Dutch Rugby Union

The Dutch Rugby Union (Dutch: Rugby Nederland) is the governing body for rugby union in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1932 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Football Board, in 1988 known as the International Rugby Board and now as World Rugby. Netherlands Men's Rugby are ranked 25th (on 12 October 2019) in the world according to World Rugby.

Dutch Rugby Union

Nederlandse Rugby Bond
Sport	Rugby union
Founded	1932; 93 years ago (1932)
World Rugby affiliation	1988
Rugby Europe affiliation	1934
President	Jan-Hein Pieterse
Men's coach	Zane Gardiner
Women's coach	Sylke Haverkorn
Website	www.rugby.nl

See also

• Netherlands national rugby union team
• Netherlands national U20 rugby union team
• Netherlands national rugby sevens team
• Netherlands women's national rugby union team
• Netherlands women's national rugby sevens team
• Ereklasse

External links

• Nederlandse Rugby Bond – Official Site (in Dutch)