Netherlands women's national rugby union team

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
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)
Women's
World Rugby Rankings
Top 20 rankings as of 4 November 2024[1]
Rank Change* Team Points
1 Steady  England 097.56
2 Steady  Canada 089.31
3 Steady  New Zealand 088.64
4 Steady  France 085.11
5 Steady  Australia 078.10
6 Steady  Ireland 078.03
7 Steady  Scotland 076.82
8 Steady  Italy 074.75
9 Steady  United States 074.20
10 Steady  Wales 072.58
11 Steady  Japan 066.41
12 Steady  South Africa 066.18
13 Steady  Spain 065.42
14 Steady  Russia 061.10
15 Steady  Samoa 060.56
16 Steady  Netherlands 060.20
17 Steady  Fiji 059.14
18 Steady  Hong Kong 056.20
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 4 November 2024.