Netherlands women's national rugby union team

Netherlands
Shirt badge/Association crest
UnionDutch Rugby Union
Head coachSylke Haverkorn
CaptainLinde Corine 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 19 August 2024[1]
Rank Change* Team Points
1 Steady  England 096.90
2 Steady  New Zealand 089.32
3 Steady  Canada 089.13
4 Steady  France 087.27
5 Steady  Australia 078.00
6 Steady  Scotland 075.99
7 Increase2  United States 074.97
8 Decrease1  Wales 074.28
9 Decrease1  Italy 074.26
10 Steady  Ireland 073.53
11 Steady  Japan 067.83
12 Steady  South Africa 065.17
13 Steady  Spain 065.15
14 Steady  Fiji 061.19
15 Steady  Russia 061.10
16 Steady  Netherlands 058.98
17 Steady  Hong Kong 058.76
18 Steady  Samoa 058.48
19 Steady  Kazakhstan 055.23
20 Steady  Sweden 052.72
*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 first played in 1982.

  1. ^ "Women's World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 19 August 2024.

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