Colombia women's national rugby union team

The Colombia women's national rugby union team (also known by their nickname Las Tucanes) represents Colombia in women's Rugby union internationally.

Colombia
UnionColombian Rugby Federation
World Rugby ranking
Current26 (as of 22 November 2021)
World Cup
Appearances0

History

Colombia played two matches against Venezuela in San Cristóbal, Venezuela on the 21st and 23rd of November, 2014. They won both games 30–0 and 25–5.[1]

On 25 August, 2019 Colombia beat Brazil 28–7 in Medellín, Colombia.[2]

Colombia kept their Rugby World Cup 2021 dreams alive after they beat Brazil 23 - 19 in their Sudamérica face-off.[3][4][5] They advanced into the next stage of qualification for the World Cup in a South America/Africa play-off against Kenya.[6] They defeated Kenya 16–15 and earned a spot at a repechage tournament that will decide the final team to qualify for the 2021 Rugby World Cup.[7][8] Colombia defeated Kazakhstan 18–10 in their semifinal match.[9]

Players
Colombia squad for RWC 2021 Final Qualification Tournament[10]
Squad
  • Alejandra Betancur
  • Angela Alzate Moncada
  • Natalia Barajas
  • Ailyn Carolina Andrioly Gonzalez
  • Maribel Mestra
  • Julieth Tatiana Hernandez
  • Laura Valentina Alvarez Silva
  • Catalina Arango
  • Yamileth Andrea Ramirez Agudelo
  • Camila Lopera
  • Laura Mejia
  • Valentina Tapias
  • Valeria Muñoz Cuartas
  • Isabel Romero
  • Leidy Soto (c)
  • Maria Isabel Arzuaga
 Squad
  • Leidy García
  • Yina Marcela Quintero Verjel
  • Annagith Marsellis Vargas Torres
  • Juliana Soto
  • Gales Daian Avendaño
  • Gisel Tatiana Gomez Gomez
  • Silvia Juliana Olave Garrido
  • Lizbeth Joanna Brant Restrepo
  • Maira Alejandra Martínez
  • Maira Atonia Cortes
  • María Camila Castrillón
  • Angie Manyoma
  • Gloribeth Campos

Coach: Lissete Martinez

Results

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

Full internationals
Test: 21 November 2014 Colombia  30–0  Venezuela  
Test: 23 November 2014 Colombia  25–5  Venezuela  
Test: 25 August 2019 Colombia  28–7  Brazil Medellín  
Test: 7 March 2020 Colombia  23–19  Brazil Medellín  
Test: 1406 25 August 2021 (WCQ) Kenya  15–16  Colombia Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi  
Test: 19 February 2022 (WCQ) Kazakhstan  10–18  Colombia The Sevens Stadium, Dubai  
Report

See also

References
  1. "International XVs comes to South America". Scrum Queens. 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  2. "The (re)birth of South American test rugby". Scrum Queens. 2019-08-23. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  3. "RWC 2021 dream still alive for Colombia and Russia". www.world.rugby. 2020-03-09. Archived from the original on 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  4. "Colombia keep World Cup dream alive". Scrum Queens. 2020-03-07. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  5. "South America's historic weekend". Scrum Queens. 2020-03-07. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  6. "Kenya and Colombia to play in Rugby World Cup repechage qualifier | Sports-Games". Devdiscourse. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  7. women.rugby. "Maria Arzuaga the hero as Colombia keep Rugby World Cup 2021 dream alive". www.women.rugby. Archived from the original on 2021-10-12. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  8. "Colombia take step towards World Cup". Scrum Queens. 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  9. "Colombia one step closer to Rugby World Cup 2021 after beating Kazakhstan". www.rugbyworldcup.com. 2022-02-19. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  10. "RWC 2021 Qualifier Preview: Kazakhstan vs Colombia". RugbyAsia247. 2022-02-19. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
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