Botswana women's national rugby union team

Botswana

Nickname	Vultures
Union	Botswana Rugby Union
World Rugby ranking
Current	59 (as of 2 June 2025)
First international
Botswana 10–31 Namibia   (19 October 2013)
Biggest defeat
Botswana 10–31 Namibia

The Botswana women's national rugby union team are a national sports team that represents Botswana in women's international rugby union. They played their first test match in 2013 and have only played two games to date.

History

Botswana played their first test match against Namibia on 19 October 2013 in Windhoek, Namibia. ^{[1] [2]}

They faced Zimbabwe in a non-capped friendly match on 27 May 2017 at Wharic Park, Garbarone; they came from behind and defeated Zimbabwe 17–10. ^[3] They met Zimbabwe again two months later and lost 5–10, the match was recognised as a full test by both Rugby unions and World Rugby. ^[4]

Record

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

Overall

Opponent	First game	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Win %
Namibia	2013	1	0	0	1	10	31	0.00%
Zimbabwe	2017	1	0	0	1	5	10	0.00%
Summary		2	0	0	2	15	41	0.00%

Full Internationals

Won

Lost

Draw

Test	Date	Opponent	PF	PA	Venue	Event
1	2013-10-19	Namibia	10	31	Windhoek, Namibia	Test match
2	2017-07-22	Zimbabwe	5	10	Hartsfield Rugby Grounds, Bulawayo	Test match

References

1. "Local rugby reaches climax". archive.ph. 10 March 2013. Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
2. Birch, John (21 October 2013). "Namibia's winning start to test rugby". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
3. Birch, John (29 May 2017). "Botswana beat Zimbabwe". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
4. Birch, John (24 July 2017). "Early whistle frustrates Botswana". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 1 April 2023.