Netherlands women's national rugby union team

 Netherlands

Union	Nederlandse Rugby Bond
Captain(s)	Petra Zwart
Team kit
First international
Netherlands 0-4 France  (Utrecht, Netherlands 13 April 1982)
Largest win
Netherlands 141-3 Denmark  (Toulouse, France 2 May 2004)
Largest defeat
England 91-3 Netherlands  (Belluno, Italy 15 April 1994)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (First in 1991)

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.

History

The Netherlands' women's national rugby union team was the first to host an women's international women's rugby union match. This match took place in Utrecht on April 13, 1982. France won against the Netherlands with 4:0.

Women's rugby has increased in popularity in the Netherlands in the past decades. The airing of the World Cup 2015 on national television has further attributed to the increase in popularity.

Results summary

(Full internationals only)

Rugby: Netherlands internationals 1982-

Opponent	First game	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Percentage
Belgium	2000	8	8	0	0	100.00%
Brazil	2008	2	1	1	0	66.66%
Canada	1998	1	0	0	1	0.00%
Denmark	2003	2	2	0	0	100.00%
England	1997	4	0	0	4	0.00%
Finland	2012	1	1	0	0	100.00%
France	1982	12	1	0	11	8.33%
Germany	1992	17	16	0	1	94.12%
Great Britain	1987	2	0	0	2	0.00%
Ireland	1998	3	0	0	3	0.00%
Italy	1988	8	2	0	6	25.00%
Japan	2002	2	1	0	1	50.00%
Kazakhstan	1999	2	0	0	2	0.00%
New Zealand	1990	1	0	0	1	0.00%
Norway	2004	2	2	0	0	100.00%
Russia	1998	4	3	0	1	75.00%
Samoa	2013	1	0	0	1	0.00%
Scotland	1995	6	1	0	5	16.67%
South Africa	2006	2	0	0	2	0.00%
Spain	1995	5	0	0	5	0.00%
Sweden	1984	18	15	0	3	83.33%
Switzerland	2014	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Soviet Union	1990	2	2	0	0	100.00%
United States	1990	3	0	0	3	0.00%
Wales	2001	5	3	0	2	60.00%
Summary	1982	113	59	0	54	52.21%

Results

See Women's international rugby for information about the status of international games and match numbering

Full internationals

[1]
	1982-04-13	Netherlands	0-4	France	Utrecht	[1/1/1]

[2]
	1983-06-05	France	10-0	Netherlands	La Teste	[2/2/2]

[3]
	1984-05-27	Netherlands	0-3	France	Hilversum	[3/3/3]

[4]
	1984-??-??	Sweden	0-34	Netherlands	Malmö	[1/4/1]

[5]
	1985-06-02	France	20-0	Netherlands	Nijmegen	[4/5/4]

[7]
	1985-??-??	Netherlands	19-0	Sweden	Bourg en Bresse	[6/2/2]

[9]
	1986-05-01	Netherlands	10-0	France	Enschede	[7/7/5]

[11]
	1986-10-17	Netherlands	11-6	Sweden	Castricum	[8/3/3]

[16]
	1987-05-31	France	22-3	Netherlands	Chalon-sur-Saône	[11/9/6]

[18]
	1987-11-22	Great Britain	16-0	Netherlands	Richmond	[3/10/1]

[20]
	1988-05-21 (EC)	France	13-3	Netherlands	Bourg en Bresse	[12/11/7]

[23]
	1988-05-22 (EC)	Great Britain	26-0	Netherlands	Bourg en Bresse	[4/12/1]

[25]
	1988-05-23 (EC)	Italy	6-10	Netherlands	Bourg en Bresse	[6/13/1]

[29]
	1988-11-27	Netherlands	3-0	Wales	Utrecht	[14/3/1]

[37]
	1990-04-14	Netherlands	0-10	France	Castricum	[15/18/8]

[38]
	1990-08-26 (RF)	New Zealand	56–0	Netherlands	Christchurch	[1/16/1]

[40]
	1990-08-29 (RF)	Netherlands	0–38	United States	Christchurch	[17/4/1]

[41]
	1990-08-30 (RF)	Netherlands	12–4	Soviet Union	Christchurch	[18/2/1]

[45]
	1990-10-21	Netherlands	0-26	England	Utrecht	[19/6/1]

[49]
	1991-04-06 (WC)	Netherlands	0-7	United States	Pontypool	[20/7/2]

[52]
	1991-04-08 (WC)	Netherlands	28-0	Soviet Union	Llanharan	[21/4/2]

[62]
	1991-04-11 (WC)	Wales	3-6	Netherlands	Cardiff	[9/25/2]

[66]
	1991-04-12 (WC)	Netherlands	0-8	Spain	Cardiff	[26/5/1]

[66]
	1992-10-17	Germany	0-39	Netherlands	Hanover	[3/22/1]

[67]
	1992-11-15	France	24-0	Netherlands	Fécamp	[23/22/9]

[76]
	1993-03-13	Italy	8-5	Netherlands	Stadio Comunale, Rho	[12/26/2]

[77]
	1993-10-10	Netherlands	53-0	Germany	Delft	[24/4/2]

[113]
	1994-12-18	England	30-5	Netherlands	Wasps RFC	[24/25/2]

[117]
	1995-04-12 (FIRA)	France	17-0	Netherlands	Trévise	[31/26/10]

[119]
	1995-04-16 (FIRA)	Italy	23-19	Netherlands	Trévise	[12/27/2]

[124]
	1995-09-23	Netherlands	5-3	Scotland	?	[28/13/1]

[134]
	1996-04-09 (FIRA)	Spain	29-0	Netherlands	Madrid	[7/29/1]

[135]
	1996-04-11 (FIRA)	Netherlands	29-11	Germany	Madrid	[30/10/3]

[136]
	1996-04-12 (FIRA)	Italy	11-6	Netherlands	Madrid	[15/31/3]

[147]
	1996-11-30	Scotland	27-3	Netherlands	Meggetland	[17/32/2]

[157]
	1997-04-02 (FIRA)	England	40-3	Netherlands	Nice, France	[35/33/3]

[161]
	1997-04-04 (FIRA)	Netherlands	32-10	Germany	Nice, France	[34/14/4]

[165]
	1997-04-06 (FIRA)	Italy	24-26	Netherlands	Nice, France	[19/35/4]

[174]
	1997-10-26	Netherlands	31-7	Germany	Amsterdam	[36/17/5]

[190]
	1998-05-01 (WC)	Netherlands	7-16	Canada	Amsterdam	[37/19/1]

[199]
	1998-05-05 (WC)	Netherlands	44-0	Sweden	Amsterdam	[38/19/4]

[210]
	1998-05-09 (WC)	Netherlands	18-21	Ireland	Amsterdam	[39/24/1]

[220]
	1998-05-12 (WC)	Netherlands	61-0	Russia	Amsterdam	[40/12/1]

[224]
	1998-05-15 (WC)	Netherlands	67-3	Germany	Amsterdam	[41/23/6]

[241]
	1999-04-09	Germany	12-19	Netherlands	Hanover	[24/42/7]

[245]
	1999-04-19 (FIRA)	England	91-3	Netherlands	Belluno, Italy	[54/43/4]

[248]
	1999-04-21 (FIRA)	Netherlands	0-24	Kazakhstan	Belluno, Italy	[44/19/1]

[252]
	1999-04-24 (FIRA)	Italy	50-18	Netherlands	Belluno, Italy	[27/45/5]

[265]
	2000-02-20	Netherlands	54-7	Belgium	Amsterdam	[46/3/1]

[276]
	2000-05-08 (FIRA)	Germany	5-12	Netherlands	El Ejido, Spain	[26/47/8]

[281]
	2000-05-10 (FIRA)	Germany	0-7	Netherlands	Roquetas, Spain	[27/48/9]

[286]
	2000-05-13 (FIRA)	Ireland	19-12	Netherlands	El Ejido, Spain	[33/49/2]

[297]
	2001-01-15	Wales	72-5	Netherlands	?	[51/50/3]

[310]
	2001-04-08	Netherlands	105-0	Belgium	Amsterdam	[51/4/2]

[316]
	2001-05-07 (FIRA)	Belgium	0-66	Netherlands	IC Lille, France	[5/52/3]

[317]
	2001-05-09 (FIRA)	Germany	6-17	Netherlands	Lille, France	[31/53/10]

[324]
	2001-05-12 (FIRA)	Netherlands	12-13	Sweden	Lille, France	[54/26/5]

[338]
	2001-10-24	Netherlands	0-15	Ireland	Amsterdam	[55/39/3]

[352]
	2002-03-20 (ENC)	Netherlands	0-22	Sweden	Treviso, Italy	[56/28/6]

[355]
	2002-03-23 (ENC)	Germany	12-10	Netherlands	Treviso	[34/57/11]

[364]
	2002-05-13 (WC)	United States	87-0	Netherlands	Barcelona	[41/58/3]

[372]
	2002-05-17 (WC)	Netherlands	10-37	Kazakhstan	Barcelona	[59/28/2]

[379]
	2002-05-20 (WC)	Japan	37-3	Netherlands	Barcelona	[14/60/1]

[386]
	2002-05-24 (WC)	Germany	19-20	Netherlands	Barcelona	[38/61/12]

[415]
	2003-05-08 (FIRA)	Denmark	0-113	Netherlands	Amsterdam, Netherlands	[1/62/1]

[418]
	2003-05-11 (FIRA)	Netherlands	19-12	Germany	Amsterdam, Netherlands	[63/40/13]

[445]
	2004-05-02 (FIRA)	Denmark	3-141	Netherlands	Toulouse, France	[3/64/2]

[447]
	2004-05-05 (FIRA)	Netherlands	78-0	Norway	Toulouse, France	[65/4/1]

[459]
	2004-05-08 (FIRA)	Germany	0-30	Netherlands	Toulouse, France	[41/66/14]

[470]
	2004-11-06	Netherlands	15-7	Japan	Amsterdam	[67/16/2]

[491]
	2005-04-07 (FIRA)	Netherlands	8-7	Sweden	Hamburg, Germany	[68/37/7]

[494]
	2005-04-09 (FIRA)	Italy	22-3	Netherlands	Hamburg, Germany	[46/69/6]

[542]
	2006-04-23 (ENC)	Netherlands	84-0	Norway	San Dona Di Piave, Italy	[70/10/2]

[544]
	2006-04-23 (ENC)	Netherlands	10-5	Sweden	San Dona Di Piave, Italy	[71/40/8]

[545]
	2006-04-26 (ENC)	Netherlands	53-5	Russia	San Dona Di Piave, Italy	[72/20/2]

[549]
	2006-04-30 (ENC)	Italy	28-7	Netherlands	San Dona Di Piave, Italy	[51/73/7]

[556]
	2006-06-17	South Africa	35-0	Netherlands	Port Elizabeth	[5/74/1]

[557]
	2006-06-24	South Africa	42-12	Netherlands	Durban	[6/75/2]

[597]
	2006-12-03	Wales	24-0	Netherlands	Llanrumney	[102/76/4]

[613]
	2007-04-01	Netherlands	62-5	Belgium	Eindhoven	[77/12/4]

[629]
	2007-04-28 (FIRA)	Netherlands	12-3	Wales	Barcelona, Spain	[78/108/5]

[632]
	2007-04-30 (FIRA)	France	27-8	Netherlands	Barcelona, Spain	[118/79/11]

[637]
	2007-05-02 (FIRA)	Netherlands	20-5	Sweden	Barcelona, Spain	[80/45/9]

[640]
	2007-05-05 (FIRA)	Spain	37-0	Netherlands	Barcelona, Spain	[82/81/2]

[654]
	2007-12-01	Belgium	7-19	Netherlands	Ghent	[16/82/5]

[671]
	2008-03-16	Germany	0-43	Netherlands	Aachen	[50/83/15]

[672]
	2008-04-20	Netherlands	50-10	Germany	Valkenswaard	[84/51/16]

[679]
	2008-05-10	Netherlands	10-0	Brazil	Amsterdam	[85/1/1]

[682]
	2008-05-17 (FIRA)	Netherlands	3-24	France	Amsterdam	[86/127/22]

[690]
	2008-05-20 (FIRA)	Netherlands	0-26	Scotland	Leiden, Netherlands	[87/113/3]

[700]
	2008-05-24 (FIRA)	Netherlands	7-6	Sweden	Amsterdam	[88/49/10]

[738]
	2009-04-25	Sweden	0-24	Netherlands	Norrköping	[52/89/11]

[739]
	2009-04-26	Sweden	3-7	Netherlands	Norrköping	[53/90/12]

[740]
	2009-05-17 (FIRA)	Belgium	0-100	Netherlands	Enköping, Sweden	[21/91/6]

[746]
	2009-05-20 (FIRA)	Netherlands	34-0	Russia	Stockholm, Sweden	[92/31/3]

[750]
	2009-05-23 (FIRA)	Netherlands	18-38	Scotland	Enköping, Sweden	[93/123/4]

[807]
	2010-04-02	Netherlands	19-0	Sweden	Leiden	[96/59/13]

[808]
	2010-04-04	Netherlands	20-7	Sweden	Amsterdam	[97/60/14]

[811]
	2010-04-18	Netherlands	83-0	Germany	Maastricht	[98/58/17]

[807]
	2010-05-08 (FIRA)	Netherlands	12-26	Spain	Longwy	[96/92/4]

[810]
	2010-05-10 (FIRA)	Belgium	0-75	Netherlands	Verdun	[24/97/7]

[823]
	2010-05-15 (FIRA)	Netherlands	47-19	Sweden	Illkirch-Graffenstaden	[101/64/15]

[883]
	2011-04-30 (FIRA)	Netherlands	10-17	Russia	INEF Bastiagueiro	[102/36/4]

[888]
	2011-05-07 (FIRA)	Netherlands	21-5	Sweden	INEF (Bastiagueiro)	[103/72/16]

[910]
	2011-11-06	Netherlands	10-33	Scotland	Amsterdam	[104/142/5]

[937]
	2012-05-03 (FIRA)	Netherlands	105-0	Finland	Enkoping, Sweden	[105/11/1]

[940]
	2012-05-07 (FIRA)	Sweden	10-3	Netherlands	Enkoping, Sweden	[74/106/17]

[985]
	2013-04-20 [WCQ]	Netherlands	7 - 29	Scotland	Madrid	[108/153/6]

[990]
	2013-04-23 (WCQ)	Spain	78-0	Netherlands	Madrid	[103/109/5]

[992]
	2013-04-27 (WCQ)	Netherlands	14-33	Samoa	Madrid	[110/17/3]

[1008]
	2014-10-18	Sweden	3-10	Netherlands	Malmö, Sweden	[78/111/18]

[1008]
	2014-10-30 (FIRA)	Switzerland	0-39	Netherlands	Brussels, Belgium	[8/111/1]

[1091]
	2014-11-02 (FIRA)	Belgium	3-12	Netherlands	Brussels, Belgium	[112/41/6]

Other internationals

[---]
	2000-05-08 (FIRA)	Flandre	5-0	Netherlands	El Ejido, Spain	[-/-/-]

[---]
	2000-05-10 (FIRA)	Flandre	5-3	Netherlands	El Ejido, Spain	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2001-03-18	France A	39-0	Netherlands	?	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2002-02-16	Netherlands	5-53	France A	Amsterdam	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2002-03-02	England Academy	5-0	Netherlands	Staines	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2003-02-22	France A	46-5	Netherlands	?	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2003-03-29	Netherlands	15-14	England Devp.	Amsterdam	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2004-02-06	Belgium	0-56	Netherlands B	Ghent	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2004-02-22	England Devp.	15-5	Netherlands	Newbury	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2005-02-06	Netherlands	19-36	England Academy	Amsterdam	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2005-02-16	Netherlands Devp.	0-5	Belgium	Visé	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2005-02-26	Netherlands	17-12	France A	Amsterdam	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2005-03-05	Combined Services	7-22	Netherlands	Portsmouth	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2005-11-15	Combined Services	15-28	Netherlands	Newbury	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2005-01-29	England A	8-21	United States	Imber Court	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2006-02-11	Netherlands	27-0	Wales A	Amsterdam	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2006-02-26	Netherlands	13-0	England Students	RAF Halton	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2006-03-18	France A	47-7	Netherlands	Metz	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2006-03-25	Belgium	13-0	Netherlands B	Brussels	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2007-02-11	Netherlands	5-29	France A	Purmerend	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2008-02-10	France A	37-7	Netherlands	St Gratien	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2009-02-28	Netherlands	0-42	France A	Amsterdam	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2009-04-21	Netherlands	24-10	Catalonia	RC Waterland	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2010-02-14	France A	37-3	Netherlands	Fécamp	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2010-05-12 (FIRA)	France A	5-14	Netherlands	Metz	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2011-05-02 (FIRA)	England A	36-0	Netherlands	INEF Bastiaqueiro	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2011-05-04 (FIRA)	Italy A	17-20	Netherlands	A Malata, Ferrol	[-/-/-]

See also

• Rugby union in the Netherlands

External links

• (Dutch) Nederlandse Rugby Bond - Official Site
• Netherlands at RugbyData.com