Switzerland women's national rugby union team
Union | Swiss Rugby Union | ||
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Head coach | Emmanuel Revert Barbara Frauenfeld | ||
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World Rugby ranking | |||
Current | 54 (as of 15 July 2024) | ||
First international | |||
Belgium 7–15 Switzerland (Brussels; 04 September 2011) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Switzerland 80–0 Finland (Sportanlage Schönenbüel, Unterägeri; 08 March 2014) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Finland 80–0 Switzerland (Hamarin Sports Ground, Porvoo; 28 May 2022) |
The Switzerland women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Switzerland, representing them at rugby union.
History
[edit]Although Switzerland was a regular entrant in the European sevens tournaments from 2003, it was not until 2009 that they formed a fifteens team. In 2011, after two years playing only against club sides from neighbouring countries, Switzerland became the 56th international test match playing team when they played Belgium at Kituro Rugby Club, Schaerbeek, near Brussels.
The team for the first test match was:
Atkinson, Bauer, Buob, Casparis, Da Silva, Diener, Hart, Haymoz, Herrmann, Hodel, Huerlimann, Kehl, Kehrli, Mancini, Martinot, Mc Namara, Munstermann, Oriwall, Reischauer (C), Sax, Ullmann, Walti.
Coaches: Muehlhofer, Prébandier.[1][dead link]
Results summary
[edit](Full internationals only, updated to 24 April 2023)
Opponent | First Match | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Win % |
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Belgium | 2011 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 82 | 33.33% |
Czech Republic | 2013 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 135 | 82 | 57.14% |
Finland | 2012 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 147 | 90 | 80.00% |
Germany | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 0.00% |
Netherlands | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 0.00% |
Russia | 2014 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 94 | 33.33% |
Sweden | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 0.00% |
Summary | 2011 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 373 | 555 | 43.48% |