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 30 September 2024[1]
Rank Change* Team Points
1 Steady  England 096.90
2 Increase1  Canada 089.90
3 Decrease1  New Zealand 087.32
4 Steady  France 086.50
5 Steady  Scotland 077.92
6 Increase1  Ireland 077.25
7 Decrease1  Australia 076.67
8 Steady  United States 074.97
9 Increase1  Italy 073.21
10 Decrease1  Wales 073.09
11 Increase1  South Africa 067.07
12 Decrease1  Japan 066.89
13 Steady  Spain 064.10
14 Increase1  Fiji 061.54
15 Decrease1  Russia 061.10
16 Steady  Netherlands 059.76
17 Increase1  Samoa 058.62
18 Decrease1  Hong Kong 057.49
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 played the women's first international test match against France in 1982.

  1. ^ "Women's World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 30 September 2024.