Finland women's national rugby union team
| Union | Suomen Rugbyliitto | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Leonardo Fierro | ||
| Captain | Hanna Visuri | ||
| Most caps | Ulla Tuomainen (21) | ||
| Top scorer | Anna Soiluva (101) | ||
| Top try scorer | Anna Soiluva (11) | ||
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| World Rugby ranking | |||
| Current | 30 (as of 29 October 2024) | ||
| Highest | 30 (2024) | ||
| Lowest | 50 (2022) | ||
| First international | |||
 Finland 12-12 Norway  (Brussels, Belgium 11 April 2007) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Finland 80-0 Switzerland  (Porvoo, Finland 28 May 2022) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Spain 119-0 Finland (Galicia, Spain 30 April 2011) | |||
The Finland women's national rugby union team represents Finland internationally in rugby union. They made their international debut in 2007.
History
[edit]The women's national team was created in 2006 and the team competed in the Stockholm 10's tournament in 2006. Finland started to build a national 15-team for the 2007 Women's European Championships in Belgium, which saw the Finnish team end up in fifth place after defeating Luxembourg in the 5th/6th place final.
Finland's 3–0 victory over Czechia at the 2022–23 Rugby Europe Women's Trophy saw them move five places higher in the rankings.[1]
Results summary
[edit](Full internationals only)
| Opponent | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | % Win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Germany
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% |
 Luxembourg
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
 Netherlands
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% |
| Norway
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% |
 Portugal
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% |
 Romania
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% |
 Russia
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% |
| Spain
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% |
 Sweden
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland
|
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20.0% |
 Czech Republic
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25.0% |
 Latvia
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total | 28 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 21.4% |
Players
[edit]Current squad
[edit]This is the list of players that composed the training squad in Fall 2024.
- Caps updated as of 30 October 2024
Coaching staff
[edit]- Head Coach: Leonardo Fierro
- Defense Coach: Ric Hennessy
- Assistant Coach: Riccardo Notarangelo
- Physio: Riikka Nortia
- Team Manager: Emmanuel Courbin
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Finland continue to climb World Rugby Women's Rankings powered by Capgemini". www.world.rugby. 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
External links
[edit]- Finland on IRB.com
- Rugby Finland Archived 2020-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Finland Archived 2020-01-15 at the Wayback Machine on RugbyData.com
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