Samoa women's national rugby union team


Samoa
Shirt badge/Association crest
NicknameManusina Samoa
UnionRugby Samoa
Head coachRamsey Tomokino
CaptainSui Pauaraisa
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current15 (as of 28 October 2024)
Highest13 (2003)
Lowest18
First international
 Samoa 10–12 Japan 
(Apia, Samoa; 15 July 2000)
Biggest win
 Samoa 91–0 Papua New Guinea 
(Pukekohe, New Zealand; 13 July 2022)
Biggest defeat
 Samoa 0–87 Australia 
(Apia, Samoa; 8 August 2009)
World Cup
Appearances3 (First in 2002)
Best result9th
Top 20 rankings as of 20 January 2025[1]
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
Samoa at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup

The Samoa women's national rugby union team is a national sporting side of Samoa, representing the nation at rugby union. The side first played in 2000, and have competed in three Rugby World Cup's since their debut in the 2002 tournament in Spain. In 2023, they claimed their first Oceania Championship.

  1. ^ "Women's World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

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