Union | Dansk Rugby Union | |
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World Rugby ranking | ||
Current | 33 (as of 4 December 2023) | |
First international | ||
![]() ![]() ( Amsterdam, Netherlands 8 May 2003) | ||
Biggest defeat | ||
![]() ![]() ( Toulouse, France 2 May 2004) |
The Denmark women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Denmark, representing them at rugby union. The side played their first test match in 2003 against the Netherlands.
Denmark made their test debut against the Netherlands on 8 May 2003 in Amsterdam, the Dutch routed them 113–0. So far, Denmark has only played five international games and participated in just two regional tournaments — the 2003 and 2004 FIRA Women's Championships.
(Full internationals only)
Opponent | First game | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Percentage |
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![]() | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% |
![]() | 2003 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% |
![]() | 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25.00% |
Summary | 2003 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10.00% |
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