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Norway women's national rugby union team

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Norway
UnionNorges Rugbyforbund
Head coachPatrice Balauze
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current49 (as of 28 October 2024)
Highest42
First international
 Norway 0–75 Germany 
(Amsterdam, Netherlands 8 May 2003)
Biggest win
 Norway 62–0 Serbia 
(Tervuren, Belgium 15 April 2007)
Biggest defeat
 Netherlands 84–0 Norway 
(San Dona Di Piave, Italy 23 April 2006)

The Norway women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Norway, representing them at rugby union. The side first played in 2003.

History

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Norway made their international debut on 8 May 2003, their first test match was against Germany which they lost heavily with a score of 0–75.

They competed in every edition of the FIRA Women's Championship between 2003 and 2007. They last played in 2009 when they hosted Finland in Oslo in a test match.

On 5 October 2024, Latvia and Norway played in their first official Rugby Europe competition, the match took place in Ogre City Stadium in Latvia.[1]

Results summary

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(Full internationals only)

Rugby: Norway internationals 2003-
Opponent First game Played Won Drawn Lost Percentage
 Belgium 2006 1 0 0 1 0.00%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2005 2 2 0 0 100.00%
 Denmark 2003 2 2 0 0 100%
 Finland 2007 2 0 1 1 25.00%
 Germany 2003 3 0 0 3 0.00%
 Netherlands 2004 2 0 0 2 0.00%
 Russia 2005 3 0 0 3 0.00%
 Serbia 2007 1 1 0 0 100.00%
 Sweden 2003 1 0 0 1 0.00%
Summary 2003 17 5 1 11 29.41%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Heatly, Gary (2024-10-07). "Weekend review : Rugby Europe Conference games' delights". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
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