Sweden women's national rugby union team

The Sweden women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Sweden, representing them at rugby union. The side first played in 1984.

For the men's team, see Sweden national rugby union team. For the women's sevens team, see Sweden women's national rugby sevens team.
Sweden
UnionSwedish Rugby Union
Head coachClaire Cruikshank
CaptainTove Viksten
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current19 (as of 23 November 2020)
First international
 Sweden 34-0 Netherlands 
(Malmö, Sweden 1984)
Biggest win
 Sweden 67-0 Russia 
(Enkoping, Sweden 3 May 2012)
Biggest defeat
 United States 111-0 Sweden 
(Melrose, Scotland 11 April 1994)
World Cup
Appearances3 (First in 1991)
Women's World Rugby Rankings
Top 20 rankings as of 18 April 2022[1]
RankChange*TeamPoints
1  England096.26
2  New Zealand088.58
3  France088.43
4  Canada088.15
5  Australia078.68
6  United States076.63
7 1 Ireland076.00
8 1 Italy075.12
9  Wales073.63
10  Scotland072.72
11  Spain072.10
12  Japan065.49
13  South Africa063.39
14  Russia061.10
15  Samoa059.72
16  Kazakhstan058.45
17  Netherlands058.27
18  Hong Kong057.89
19  Sweden057.73
20  Germany057.72
*Change from the previous week

History

Sweden are considered one of the pioneers of women’s test rugby. In 2017, they returned to the international 15s scene after a three-year absence.[2]

Results summary

(Full internationals only)

Rugby: Sweden internationals 1984-
Opponent First game Played Won Drawn Lost Percentage
 Belgium 1986 3 3 0 0 100.00%
 Canada 2010 1 0 0 1 0.00%
 England 1988 3 0 0 3 0.00%
 Finland 2011 2 2 0 0 100.00%
 France 1991 4 0 0 4 0.00%
 Germany 1989 10 7 0 3 70.00%
 Italy 1991 8 3 0 5 37.50%
 Japan 1991 2 1 0 1 50.00%
 Kazakhstan 1994 4 0 0 4 0.00%
 Netherlands 1984 17 3 0 14 17.65%
 Norway 2006 1 1 0 0 100.00%
 Russia 1994 4 4 0 0 100.00%
 Samoa 2013 1 0 0 1 0.00%
 Scotland 1994 9 0 0 9 0.00%
 Spain 2004 5 1 0 4 20.00%
 United States 1994 1 0 0 1 0.00%
 Wales 2007 3 1 0 2 33.33%
Summary 1984 78 26 0 52 33.33%

Current squad
2021–2022 Rugby Europe Women's Trophy squad[3]
  • Tove VIKSTEN (c)
  • Sara LENNVALL
  • Pauline SARG
  • Maja FRAMMING
  • Cornelia NOREN
  • Emma YTTERBOM
  • Emma SKAGERLIND
  • Michaela BROWN
  • Frida NILSSON
  • Victoria PETERSSON
  • Sonia SMOLINA
  • Katie CHILDS
  • Minonna NUNSTEDT
  • Linda HAKANSSON
  • Michelle JOHANSSON
  • Cay LINDBERG
  • Linn OLFORSER
  • Jennifer SUNDQVIST
  • Linnea FLYMAN
  • Maja MEULLER
  • Carina TRINH
  • Tess PROOS
  • Sara JACOBSSON
  • Elin STERNER
  • Matilda TORESATER
  • Sofya SMOLINA
  • Amanda SWARTZ
  • Matilda MAHLBERG
  • Olivia PALMGREN
  • Minna LEIJONHUFVUD
  • Emelie HELLGREN
  • Emma TIBELL
  • Malin LINDSTROM

Results

See Women's international rugby for information about the status of international games and match numbering

Full internationals
[4]
1984-??-?? Sweden  0-34  Netherlands Malmö [1/4/1]
[7]
1985-??-?? Netherlands  19-0  Sweden Nijmegen [6/2/2]
[11]
1986-??-?? Netherlands  11-6  Sweden Akerslot [8/3/3]
[12]
1986-10-29 Belgium  0-32  Sweden Brussels [1/4/1]
[28]
1988-10-15 England  40-0  Sweden Waterloo [3/5/1]
[34]
1989-10-14 West Germany  0-8  Sweden Berlin [1/6/1]
[53]
1991-04-08 (WC) France  37-0  Sweden Glamorgan Wanderers [20/7/1]
[57]
1991-04-10 (WC) Japan  0-20  Sweden Llanharan [2/8/1]
[60]
1991-04-11 (WC) Italy  18-0  Sweden Cardiff [10/9/1]
[63]
1991-11-09 Sweden  20-10  Germany Trelleborg [10/2/2]
[84]
1994-04-11 (WC) Sweden  0-111  United States Melrose [11/15/1]
[86]
1994-04-13 (WC) Japan  10-5  Sweden Melrose [3/12/2]
[94]
1994-04-17 (WC) Russia  13-20  Sweden Kirkcaldy [3/13/1]
[104]
1994-04-21 (WC) Kazakhstan  31-12  Sweden Stirling County [5/14/1]
[107]
1994-04-23 (WC) Kazakhstan  29-12  Sweden Boroughmuir [6/15/2]
[110]
1994-04-24 Scotland  60-0  Sweden Meggetland [9/16/1]
[112]
1994-11-19 Germany  12-0  Sweden Hamburg [6/17/3]
[171]
1997-08-05 Sweden  0-42  Scotland Stockholm [18/24/2]
[192]
1998-05-02 (WC) England  75-0  Sweden Amsterdam [43/19/2]
[200]
1998-05-05 (WC) Netherlands  44-0  Sweden Amsterdam [36/20/4]
[213]
1998-05-09 (WC) Kazakhstan  47-5  Sweden Amsterdam [14/21/3]
[222]
1998-05-12 (WC) Germany  20-18  Sweden Amsterdam [22/22/4]
[223]
1998-05-15 (WC) Russia  3-23  Sweden Amsterdam [13/23/2]
[289]
2000-08-12 Germany  5-30  Sweden Hanover [28/24/5]
[317]
2001-05-07 (FIRA) Germany  13-15  Sweden Villeneuve d' Ascq, France [30/25/6]
[319]
2001-05-09 (FIRA) Belgium  0-90  Sweden Lille, France [6/26/2]
[324]
2001-05-12 (FIRA) Netherlands  12-13  Sweden Lille, France [49/27/5]
[340]
2001-11-11 Scotland  13-3  Sweden Edinburgh [56/28/3]
[352]
2002-03-20 (ENC) Netherlands  0-22  Sweden Treviso, Italy [55/29/6]
[356]
2002-03-23 (ENC) Italy  35-24  Sweden Treviso [35/30/1]
[395]
2002-11-24 Scotland  34-3  Sweden Murrayfield, Edinburgh [67/31/4]
[411]
2003-05-01 (FIRA) Sweden  0-9  France Malmö, Sweden [32/85/2]
[413]
2003-05-03 (FIRA) Sweden  15-10  Italy Malmö, Sweden [33/41/2]
[423]
2003-07-06 Sweden  5-49  Scotland Linköping [34/73/5]
[446]
2004-05-02 (FIRA) Scotland  32-0  Sweden Toulouse, France [79/35/6]
[452]
2004-05-05 (FIRA) Spain  31-5  Sweden Toulouse, France [62/36/1]
[455]
2004-05-08 (FIRA) Italy  13-0  Sweden Toulouse, France [44/37/3]
[491]
2005-04-07 (FIRA) Netherlands  8-7  Sweden Hamburg, Germany [66/38/7]
[493]
2005-04-09 (FIRA) Germany  5-17  Sweden Hamburg, Germany [45/39/7]
[543]
2006-04-23 (ENC) Norway  0-34  Sweden San Dona Di Piave, Italy [11/40/1]
[544]
2006-04-23 (ENC) Netherlands  10-5  Sweden San Dona Di Piave, Italy [70/41/8]
[546]
2006-04-26 (ENC) Italy  33-0  Sweden San Dona Di Piave, Italy [49/42/4]
[550]
2006-04-30 (ENC) Belgium  0-32  Sweden San Dona Di Piave, Italy [11/43/3]
[628]
2007-04-28 (FIRA) France  12-0  Sweden Barcelona, Spain [117/44/3]
[633]
2007-04-30 (FIRA) Sweden  18-8  Wales Barcelona, Spain [45/109/1]
[637]
2007-05-02 (FIRA) Netherlands  20-5  Sweden Barcelona, Spain [79/46/9]
[639]
2007-05-05 (FIRA) Italy  0-6  Sweden Barcelona, Spain [61/47/5]
[681]
2008-05-17 (FIRA) England  80-3  Sweden Amsterdam [139/48/3]
[689]
2008-05-20 (FIRA) Sweden  0-20  Spain Drachten, Netherlands [49/84/2]
[700]
2008-05-24 (FIRA) Netherlands  7-6  Sweden Amsterdam [87/50/10]
[719]
2008-11-02 Germany  12-5  Sweden Hanover [55/51/8]
[722]
2009-01-10 Scotland  32-0  Sweden Meggetland [115/52/7]
[738]
2009-04-25 Sweden  0-24  Netherlands Norrköping [53/88/11]
[739]
2009-04-26 Sweden  3-7  Netherlands Norrköping [54/89/12]
[743]
2009-05-17 (FIRA) Sweden  16-14  Italy Stockholm [55/72/6]
[747]
2009-05-20 (FIRA) Sweden  11-6  Spain Enköping [56/87/3]
[749]
2009-05-23 (FIRA) Sweden  38-6  Germany Stockholm [57/58/9]
[781]
2009-11-28 Wales  56-7  Sweden St Helen's, Swansea [125/58/2]
[807]
2010-04-02 Netherlands  19-0  Sweden Leiden [96/59/13]
[808]
2010-04-04 Netherlands  20-7  Sweden Amsterdam [97/60/14]
[809]
2010-05-08 (FIRA) Russia  0-32  Sweden Sélestat [33/59/3]
[812]
2010-05-10 (FIRA) Germany  0-29  Sweden Colmar [59/60/10]
[814]
2010-05-12 (FIRA) Italy  10-0  Sweden Haguenau [84/61/8]
[823]
2010-05-15 (FIRA) Netherlands  47-19  Sweden Illkirch-Graffenstaden [101/64/15]
[838]
2010-08-20 (WC) France  15-9  Sweden Surrey Sports Park, Guildford [146/65/4]
[843]
2010-08-24 (WC) Canada  40-10  Sweden Surrey Sports Park, Guildford [84/66/1]
[847]
2010-08-28 (WC) Scotland  32 – 5  Sweden Surrey Sports Park, Guildford [133/67/8]
[854]
2010-09-01 (WC) Sweden  10–32  Wales Surrey Sports Park, Guildford [68/135/3]
[859]
2010-09-05 (WC) Kazakhstan  8–12  Sweden Surrey Sports Park, Guildford [50/69/4]
[885]
2011-05-02 (FIRA) Finland  0-20  Sweden A Malata Ferrol [10/71/1]
[886]
2011-05-04 (FIRA) Spain  18-3  Sweden University of Coruña [98/72/4]
[888]
2011-05-07 (FIRA) Netherlands  21-5  Sweden INEF (Bastiagueiro) [103/72/16]
[938]
2012-05-03 (FIRA) Sweden  67-0  Russia Enkoping, Sweden [73/38/4]
[940]
2012-05-07 (FIRA) Sweden  10-3  Netherlands Enkoping, Sweden [74/106/17]
[986]
2013-04-20 [WCQ] Spain  55-0  Sweden Madrid [102/75/5]
[988]
2013-04-27 (WCQ) Sweden  0-29  Samoa Madrid [76/16/1]
[991]
2013-04-27 (WCQ) Sweden  8-63  Scotland Madrid [77/155/9]
[1087]
2014-10-18[4] Sweden  3-10  Netherlands Malmö [78/111/18]
[1236]
2017-10-21 Finland  10–39  Sweden Eerikkilä Areena, Tammela [15/79/2]

Other matches
[-]
1994-04-19 (WC) Scottish Students 12-14  Sweden Gala [-/-/-]
[-]
2003-05-03 Denmark  0-37  Sweden A Copenhagen [-/-/-]
[-]
2003-11-02 Sweden  27-5  Norwegian Barbarians Copenhagen [-/-/-]
[-]
2006-04-14 England Select XV  35-5  Sweden RAF Halton [-/-/-]
[-]
2006-04-16 England Student XV  15-10  Sweden RAF Halton [-/-/-]
[-]
2009-04-12 Welsh Invitational XV  13-15  Sweden Sardis Road, Pontypridd [-/-/-]
[-]
2009-05-22 Sweden A  16-19  Finland Södertälje [-/-/-]
[-]
2011-04-30 (FIRA) France A  40-3  Sweden INEF Bastiagueiro [-/-/-]

See also

References
  1. "Women's World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  2. world.rugby. "Sweden women target World Cup on return to duty ｜ Rugby World Cup 2021". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  3. "Women's Trophy 2021/22". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  4. "World Rugby".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.