Guam national rugby union team

Guam

Emblem	Latte stone
Union	Guam Rugby Football Union
Head coach	Tony Penn
Captain	Paul Claros
Home stadium	Wettengel Rugby Field
World Rugby ranking
Current	76 (as of 4 November 2024)
Highest	71 (2023)
Lowest	76 (2024)
First international
Guam 8–8 India  (June 18, 2005)
Biggest win
Guam 74–0 Brunei  (June 28, 2008)
Biggest defeat
United Arab Emirates 82–7 Guam  (May 15, 2019)
World Cup
Appearances	0

The Guam national rugby union team represents the United States territory of Guam in international rugby union. They have yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup, though they have attempted to qualify for the World Cup.

The national side is ranked 76th in the world (as of 4 November 2024).^[1]

History

Guam attempted to qualify for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, taking part in Division 3 Pool B of Round 1a of the Asian qualifying tournament. They competed against three other nations in the pool; Kazakhstan, India and Malaysia.^{[citation needed]}

In their first match of the pool competition, Guam played India in Guam and drew 8-all with them. However they then lost 51–6 to Kazakhstan and 44–15 to Malaysia. In 2006 they played two internationals, a 14–18 loss against the Philippines and a 27–22 loss against Pakistan.^{[citation needed]}

World Cup record

• 1987 - No qualifying tournament held
• 1991 - 2003 - Did not enter
• 2007 - Did not qualify
• 2011 - Did not enter
• 2015 - Did not qualify

Overall record

Below is table of the representative rugby matches played by a Guam national XV at test level up until 18 May 2019.

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %	For	Aga	Diff
Brunei	2	2	0	0	100%	140	12	+128
China	4	2	2	0	50%	114	98	+16
India	1	0	1	0	0%	16	18	-2
Indonesia	5	5	0	0	100%	160	53	+107
Iran	1	0	1	0	0%	11	44	-33
Kazakhstan	1	0	1	0	0%	8	17	-9
Laos	1	1	0	0	100%	48	10	+38
Pakistan	1	1	0	0	100%	37	10	+27
Philippines	2	0	2	0	0%	8	45	-37
Qatar	1	0	1	0	0%	7	13	-6
Thailand	1	0	1	0	0%	16	25	-9
United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0	0%	7	82	-75
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	100%	23	22	+1
Total	22	12	10	0	54.54%	595	449	+146

Squad

Squad to 2012 Asian Five Nations - Division 3

Leonard Calvo Brandon O'Mallan Carlos Eustaquio Sixto Quintanilla Fabian Garces James Basil O'Mallan Paul Claros (c) Steven Sablan Vinson Calvo Vern Lokeijak Jacob Flores Stephen Santos Randy Mendiola Gerard Aguon Paul Eustaquio Edward Calvo Neil James Joshua Jude 'Outside J' Paulino Casey Howard 'C-Swag' Zinser

Substitutes Matthew Toves Earl Pascual John Arceo Brian Romiro Paul Calvo Mario Martinez Jesse Manglona

Honours

Asia Rugby Championship

• Division 3 Champions: 2015, 2018

See also

• Rugby union in Guam
• 2007 Rugby World Cup - Asia qualification
• Guam national rugby sevens team
• Guam women's national rugby union team

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-08-18. Retrieved 2019-07-31.

External links

• Guam^{[permanent dead link‍]} on IRB.com
• Guam Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine on rugbydata.com