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Women's international rugby union

March 17, 2024

Women's international rugby union has a history going back to the late 19th century, but it was not until 1982 that the first international fixture (or "test match") involving women's rugby union took place. The match was organised in connection with the Dutch Rugby Union's 50th anniversary: as part of the celebrations, on June 13, 1982, the French national women's team played the Dutch in Utrecht, Netherlands, with France winning 4–0[1] in a game that has since been recognised as the first ever women's international[2] rugby union match.

Official recognition of women's internationals was not immediate, as almost all women's rugby was originally organised outside of the control of either national unions or World Rugby (WR) for many years. Partly as a result, no internationally agreed list of rugby internationals exists; even in the men's game, WR does not decide which matches are "full internationals" (or "test matches"), leaving such decisions up to participating unions.

As a result, one country may classify a match as a full international (and award full test caps) while the opposition may not: countries may even award caps for games against an opposition that is not a national team (World XVs, for example).[3]

International rugby initially grew slowly.[4] Sweden joined France and the Netherlands in 1984, followed by Italy in 1985. It was not until 1987 with a U.S. v. Canada matchup that the first international took place outside Europe, and not until 1990, with New Zealand hosting a match, that the first match was played by a Southern Hemisphere team or played in the Southern Hemisphere. However, since 2003 the game has expanded rapidly, and now over 50 nations have played at least one "test match".

Over 1,000 internationals have now been played. Traditional centres of rugby in New Zealand, England, and France have been the most successful nations, but they have been joined by a number of "non-traditional" nations who have also been successful, such as the United States and Canada.

Rankings edit

Unlike men's rugby, there was historically no official ranking of women's teams — prior to 2016, WR generally referred to the placings in the preceding World Cup. However, Rugby Europe compiles an annual ranking of European teams and rugby statistician Serge Piquet has produced a currently unofficial, but generally accepted, world ranking list.[5] Another list appears on The Roon Ba website.[6]

On 1 February 2016, WR introduced its first official rankings of women's national teams, calculated in virtually the same manner as the existing rankings for men's national teams.[7]

International women's matches edit

Definition of an "international":

Individual unions compile their own international records. As a result, the list below will conflict with some of these "official" records (much in the same way as they will conflict with each other) as unions:

  • may not include some games in their official records because they fielded a below strength team in a tournament for full international XVs, or
  • may include games which are not listed below because they fielded a full strength team in a friendly against an unofficial or "A" team.

For consistency this list has used the following criteria when defining what is or is not an international:

  • Tournament games between national representative XVs from tournaments for full international teams, regardless of an individual union's selection policy;
  • "Friendly" fixtures which it appears were generally promoted prior to the game as being between full strength national XVs. In case of doubt the opinion of the home union – i.e. the promoter of the game – has carried the most weight.
  • Fixtures between official national selections and supra-national teams (such as "World XVs").

World Rugby Rankings (women) edit

Women's
World Rugby Rankings
Top 20 rankings as of 11 March 2024[8]
Rank Change* Team Points
1     England 096.18
2     New Zealand 090.56
3     France 087.89
4     Canada 086.27
5     Australia 081.61
6     Wales 076.67
7     Italy 075.61
8     Scotland 074.37
9     United States 072.02
10     Ireland 071.52
11     Japan 069.38
12     Spain 064.89
13     South Africa 064.37
14     Russia 061.10
15     Netherlands 060.47
16     Samoa 059.57
17     Fiji 058.65
18     Hong Kong 058.31
19     Kazakhstan 055.97
20     Sweden 052.84
*Change from the previous week

The World Rugby Rankings for women is a ranking system for women's national teams in rugby union, managed by World Rugby, the sport's governing body. The teams of World Rugby's member nations are ranked based on their game results, with the most successful teams being ranked highest. A point system is used, with points being awarded based on the results of World Rugby-recognized international matches. The women's rankings are calculated in the same manner as WR's existing men's rankings, with minor adjustments to reflect historic differences between women's and men's rugby.

Women's Test Ranking (unofficial) edit

Before early 2016, there was no official World Rugby ranking list for women's rugby. Several unofficial lists have been produced, with the list developed by Serge Piquet in 2009 having widest circulation following its adoption by women's rugby website ScrumQueens.com in 2013.

The system is similar in many ways to that used by WR for its men's rankings, and includes data from every women's international match since 1982.

Match points are awarded to each country as follows:

1. Match level – generally the mean of combined points the two teams before the match, with a minima.

2. The result – 400 points for a win, 200 for a draw, 100 for a defeat or 0 for a forfeit in an official competition.

3. Match venue – 100 points is shared between the two teams. A team playing at home against an opponent from another continent gets 0 point, but 100 is awarded to their opponents. 25 points goes to the home team if the opponent is from the same continent, and 75 for their opponents. 50 goes to each team if they are playing on neutral ground.

4. Number of scored points and the points difference.

5. World Cup – a bonus of 50 points for games in qualifying rounds, 100 in pool phases of the finals, 150 for playoffs and 200 for the final.

Matches against A, B, Emerging, Amateur, Junior, Student, Army, Police or Services teams (and provinces/clubs when these games are part of official competitions) are also taken into account.

Nomads, Caribbean Select XV and Great Britain awarded ranking points but not a ranking position.

After each match a team's new ranking points total will be equal to the sum of 10% of their match points, and 90% of the ranking number before the match. This method evens out occasional surprise results and ensures that the ranking rewards consistency of performance.

Finally, in order that current form is given priority over historic performances, points gained from past matches decrease by 2% per year.

Differences between men's and women's rankings edit

Although the ranking is similar in principle to that produced by WR for men's rugby since 2003 and women's rugby since 2016, there are some differences that take into account differences in women's rugby.

The WR system, for both men and women, does not account for the level of the teams — the winner gains some points, and the loser loses them, regardless of the relative levels of the opponents. This means that a lower-tier team will lose ranking points with a loss to a higher-tier team, even if the result is much closer than expected. Given the sometimes wide variation in strength of teams — even in the same competition — this is too simplistic for women's rugby.

The WR ranking also does not account for matches against "special" teams, especially those that are not WR members — but for many of the smaller women's nations, games against teams such as England "A" are more significant, tougher, and often as good a guide to their strength, if not better, than those against some full-strength test teams. As a result, such games are included in this ranking.

Finally, a new team added to WR's rankings is arbitrarily awarded a fixed number of points (currently 30 in the men's game, and 40 in the women's game). before December 2012, a men's team had to play at least 10 matches to be classified. Given the number of tests women's teams play this would be a significant barrier to inclusion.

An alternative ranking is available at the site 22metri and is based on the WR calculation method applied to the games played from January 2010 with teams assigned an arbitrary starting points of 40, 30 and 20 based on tier.[9] The ranking is similar to the one from Scrumqueens, as expected.

Highest team scores edit

up to and including 24 November 2018

152   Fiji v Papua New Guinea (152–0) at Papakura 09/07/2022 Friendly
141   Netherlands v Denmark (141–3) at Toulouse 02/05/2004 FIRA [445]
134   New Zealand v Germany (134–6) at Amsterdam 02/05/1998 World Cup [192]
121   United States v Japan (121–0) at Melrose 15/04/1994 World Cup [086]
  New Zealand v Hong Kong (121–0) at Billings Park UCD, Dublin 13/08/2017 World Cup [1211]
119   Spain v Finland (119–0) at University of A Coruña 30/04/2011 FIRA [885]
117   New Zealand v Germany (117–0) at Barcelona 13/05/2002 World Cup [360]
113   Netherlands v Denmark (113–0) at Amsterdam 08/05/2003 FIRA [413]
111   United States v Sweden (111–0) at Melrose 11/04/1994 World Cup [080]
109   New Zealand v France (109–0) at Edmonton 14/09/1996 Canada Cup [143]
  France A v Finland (109–3) at INEF Bastiaqueiro 04/05/2011 FIRA [---]
105   Netherlands v Belgium (105–0) at Amsterdam 08/04/2001 Friendly [308]
  Netherlands v Finland (105–0) at Enköping 03/05/2012 FIRA [937]
101   England v South Africa (101–0) at Imber Court 14/05/2005 Friendly [495]
100   Netherlands v Belgium (100–0) at Enköping, Sweden 17/05/2009 FIRA [737]

Note: An unofficial international between a Uganda XV and a Rwanda XV at Kampala on 4 December 2004 resulted in a 183–0 win to the Uganda XV.

Sources of women's international results edit

The above results have been traced mainly via the following listings of national and tournament results – most being national RFUs. Other results have been traced via numerous news reports.

  • at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 September 2007) Complete for 1994–2006, some errors in dates.
  • England (1998–)
  • FIRA European Championships (2003–)
  • France (1982–2004)
  • France (1990–)
  • Germany (rather incomplete)
  • International Rugby Board (2006–, Six Nations and World Cup only)
  • Japan (1994–2002)
  • Netherlands (2003–)
  • Norway (2002–)
  • New Zealand (1991–)
  • RBS Six Nations (2004–)
  • Sweden (1984–2005)
  • USA (complete, some errors)
  • Wales (1987–, some gaps, some errors)

Women's rugby participation rates edit

Ratio of registered female rugby players to the total female population.

Source: ScrumQueens

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ A try was only worth four points in 1982, the five point try not being introduced until 1992.
  2. ^ This article, with its accompanying match list and associated data, as well as Women's international rugby union results summary, only includes matches that most independent observers appear to treat as "full internationals" (or "test matches"). These may be defined as:
    • Tournament games between national representative XVs from tournaments for full international teams;
    • Friendly fixtures which it appears were generally promoted prior to the game as being between full-strength national XVs
    • Other fixtures which most independent authorities (as opposed to individual unions) appear to treat as full internationals (such as games involving "World XVs").
    As a result, the list may conflict with the official records published by some national unions who may not include all of these games in their official records (most often because the Union concerned fielded a below-strength team in a tournament for full international XVs), or may include games which fail to meet the above definitions (most often because they fielded a full-strength team in a friendly against an unofficial or "A" team).
  3. ^ "Statistics: Scoring & Player Numbers Explanation". Scrum.com. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  4. ^ Internationals in each calendar year:
    • 1982 1
    • 1983 1
    • 1984 2
    • 1985 3
    • 1986 5
    • 1987 6
    • 1988 11
    • 1989 5
    • 1990 11
    • 1991 17 (World Cup year)
    • 1992 5
    • 1993 12
    • 1994 34 (World Cup year)
    • 1995 12
    • 1996 23
    • 1997 32
    • 1998 52 (World Cup year)
    • 1999 28
    • 2000 37
    • 2001 46
    • 2002 53 (World Cup year)
    • 2003 32
    • 2004 47
    • 2005 44
    • 2006 79 (World Cup year)
    • 2007 58
    • 2008 66
    • 2009 54
  5. ^ "Rugby a Xv Féminin".
  6. ^ "The Roon Ba".
  7. ^ "Official rankings introduced for women's 15s game" (Press release). World Rugby. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Women's World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  9. ^ Women Rugby Ranking - a proposal

External links edit

  •   Media related to Women's rugby union at Wikimedia Commons
  • Rugbydata includes women's internationals (18 March 2010 to 16 March 2014)
  • Entire list of internationals (13 June 1982 to 28 April 2012) in a Google Documents spreadsheet.
  • The rise and popularity of women's rugby in Canada, by John A O'Hanley (1998)
  • Official women's World Rankings

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Women s international rugby union has a history going back to the late 19th century but it was not until 1982 that the first international fixture or test match involving women s rugby union took place The match was organised in connection with the Dutch Rugby Union s 50th anniversary as part of the celebrations on June 13 1982 the French national women s team played the Dutch in Utrecht Netherlands with France winning 4 0 1 in a game that has since been recognised as the first ever women s international 2 rugby union match Official recognition of women s internationals was not immediate as almost all women s rugby was originally organised outside of the control of either national unions or World Rugby WR for many years Partly as a result no internationally agreed list of rugby internationals exists even in the men s game WR does not decide which matches are full internationals or test matches leaving such decisions up to participating unions As a result one country may classify a match as a full international and award full test caps while the opposition may not countries may even award caps for games against an opposition that is not a national team World XVs for example 3 International rugby initially grew slowly 4 Sweden joined France and the Netherlands in 1984 followed by Italy in 1985 It was not until 1987 with a U S v Canada matchup that the first international took place outside Europe and not until 1990 with New Zealand hosting a match that the first match was played by a Southern Hemisphere team or played in the Southern Hemisphere However since 2003 the game has expanded rapidly and now over 50 nations have played at least one test match Over 1 000 internationals have now been played Traditional centres of rugby in New Zealand England and France have been the most successful nations but they have been joined by a number of non traditional nations who have also been successful such as the United States and Canada Contents 1 Rankings 2 International women s matches 3 World Rugby Rankings women 4 Women s Test Ranking unofficial 4 1 Differences between men s and women s rankings 5 Highest team scores 6 Sources of women s international results 7 Women s rugby participation rates 8 See also 9 Notes 10 External linksRankings editUnlike men s rugby there was historically no official ranking of women s teams prior to 2016 WR generally referred to the placings in the preceding World Cup However Rugby Europe compiles an annual ranking of European teams and rugby statistician Serge Piquet has produced a currently unofficial but generally accepted world ranking list 5 Another list appears on The Roon Ba website 6 On 1 February 2016 WR introduced its first official rankings of women s national teams calculated in virtually the same manner as the existing rankings for men s national teams 7 International women s matches editDefinition of an international Individual unions compile their own international records As a result the list below will conflict with some of these official records much in the same way as they will conflict with each other as unions may not include some games in their official records because they fielded a below strength team in a tournament for full international XVs or may include games which are not listed below because they fielded a full strength team in a friendly against an unofficial or A team For consistency this list has used the following criteria when defining what is or is not an international Tournament games between national representative XVs from tournaments for full international teams regardless of an individual union s selection policy Friendly fixtures which it appears were generally promoted prior to the game as being between full strength national XVs In case of doubt the opinion of the home union i e the promoter of the game has carried the most weight Fixtures between official national selections and supra national teams such as World XVs World Rugby Rankings women editWomen sWorld Rugby RankingsvteTop 20 rankings as of 11 March 2024 8 Rank Change Team Points1 nbsp nbsp England 0 96 182 nbsp nbsp New Zealand 0 90 563 nbsp nbsp France 0 87 894 nbsp nbsp Canada 0 86 275 nbsp nbsp Australia 0 81 616 nbsp nbsp Wales 0 76 677 nbsp nbsp Italy 0 75 618 nbsp nbsp Scotland 0 74 379 nbsp nbsp United States 0 72 0210 nbsp nbsp Ireland 0 71 5211 nbsp nbsp Japan 0 69 3812 nbsp nbsp Spain 0 64 8913 nbsp nbsp South Africa 0 64 3714 nbsp nbsp Russia 0 61 1015 nbsp nbsp Netherlands 0 60 4716 nbsp nbsp Samoa 0 59 5717 nbsp nbsp Fiji 0 58 6518 nbsp nbsp Hong Kong 0 58 3119 nbsp nbsp Kazakhstan 0 55 9720 nbsp nbsp Sweden 0 52 84 Change from the previous weekThe World Rugby Rankings for women is a ranking system for women s national teams in rugby union managed by World Rugby the sport s governing body The teams of World Rugby s member nations are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest A point system is used with points being awarded based on the results of World Rugby recognized international matches The women s rankings are calculated in the same manner as WR s existing men s rankings with minor adjustments to reflect historic differences between women s and men s rugby Women s Test Ranking unofficial editBefore early 2016 there was no official World Rugby ranking list for women s rugby Several unofficial lists have been produced with the list developed by Serge Piquet in 2009 having widest circulation following its adoption by women s rugby website ScrumQueens com in 2013 The system is similar in many ways to that used by WR for its men s rankings and includes data from every women s international match since 1982 Match points are awarded to each country as follows 1 Match level generally the mean of combined points the two teams before the match with a minima 2 The result 400 points for a win 200 for a draw 100 for a defeat or 0 for a forfeit in an official competition 3 Match venue 100 points is shared between the two teams A team playing at home against an opponent from another continent gets 0 point but 100 is awarded to their opponents 25 points goes to the home team if the opponent is from the same continent and 75 for their opponents 50 goes to each team if they are playing on neutral ground 4 Number of scored points and the points difference 5 World Cup a bonus of 50 points for games in qualifying rounds 100 in pool phases of the finals 150 for playoffs and 200 for the final Matches against A B Emerging Amateur Junior Student Army Police or Services teams and provinces clubs when these games are part of official competitions are also taken into account Nomads Caribbean Select XV and Great Britain awarded ranking points but not a ranking position After each match a team s new ranking points total will be equal to the sum of 10 of their match points and 90 of the ranking number before the match This method evens out occasional surprise results and ensures that the ranking rewards consistency of performance Finally in order that current form is given priority over historic performances points gained from past matches decrease by 2 per year Differences between men s and women s rankings edit Although the ranking is similar in principle to that produced by WR for men s rugby since 2003 and women s rugby since 2016 there are some differences that take into account differences in women s rugby The WR system for both men and women does not account for the level of the teams the winner gains some points and the loser loses them regardless of the relative levels of the opponents This means that a lower tier team will lose ranking points with a loss to a higher tier team even if the result is much closer than expected Given the sometimes wide variation in strength of teams even in the same competition this is too simplistic for women s rugby The WR ranking also does not account for matches against special teams especially those that are not WR members but for many of the smaller women s nations games against teams such as England A are more significant tougher and often as good a guide to their strength if not better than those against some full strength test teams As a result such games are included in this ranking Finally a new team added to WR s rankings is arbitrarily awarded a fixed number of points currently 30 in the men s game and 40 in the women s game before December 2012 a men s team had to play at least 10 matches to be classified Given the number of tests women s teams play this would be a significant barrier to inclusion An alternative ranking is available at the site 22metri and is based on the WR calculation method applied to the games played from January 2010 with teams assigned an arbitrary starting points of 40 30 and 20 based on tier 9 The ranking is similar to the one from Scrumqueens as expected Highest team scores editup to and including 24 November 2018 152 nbsp Fiji v Papua New Guinea 152 0 at Papakura 09 07 2022 Friendly141 nbsp Netherlands v Denmark 141 3 at Toulouse 02 05 2004 FIRA 445 134 nbsp New Zealand v Germany 134 6 at Amsterdam 02 05 1998 World Cup 192 121 nbsp United States v Japan 121 0 at Melrose 15 04 1994 World Cup 086 nbsp New Zealand v Hong Kong 121 0 at Billings Park UCD Dublin 13 08 2017 World Cup 1211 119 nbsp Spain v Finland 119 0 at University of A Coruna 30 04 2011 FIRA 885 117 nbsp New Zealand v Germany 117 0 at Barcelona 13 05 2002 World Cup 360 113 nbsp Netherlands v Denmark 113 0 at Amsterdam 08 05 2003 FIRA 413 111 nbsp United States v Sweden 111 0 at Melrose 11 04 1994 World Cup 080 109 nbsp New Zealand v France 109 0 at Edmonton 14 09 1996 Canada Cup 143 nbsp France A v Finland 109 3 at INEF Bastiaqueiro 04 05 2011 FIRA 105 nbsp Netherlands v Belgium 105 0 at Amsterdam 08 04 2001 Friendly 308 nbsp Netherlands v Finland 105 0 at Enkoping 03 05 2012 FIRA 937 101 nbsp England v South Africa 101 0 at Imber Court 14 05 2005 Friendly 495 100 nbsp Netherlands v Belgium 100 0 at Enkoping Sweden 17 05 2009 FIRA 737 Note An unofficial international between a Uganda XV and a Rwanda XV at Kampala on 4 December 2004 resulted in a 183 0 win to the Uganda XV Sources of women s international results editThe above results have been traced mainly via the following listings of national and tournament results most being national RFUs Other results have been traced via numerous news reports Australia at the Wayback Machine archived 30 September 2007 Complete for 1994 2006 some errors in dates England 1998 FIRA European Championships 2003 France 1982 2004 France 1990 Germany rather incomplete International Rugby Board 2006 Six Nations and World Cup only Japan 1994 2002 Netherlands 2003 Norway 2002 New Zealand 1991 RBS Six Nations 2004 Sweden 1984 2005 USA complete some errors Wales 1987 some gaps some errors Women s rugby participation rates editRatio of registered female rugby players to the total female population Rank Country Ratio1 nbsp Tonga 1 82 nbsp Cook Islands 1 173 nbsp Saint Vincent amp the Grenadines 1 744 nbsp Swaziland 1 1235 nbsp Solomon Islands 1 1256 nbsp New Zealand 1 1317 nbsp Ireland 1 1558 nbsp Bermuda 1 1729 nbsp Guam 1 19110 nbsp Tahiti 1 22511 nbsp Botswana 1 23412 nbsp Samoa 1 26213 nbsp Namibia 1 31114 nbsp Malta 1 36215 nbsp Australia 1 44916 nbsp Wales 1 46417 nbsp Papua New Guinea 1 47418 nbsp British Virgin Islands 1 52819 nbsp Cayman Islands 1 52920 nbsp Vanuatu 1 62221 nbsp South Africa 1 69322 nbsp Scotland 1 72323 nbsp Hong Kong 1 87024 nbsp Andorra 1 89725 nbsp Barbados 1 1 01826 nbsp Fiji 1 1 10027 nbsp Tunisia 1 1 20428 nbsp England 1 1 23529 nbsp Senegal 1 1 53530 nbsp Moldova 1 2 04931 nbsp American Samoa 1 2 37932 nbsp France 1 2 41333 nbsp Rwanda 1 2 51234 nbsp Uganda 1 2 552 Rank Country Ratio35 nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 1 2 81236 nbsp Singapore 1 2 88337 nbsp Canada 1 2 92138 nbsp United States 1 2 95139 nbsp Guyana 1 3 24740 nbsp Sri Lanka 1 3 64241 nbsp Luxembourg 1 3 74242 nbsp Jamaica 1 4 25543 nbsp Italy 1 4 41144 nbsp Zambia 1 4 60545 nbsp Belgium 1 4 67146 nbsp Bahamas 1 4 83847 nbsp Madagascar 1 5 15748 nbsp Netherlands 1 5 33149 nbsp Peru 1 5 62350 nbsp Denmark 1 5 71951 nbsp Uruguay 1 5 85952 nbsp Mauritius 1 6 01453 nbsp Bulgaria 1 6 62454 nbsp Thailand 1 6 80055 nbsp Zimbabwe 1 7 06556 nbsp Latvia 1 7 62457 nbsp Spain 1 8 05458 nbsp Kazakhstan 1 9 32359 nbsp Georgia 1 9 37060 nbsp Norway 1 9 83861 nbsp Sweden 1 9 86762 nbsp Romania 1 9 93063 nbsp Argentina 1 10 19064 nbsp Kenya 1 10 33565 nbsp Lithuania 1 10 58366 nbsp Czech Republic 1 11 01767 nbsp Portugal 1 11 15668 nbsp Switzerland 1 12 243 Rank Country Ratio69 nbsp Philippines 1 14 09270 nbsp Finland 1 15 25671 nbsp Chile 1 15 90172 nbsp Serbia 1 16 02373 nbsp United Arab Emirates 1 16 31974 nbsp Morocco 1 17 86775 nbsp Japan 1 18 82276 nbsp Croatia 1 19 20577 nbsp Cameroon 1 19 93678 nbsp Israel 1 23 57979 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 24 30780 nbsp Germany 1 24 91381 nbsp Ukraine 1 26 80282 nbsp Hungary 1 28 89383 nbsp Slovenia 1 30 45184 nbsp Paraguay 1 31 73685 nbsp Austria 1 32 94986 nbsp Poland 1 33 76187 nbsp Russia 1 39 30888 nbsp Malaysia 1 44 18989 nbsp Colombia 1 48 63890 nbsp Greece 1 52 13891 nbsp Chinese Taipei 1 57 04592 nbsp Venezuela 1 62 81493 nbsp Brazil 1 68 63494 nbsp Mexico 1 71 68595 nbsp Ivory Coast 1 80 97296 nbsp China 1 98 32897 nbsp Pakistan 1 129 87098 nbsp Uzbekistan 1 139 66599 nbsp India 1 144 300100 nbsp Nigeria 1 267 380101 nbsp South Korea 1 862 069102 nbsp Indonesia 1 1 298 701 Source ScrumQueensSee also edit nbsp Sports portalCanada Cup Caribbean Women s Rugby Championship FIRA Women s European Championship Scottish Women s Rugby Union Women s international rugby union results summary Pacific Tri Nations Women s rugby Women s Rugby World Cup Women s Six Nations Championship Women s International Rugby Union Sevens Women s international rugby union results summary List of women s international rugby union test matches Women s international rugby union non test matches Rugby Africa Women s CupNotes edit A try was only worth four points in 1982 the five point try not being introduced until 1992 This article with its accompanying match list and associated data as well as Women s international rugby union results summary only includes matches that most independent observers appear to treat as full internationals or test matches These may be defined as Tournament games between national representative XVs from tournaments for full international teams Friendly fixtures which it appears were generally promoted prior to the game as being between full strength national XVs Other fixtures which most independent authorities as opposed to individual unions appear to treat as full internationals such as games involving World XVs As a result the list may conflict with the official records published by some national unions who may not include all of these games in their official records most often because the Union concerned fielded a below strength team in a tournament for full international XVs or may include games which fail to meet the above definitions most often because they fielded a full strength team in a friendly against an unofficial or A team Statistics Scoring amp Player Numbers Explanation Scrum com Retrieved 17 May 2010 Internationals in each calendar year 1982 1 1983 1 1984 2 1985 3 1986 5 1987 6 1988 11 1989 5 1990 11 1991 17 World Cup year 1992 5 1993 12 1994 34 World Cup year 1995 12 1996 23 1997 32 1998 52 World Cup year 1999 28 2000 37 2001 46 2002 53 World Cup year 2003 32 2004 47 2005 44 2006 79 World Cup year 2007 58 2008 66 2009 54 Rugby a Xv Feminin The Roon Ba Official rankings introduced for women s 15s game Press release World Rugby 1 February 2016 Retrieved 23 February 2016 Women s World Rankings World Rugby Retrieved 14 March 2024 Women Rugby Ranking a proposalExternal links edit nbsp Media related to Women s rugby union at Wikimedia Commons Rugbydata includes women s internationals 18 March 2010 to 16 March 2014 Entire list of internationals 13 June 1982 to 28 April 2012 in a Google Documents spreadsheet The rise and popularity of women s rugby in Canada by John A O Hanley 1998 Official women s World Rankings Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Women 27s international rugby union amp oldid 1158494999, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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