Netherlands women's national rugby sevens team

For the men's team, see Netherlands national rugby sevens team.
Netherlands
UnionDutch Rugby Union
Coach(es)Chris Lane
Captain(s)Anne Hielckert
Team kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances2 (First in 2009)
Best result10th place, 2013

The Netherlands women's national rugby sevens team participated in the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup in Hong Kong losing to Spain in the Plate semi-finals, they finished 8th overall. In October 2012, the Netherlands was announced by the International Rugby Board as one of six "core teams" that will compete in all four rounds of the inaugural IRB Women's Sevens World Series in 2012–13.[1] The team finished seventh in the standings. It was later decided that the quarter-finalists at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens would make up the eight core teams for the next series later that year.

History

In the 2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series they competed in only three tournaments, with a best results of 8th at São Paulo. The 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series would double as an Olympics qualifier for Rio 2016. The Netherlands were not invited to any tournament, apart from the 2015 Netherlands Women's Sevens where they finished 11th. They missed their chances of any Olympic qualification after losing at the 2015 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens and the 2015 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Olympic Repechage Tournament.[2]

Netherlands won the 2018 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Trophy and were promoted to the Grand Prix Series for 2019.[3]

Tournament History

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rugby World Cup Sevens
Year Round Position Pld W L D
United Arab Emirates 2009 Bowl Quarterfinalists 13th 4 1 3 0
Russia 2013 Bowl Finalists 10th 6 3 3 0
United States 2018 Did not qualify
Total 0 Titles 2/3 10 4 6 0

2012 Hong Kong Sevens

Pool C

Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
 Australia 2 0 0 80 21
 Netherlands 1 0 1 40 33
 Hong Kong 0 0 2 5 71

Finals

Plate semi finals

7th/8th

Players

Previous squads

Squad to IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup - 2012 London Sevens[4]

  • Linda Frannssen (c)
  • Mara Moberg
  • Dorien Eppink
  • Inge Visser
  • Joyce van Altena
  • Anne Hielckert
  • Lorraine Laros
  • Annemarije van Rossum
  • Pien Selbeck
  • Kelly van Harskamp
  • Yale Belder
  • Alexia Mavroudis

Award winners

The following Netherlands Sevens players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2013:[5]

References

  1. ^ "IRB announces Women's Sevens World Series" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 4 October 2012. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  2. ^ Birch, John (2019-05-11). "Netherlands: The end of a dream". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  3. ^ "Netherlands and Ukraine promoted to Grand Prix". Scrum Queens. 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  4. ^ scrumhalfconnection (2012). "IRB Women's Challenge Cup Sevens (London) – May 12-13, 2012 – Schedule, Teams and Other Details". Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  5. ^ "Awards Roll of Honour - World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 16 March 2024.