Netherlands women's national rugby sevens team

Netherlands

Union

Dutch Rugby Union

Coach(es)

Chris Lane

Captain(s)

Anne Hielckert

Team kit

World Cup Sevens

Appearances

2 (First in 2009)

Best result

10th place, 2013

The Netherlands women's national sevens rugby union team represents the Netherlands in Rugby sevens internationally.

They participated in the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup in Hong Kong losing to Spain in the Plate semi-finals, they finished 8th overall. In October 2012, the Netherlands was announced by the International Rugby Board as one of six "core teams" that will compete in all four rounds of the inaugural IRB Women's Sevens World Series in 2012–13.^[1] The team finished seventh in the standings. In 2013-14 they competed in three tournaments, with a best results of 8th at São Paulo. In 2014–15 the Netherlands were not invited to any tournament, apart from the Amsterdam event where they finished 11th.

Squad

Squad to IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup - 2012 London Sevens: ^[2]

Linda Frannssen (c)
Mara Moberg
Dorien Eppink
Inge Visser
Joyce van Altena
Anne Hielckert
Lorraine Laros
Annemarije van Rossum
Pien Selbeck
Kelly van Harskamp
Yale Belder
Alexia Mavroudis

2012 Hong Kong Sevens

Pool C

Nation	Won	Lost	For	Against
Australia	2	0	80	21
Netherlands	1	1	40	33
Hong Kong	0	2	5	71

Finals

Bowl semi finals

Hong Kong 22-0 Tunisia
Brazil 14-12 Japan

Plate semi finals

China 21-12 Russia
Netherlands 0-14 Spain

7th/8th

Russia 5-0 Netherlands

References

↑ "IRB announces Women's Sevens World Series" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
↑ scrumhalfconnection (2012). "IRB Women’s Challenge Cup Sevens (London) – May 12-13, 2012 – Schedule, Teams and Other Details". Retrieved May 14, 2012.

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Rugby union in the Netherlands

Governing body	Dutch Rugby Union

National teams	Netherlands 7's Women's Women's 7's

Competitions	European Nations Cup Ereklasse Klasse2e Klasse3e Klasse4e

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Women's national rugby sevens teams

WR Women's Sevens core teams	Australia Canada England Fiji France Ireland Japan New Zealand Russia Spain United States

Other teams	Arabian Gulf Argentina Austria Barbados Belgium Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burundi Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Finland Germany Ghana Great Britain Guam Guyana Hong Kong India Iran Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Kazakhstan Kenya Lithuania Madagascar Malaysia Malta Mexico Moldova Morocco Netherlands Nigeria Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Scotland Senegal Serbia Singapore Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Ukraine Uruguay Venezuela Wales Zambia Zimbabwe

Competitions	Rugby World Cup Sevens World Rugby Women's Sevens Series IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup

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