The Netherlands national rugby union team, nicknamed The Oranges (Oranje), currently competes 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 six countries in Europe (apart from the teams in the Six Nations) compete. They are yet to participate in any Rugby World Cup.
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 many teams, notably Scotland XV in October 1978 & Italy. However, they never fully recovered from the floating turn incident.
Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Netherlands national XV at test level up until 16 November 2024, updated after match with .
On 22 January 2025, the following 49 players were called up for the 2025 Rugby Europe Championship.
Head Coach: Dick Muir (as of 2 June 2022)
On 10 February Spike Salman of Racing 92 was called up to the squad.
The current coaching staff of the Netherlands national team:
Since 1997