Basque Country women's national rugby union team

Basque Country
Union	Basque Rugby Federation; Euskadiko Errugbi Federakundea
Head coach	José Miguel Galdós
Website	www.euskadirugby.org

Basque Country women's national rugby union team (Basque: Euskadiko emakumeen selekzioa) is the national and/or representative women's rugby union team of the Basque Country. It is organised by the Basque Rugby Federation and has been active since 1994–95. Unlike the men's team, the Basque Country women's team have only played a small number of international games. They regularly play friendlies against club and provincial teams.

History

Competitions

Since 1994–95 the Basque Country women's team have competed in the Spanish Regions Championship featuring other women's teams representing the autonomous communities of Spain. This competition is organised by the Spanish Rugby Federation. Since 2006–07 they have also competed in the Pyrenees International Tournament.^[1]^[2]^[3]

List of results

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
30 September 1995	Côte Basque Landes	10–17	Basque Country
1995–96	US Herms	19–10	Basque Country	Zarautz
1996–97	Armagnac Bigorre	5–44	Basque Country
1996–97	France A	0–32	Basque Country
1996–97	Périgord Agenais	0–25	Basque Country
1997–98	US Herms	30–0	Basque Country
1997–98	Aquitaine B	0–10	Basque Country
1997–98	Armagnac Bigorre	7–47	Basque Country
1998–99	US Herms	53–12	Basque Country
1998–99	Basque Country	65–15	Armagnac Bigorre
1999–2000	Basque Country	34–0	US Herms
2000–01	Les Pachys d'Herm	12–5	Basque Country
2000–01	Basque Country	15–20	British Police XV
2000–01	Basque Country	86–0	Aragon
2001–02	Basque Country	5–5	Navarre
2001–02	Les Pachys d'Herm	20–19	Basque Country
2001–02	Basque Country	3–0	Madrid	^{[Note 1]}
2002–03	Madrid	10–5	Basque Country	^{[Note 1]}
2003–04	Catalonia	10–5	Basque Country	^{[Note 1]}
2004–05	Basque Country	10–0	AS Bayonne
2005–06	Basque Country	28–0	Galicia	^{[Note 1]}
2005–06	France Universities	32–5	Basque Country
2005–06	Basque Country	5–54	Spain
2005–06	Basque Country	46–5	Navarre
9 September 2006	Béarn	15–0	Basque Country	Lagor
29 September 2007	Basque Country	7–17	AS Bayonne	Menditte
31 May 2008	France Universities	37–0	Basque Country	Bayonne
2007–08	Basque Country	25–15	Madrid	^{[Note 1]}
13 September 2008	Basque Country	5–31	L.A.R.G.E.	Salies-de-Béarn
14 March 2010	Catalonia	12–17	Basque Country	Lleida ^{[Note 2]}
2009–10	Basque Country	15–10	Madrid	^{[Note 1]}
12 December 2010	Basque Country	15–22	Catalonia	Durango, Biscay ^{[Note 2]}
2010–11	Madrid	27–7	Basque Country	^{[Note 1]}
6 February 2016 ^[4]	Basque Country	5–42	France U20	Hernani, Gipuzkoa
10 September 2016	Basque Country	0–116	Spain	Gamarra, Vitoria-Gasteiz

Source:^[5]^[3]

Notes

^1 Spanish Regions Championship final
^2 Pyrenees International Tournament final

Honours

Spanish Regions Championship
- Winners: 2001–02, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10: 5
- Runners-up: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2010–11: 3
Pyrenees International Tournament
- Winners: 2008–09, 2009–10: 2
- Runners-up: 2006–07, 2010–11 : 2

Source:^[1]^[6]^[3]

Players

2016 squad

Squad called up for the friendly match against France U20 on 6 February 2016.

Head coach: José Miguel Galdós

Euskadi XV
Hookers Sabina Argagnon (AS Bayonnais) Ilargi Díaz (Gaztedi RT) Props Ingrid Amigoren (AS Bayonnais) Patricia Carricaburu (Lons RF) Amaya Gonzalez (AS Bayonne) Magali Haiçaguerre (AS Bayonnais) Maite Irigoien (La Única RT) Maika Irizoz (La Única RT) Irati Ormazabal (Hernani CRE) Ane Puerta (Hernani CRE) Cristina Guntin (AS Bayonnais) Locks Maika Brust (AS Bayonnais) Lea Etxebarrieta (Hernani CRE) Laura Ruiz de Erentxun (La Única RT) Marina Vargas (Eibar RT)	Flankers Lide Elgezabal (Durango RT) Leire Ruiz (Gaztedi RT) Maitane Salinas (La Única RT) Numbers 8 Nora Solano (Hernani CRE) 0 Scrum-halves Maddi Braco (La Única RT) Anne Fernández (Gaztedi RT) Marie Menanteau (AS Bayonnais) Fly-halves Popolle Boudon (AS Bayonnais) Aitana Pérez (Gaztedi RT)	Centres Uribarri Barrutieta (Durango RT) Ainhoa Belekortu (Gaztedi RT) Céline Héguy (AS Bayonne) Laura Lorenzo (Hernani CRE) Wings Enara Cacho (AS Bayonnais) Melanie Cenderet (AS Bayonnais) Miren Echezarreta (Gaztedi RT) Ana Mariñelarina (La Única RT) Irene Reyes (La Única RT) Fullbacks Anabel Pérez (Hernani CRE) Joana Murray (Durango RT) Noelia Telletxea (La Única RT)

France internationals

Spain internationals

Karitte Alegria
Arantxa Arana
Beatriz Baraia-Etxaburu
Eider Barrena
Iona Barrena
Uribarri Barrutieta
Maika Brust
Enara Cacho
Amets Castrejana
Itziar Diez Murga
Amaia Erbina
Lide Erbina
Rosanna Estanyol
Victoriano Esnaola
Inés Etxegibel
Amaya Fernández
Anne Fernández
Olatz Fernández de Arroyabe
Eider García
Irene Heras
Saioa Jaurena
Angelina Masdeu
Idoia Olaberria
Agurtzane Orbegozo
Nerea Otxoa de Aspuru
Ana Isabel de la Parte
Aitziber Porras
Isabel Rodríguez
Idoia Salazar
Itsaso Salazar
Maitane Salinas
Estibaliz Uriarte

References

^ ^a ^b "Historia". www.euskadirugby.org. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
^ "Historial Selecciones Euskadi" (PDF). www.euskadirugby.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Federación Española de Rugby – Palmares Nacional" (PDF). www.ferugby.es. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
^ "Euskadi vs. Francia sub'20". euskadirugby.eus. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
^ "Historial Selecciones Euskadi" (PDF). www.euskadirugby.org. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ "Historial Selecciones Euskadi" (PDF). www.euskadirugby.org. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[euskadirugby1-1] "Historia". www.euskadirugby.org. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2017.

[euskadirugby2-2] "Historial Selecciones Euskadi" (PDF). www.euskadirugby.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[ferugby-3] "Federación Española de Rugby – Palmares Nacional" (PDF). www.ferugby.es. Retrieved 6 December 2017.

[euskadirugby3-4] "Euskadi vs. Francia sub'20". euskadirugby.eus. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

[euskadirugby2b-5] "Historial Selecciones Euskadi" (PDF). www.euskadirugby.org. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

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