Netherlands women's national rugby union team

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For the men's team, see Netherlands national rugby union team. For the women's sevens team, see Netherlands women's national rugby sevens team.
Netherlands
Shirt badge/Association crest
UnionNederlandse Rugby Bond
Head coachSacha Werlich
CaptainPetra Zwart
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current17 (as of 23 November 2020)
First international
 Netherlands 0-4 France 
(Utrecht, Netherlands 13 June 1982)
Biggest win
 Netherlands 141-3 Denmark 
(Toulouse, France 2 May 2004)
Biggest defeat
 England 91-3 Netherlands 
(Belluno, Italy 15 April 1994)
World Cup
Appearances3 (First in 1991)
Women's World Rugby Rankings
Top 20 rankings as of 30 October 2022[1]
Rank Change* Team Points
1 Steady  England 096.78
2 Steady  New Zealand 089.57
3 Steady  Canada 087.83
4 Steady  France 087.21
5 Steady  Italy 078.70
6 Steady  Australia 078.00
7 Steady  United States 076.78
8 Steady  Ireland 074.01
9 Steady  Wales 072.70
10 Steady  Scotland 068.71
11 Steady  Spain 068.47
12 Steady  Japan 067.94
13 Steady  South Africa 064.50
14 Steady  Russia 061.10
15 Steady  Kazakhstan 058.45
16 Steady  Fiji 058.33
17 Steady  Netherlands 058.27
18 Steady  Samoa 058.01
19 Steady  Hong Kong 057.89
20 Steady  Sweden 057.73
*Change from the previous week
Netherlands during the 2013 Women's European Qualification Tournament.

The Netherlands women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Netherlands, representing them at rugby union. The side first played in 1982.

History

The Netherlands' women's national rugby union team hosted the first ever women's international women's rugby union match. This match took place in Utrecht on June 13, 1982. France won against the Netherlands with 4–0.[2]

The Netherlands made their debut at the 1991 World Cup. They finished in 7th place out of 12 teams. They hosted the 1998 World Cup and qualified for the 2002 World Cup, where they finished 13th and 15th.

Women's rugby has increased in popularity in the Netherlands in the past decades. The airing of the 2015 World Cup on national television has further attributed to the increase in popularity.

Records

Overall

See also: List of Netherlands women's national rugby union team matches

(Full internationals only)

Rugby: Netherlands internationals 1982-
Opponent First game Played Won Drawn Lost Percentage
 Belgium 2000 8 8 0 0 100.00%
 Brazil 2008 2 1 1 0 66.66%
 Canada 1998 1 0 0 1 0.00%
 Denmark 2003 2 2 0 0 100.00%
 England 1997 4 0 0 4 0.00%
 Finland 2012 1 1 0 0 100.00%
 France 1982 12 1 0 11 8.33%
 Germany 1992 17 16 0 1 94.12%
 Great Britain 1987 2 0 0 2 0.00%
 Ireland 1998 3 0 0 3 0.00%
 Italy 1988 8 2 0 6 25.00%
 Japan 2002 2 1 0 1 50.00%
 Kazakhstan 1999 2 0 0 2 0.00%
 New Zealand 1990 1 0 0 1 0.00%
 Norway 2004 2 2 0 0 100.00%
 Russia 1998 4 3 0 1 75.00%
 Samoa 2013 1 0 0 1 0.00%
 Scotland 1995 6 1 0 5 16.67%
 South Africa 2006 2 0 0 2 0.00%
 Spain 1995 5 0 0 5 0.00%
 Sweden 1984 18 15 0 3 83.33%
 Switzerland 2014 1 1 0 0 100.00%
 Soviet Union 1990 2 2 0 0 100.00%
 United States 1990 3 0 0 3 0.00%
 Wales 2001 5 3 0 2 60.00%
Summary 1982 113 59 0 54 52.21%

Rugby World Cup

Year Round Position GP W D L PF PA
Wales 1991 Plate semi-finals N/A 4 2 0 2 34 18
Scotland 1994 Did Not Participate
Netherlands 1998 Shield final 13th 5 3 0 2 197 40
Spain 2002 15th Place Playoff 15th 4 1 0 3 33 180
Canada 2006 Did Not Participate
England 2010 Did Not Qualify
France 2014
Ireland 2017
New Zealand 2021
Total 3/9 13th 13 6 0 7 264 238

Players

Previous squads

See also

References

  1. ^ "Women's World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. ^ Birch, John (July 2013). "13th June 1982: The day it all began". www.scrumqueens.com. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

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