrength and Conditioning coach
Adam Doherty IREMental coach
Dr Sebastiaan van Osch NEDTeam doctor
Antoine van den Berg BELPhysiotherapist

See also

References
  1. "Men's World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  2. "Netherlands National Rugby Union Team". www.rugby.nl. Nederlandse Rugby Bond.
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