[3] Mexico's first official test match, and first participation in Rugby World Cup qualifying, was in March 2008.

In that match, Mexico secured a 47-7 victory over Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying.

Mexico's record in qualifying was 2-2, finishing 6th place in Round 1A of the Americas qualification zone.

They won all three of their first-round Americas North (North Zone) group stage games (against the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, and The Bahamas), and also won the first round final against South Zone winners, Guyana.

From here, they progressed to a one-off play-off game against the 2016 CONSUR "B" Rugby Championship, Colombia, which they lost 29-11, ending Mexico's qualifying campaign.