Netherlands women's national rugby union team

Netherlands
Shirt badge/Association crest
UnionDutch Rugby Union
Head coachGareth Gilbert[1]
CaptainLinde van der Velden
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current16 (as of 15 April 2024)
First international
 Netherlands 0–4 France 
(Utrecht, Netherlands; 13 June 1982)
Biggest win
 Denmark 3–141 Netherlands 
(Grenade, France; 2 May 2004)
Biggest defeat
 England 91–3 Netherlands 
(Belluno, Italy; 19 April 1999)
World Cup
Appearances3 (First in 1991)
Top 20 rankings as of 20 January 2025[2]
Rank Change* Team Points
1 Steady  England 97.56
2 Steady  Canada 89.31
3 Steady  New Zealand 88.64
4 Steady  France 85.11
5 Steady  Australia 78.10
6 Steady  Ireland 78.03
7 Steady  Scotland 76.82
8 Steady  Italy 74.75
9 Steady  United States 74.20
10 Steady  Wales 72.58
11 Steady  Japan 66.41
12 Steady  South Africa 66.18
13 Steady  Spain 65.42
14 Steady  Russia 61.10
15 Steady  Samoa 60.56
16 Steady  Netherlands 60.20
17 Steady  Fiji 59.14
18 Steady  Hong Kong 56.20
19 Steady  Kazakhstan 55.23
20 Steady  Sweden 52.72
*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 played the women's first international test match against France in 1982.

  1. ^ "Gareth Gilbert nieuwe bondscoach van Nederlandse Dames XV" [Gareth Gilbert new national coach of Dutch Women's XV]. Dutch Rugby Union (in Dutch). 2024-12-07. Archived from the original on 2024-12-11. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  2. ^ "Women's World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

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