Samoa women's national rugby union team

For the men's team, see Samoa national rugby union team. For the women's sevens team, see Samoa women's national rugby sevens team. For the women's rugby league team, see Samoa women's national rugby league team.


Samoa
Shirt badge/Association crest
NicknameManusina Samoa
UnionRugby Samoa
Head coachRamsey Tomokino
CaptainSui Pauaraisa
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current18 (as of 15 July 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
Women's
World Rugby Rankings
Top 20 rankings as of 9 September 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 076.78
7 Steady  United States 074.97
8 Increase1  Italy 074.26
9 Increase1  Ireland 073.53
10 Decrease2  Wales 073.49
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
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 9 September 2024.