Bulgaria women's national rugby union team

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Bulgaria
Union Bulgarian Rugby Federation
Head coachMaya Tsankova
World Rugby ranking
Current42 (as of 2 June 2025)
Highest41 (2023)
Lowest51 (2024)
First international
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg5–37Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Biggest defeat
Andorra  Flag of Andorra.svg119–0Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria

The Bulgaria women's national rugby union team represents Bulgaria in rugby union. They played their first test match in 2023.

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History

Bulgaria played their first test match against Croatia on 2 December 2023 at Sinj. [1] [2] It was both sides first-ever international with hosts, Croatia, winning the match. [1] [2] Veronika Tasleva created history when she scored her teams first and only points. [1]

Results

Results summary

(Full internationals only, updated to 22 September 2024)

Bulgaria Internationals From 2023
OpponentFirst MatchPlayedWonDrawnLostWin %
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 202410010.00%
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 202320020.00%
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 202410010.00%
Summary202340040.00%

Full internationals

WonLostDraw
TestDateOpponentPFPAVenueEvent
12 December 2023Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 537 Sinj, Croatia First test match
25 April 2024Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 0119 Andorra la Vella, Andorra
322 September 2024Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1266 CSN Elisabeta Lipa 2024–25 RE Women's Conference
416 November 2024Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1017 National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski", Sofia 2024–25 RE Women's Conference

References

  1. 1 2 3 Birch, John (2023-12-02). "Croatia beat Bulgaria on test debut". Archived from the original on 2024-02-24.
  2. 1 2 "Historic women's test can be the start of something special in the Balkans". www.world.rugby. 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2024-01-02.