High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rugby union is a team sport that is played in Venezuela. While it is not as popular as sports such as association football, baseball, volleyball or basketball, but it is played at some universities throughout the country. The governing body is the Federación Venezolana de Rugby, which was founded in 1992, and which is affiliated to the International Rugby Board and CONSUR. The history of rugby in Venezuela goes back to the fifties of the last century. When a group of English oil workers played the first match in Zulia state. However the real birth of rugby in Venezuela was around the sixties. Some Frenchmen, who lived in Caracas, created along with some Argentines and Uruguayans two clubs: Martell and Renault. Martell and Renault played the first organized match in Caracas. Later the two clubs mixed together to form a new one: the Rugby Club of Caracas (RCC). Another club, Anaucos Rugby Club, was founded by a group of Argentines and Uruguayans. The first championship was organised in 1976 and the Rugby Club of Caracas was the winner.