Namibia women's national rugby union team

Namibia
UnionNamibia Rugby Union
Head coachChristel Janet Kotze
World Rugby ranking
Current62 (as of 15 July 2024)
Highest57
First international
Namibia  31–10  Botswana
(Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek; 19 October 2013)
Biggest win
Namibia  31–10  Botswana
(Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek; 19 October 2013)
Biggest defeat
South Africa  128–3  Namibia
(City Park, Cape Town; 23 June 2022)

The Namibia women's national rugby union team are a national sports team that represents Namibia in women's international rugby union. They played their first test match in 2013.

History

Namibia played their first test match against Botswana on 19 October 2013 in Windhoek, Namibia.[1][2] They were absent from the international scene for eight years before playing their second test against Zambia on 13 November 2021 at Windhoek.[3][4]

Namibia competed at the 2022 Rugby Africa Women's Cup and were grouped with South Africa and Zimbabwe in Pool A.[5] They lost both matches, Zimbabwe thrashed them 72–0 and South Africa crossed the try line a record 20 times with a score of 128–3.[6][7][5][8]

Results summary

(Full internationals only, updated to 24 April 2023)

Namibia Internationals From 2013
Opponent First Match Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Win %
 Botswana 2013 1 1 0 0 31 10 100.00%
 South Africa 2022 1 0 0 1 3 128 0.00%
 Zambia 2021 1 0 0 1 5 75 0.00%
 Zimbabwe 2022 1 0 0 1 0 72 0.00%
Summary 2013 4 1 0 3 39 285 25.00%

Results

For information about the status of international games, see Women's international rugby union § International women's matches.

Full internationals

Won Lost Draw
Test Date Namibia Score Opponent Venue Event Ref
1 2013-10-19 Namibia  31–10  Botswana Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek Test [9][10]
2 2021-11-13 Namibia  5–75  Zambia Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek 2021 Africa Cup [11][12][13][4]
3 2022-06-19 Namibia  0–72  Zimbabwe City Park, Cape Town 2022 Africa Cup [14][15][16]
4 2022-06-23 Namibia  3–128  South Africa City Park, Cape Town 2022 Africa Cup [14][15][17]

References

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  7. ^ "Lady Sables move up World Rugby Women's Rankings". ZimsportLive. 2022-06-20. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  8. ^ "Another century for Springbok Women in Cape Town". SA Rugby. 2022-06-23. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
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  13. ^ "Match Sheet". Rugby Africa. 2021-11-13. Archived from the original on 2023-02-18. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  14. ^ a b "South Africa qualify for Africa Cup finals". ScrumQueens.com. 2022-06-24. Archived from the original on 2022-10-15. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
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  17. ^ "South Africa vs Namibia". World Rugby. 2022-06-23. Archived from the original on 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2023-03-06.

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