| 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) | |||
First The Finland women's national rugby union team represents Finland internationally in rugby union. They made their international debut in 2007.
History
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.
Results summary
See also: List of Finland women's national rugby union team matches(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
Current squad
This is the list of players that composed the training squad in Fall 2024.
- Caps updated as of 30 October 2024
Coaching staff
- Head Coach: Leonardo Fierro
- Defense Coach: Ric Hennessy
- Assistant Coach: Riccardo Notarangelo
- Physio: Riikka Nortia
- Team Manager: Emmanuel Courbin
See also
References
- "Finland continue to climb World Rugby Women's Rankings powered by Capgemini". www.world.rugby. 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
External links
- 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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