The Chilean Rugby Federation ( es, Federación de Rugby de Chile) is the governing body for

rugby union in Chile Rugby union in Chile is a fairly popular sport. The Chilean Rugby Federation was founded on 4 May 1953 and governs the sport in Chile. Their statutes and regulations were officialized at 16 December 1963. It is affiliated to the Olympic Committee ...

. The Federation is responsible for the various national teams representing Chile in international competitions. The Federation is a member of several international organizations, such as

World Rugby World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international rug ...

, and

Sudamérica Rugby Sudamérica Rugby (previously known as Confederación Sudamericana de Rugby (abbreviated CONSUR) between 1988 and 2015),Chile's national team is known as the Condors. Chile has played in the annual

South American Rugby Championship The South American Rugby Championship refers to the continental rugby union championships for South America, organized by Sudamérica Rugby. The current name of the championships is ''South American Six Nations'', implemented in 2018. Throughout hi ...

since the tournament began in 1951. Chile has finished in third place in the South American Rugby Championship (behind Argentina and Uruguay) almost every year since 1983. Chile also participates in qualifying matches for the

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, but Argentina and Uruguay remain the only South American teams to have participated in the Rugby World Cup. The

Chile national rugby sevens team The Chile national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. In the 2008 USA Sevens they lost to Australia 24-14 in the Shield finals. In preparation for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens they toured Fiji, a month before the World Cup. Chi ...

represents Chile in international rugby sevens tournaments. Chile's rugby sevens team has played at the

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on the

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, at the

Rugby World Cup Sevens Rugby World Cup Sevens (RWCS) is the quadrennial world championship of rugby sevens, a variant of rugby union. Organised by World Rugby, it currently consists of men's and women's tournaments, and is the highest level of competition in the sport ...

, and at the

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

since rugby sevens was added in 2011. The

Chile national under-20 rugby union team The Chile national under-20 rugby union team participates in the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy. Chile has finished among the top three teams several times in the IRB JWRT, and has twice hosted the event. Current squad Management *Enrique Larena ...

has played in the

IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy The World Rugby Under 20 Trophy (known as the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy until 2014) is an international rugby union competition. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, World Rugby, and is contested by 8 men's junior national tea ...

. Chile finished second in 2008, and third in 2009 and 2013. Chile hosted the tournament in 2008 and 2013.

Leadership

* 1953 - 1955 Kenneth Dunford * * 1956 - 1957 Leonardo Mascaro V. * * 1958 - 1959 Rodolfo Pincas * 1960 - 1961 Rodolfo Pincas * 1962 - 1963 Jorge Chavez Sánchez * 1964 - 1965 Luis Felipe Mujica M. * * 1966 - 1967 Fernando De Castro * * 1968 - 1969 Leslie Cooper * * 1970 - 1971 Ronald Miles * 1972 - 1974 Patricio Campos N. * * 1975 - 1979 Luis Bernabo Ody * 1980 - 1982 Sergio Bascuñan Martinez * 1983 - 1986 Alberto Jory Walker * 1986 - 1987 Jorge Pizarro S. * 1988 - 1989 Sergio Bascuñan Martinez * 1990 - 1991 Alberto Jory Walker * 1991 - 1993 Claudio Cabrera Berceruelo * 1994 - 1995 Ernesto Sirner Bugueño * 1996 - 1997 Miguel A. Mujica Brain * 1998 - 1999 Julio Calisto Hurtado * 2000 - 2007 Miguel A. Mujica Brain * 2007 - 2008 Carlos Silva Echiburou * 2008 - 2009 Alastair MacGregor * 2009 - 2012 Sebastián Pinto * 2012 - 2015 Francisco Davanzo Pumarino * 2015 - 2019 Jorge Araya * 2019 - 2023 Cristian Rudloff

References

External links

Chilean Rugby Federation (official website)
{{Authority control Rugby union in Chile Sports governing bodies in Chile Rugby union governing bodies in South America Sports organizations established in 1953

Leadership

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