Finland women's national rugby union team

For the men's team, see Finland national rugby union team. For the women's sevens team, see Finland women's national rugby sevens team.

Finland

Union	Suomen Rugbyliitto
Head coach	Leonardo Fierro
Captain	Hanna Visuri
Most caps	Ulla Tuomainen (21)
Top scorer	Anna Soiluva (101)
Top try scorer	Anna Soiluva (11)
First colours Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	32 (as of 26 May 2025)
Highest	30 (2024)
Lowest	50 (2022)
First international
Finland 12-12 Norway   ( Brussels, Belgium 11 April 2007)
Biggest win
Finland 80-0 Switzerland   ( Porvoo, Finland 28 May 2022)
Biggest defeat
Spain 119-0 Finland   ( Galicia, Spain 30 April 2011)

The Finland women's national rugby union team represents Finland internationally in rugby union. They made their international debut in 2007.

History

The women's national team was created in 2006 and the team competed in the Stockholm 10's tournament in 2006. Finland started to build a national 15-team for the 2007 Women's European Championships in Belgium, which saw the Finnish team end up in fifth place after defeating Luxembourg in the 5th/6th place final.

Finland's 3–0 victory over Czechia at the 2022–23 Rugby Europe Women's Trophy saw them move five places higher in the rankings. ^[1]

Results summary

See also: List of Finland women's national rugby union team matches

(Full internationals only)

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	% Win
Germany	4	1	0	3	25.0%
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Netherlands	1	0	0	1	0.00%
Belgium	1	0	0	1	0.00%
Norway	2	1	1	0	50.00%
Portugal	1	0	0	1	0.00%
Romania	2	0	0	2	0.00%
Russia	3	0	0	3	0.00%
Spain	1	0	0	1	0.00%
Sweden	4	0	0	4	0.00%
Switzerland	5	1	0	4	20.0%
Czech Republic	4	1	1	2	25.0%
Latvia	2	2	0	0	100.0%
Total	31	7	2	21	22.6%

Players

Current squad

This is the list of players that composed the training squad in Fall 2024.

• Caps updated as of 30 October 2024

Player	Position	Caps	Club/Province
Sarianna Haavisto	Hooker	15	Tampere RC
Reetta Jokinen	Hooker	4	Warriors RC
Liisa Lemettilä	Prop	7	Helsinki RC
Ulla Tuomainen	Lock	21	Helsinki RC
Hanna Visuri (C)	Lock	14	Tampere RC
Sofia Lalli	Flanker	3	Helsinki RC
Lilli Tikkanen	Flanker	6	Warriors RC
Milla Ryhtä	Hooker	3	Tampere RC
Anna Soiluva	Number 8	20	Tampere RC
Hanna Poole	Wing	3	Saimaa Sharks RC
Jenna Koivumäki	Fly half	6	Helsinki RC
Heidi Hennessy (VC)	Centre	8	Helsinki RC
Saara Kukkurainen	Flanker	5	Saimaa Sharks RC
Emmi Ovaskainen	Utility back	4	Helsinki RC
Mira Leppälä	Lock	2	Helsinki RC
Pilvi Dahl	Fly half	1	Tampere RC
Kaisa Kemppinen	Wing	2	Helsinki RC
Kaisla Kainulainen	Flanker	1	Tampere RC
Elisa Salonen	Prop	12	Tampere RC
Essi Kara	Flanker	6	Helsinki RC
Venla Lehtonen	Scrum half	9	Saimaa Sharks RC
Elisa Korhonen	Scrum half	2	Oulu RC
Sabina Wright-Pannuzzo	Flanker	1	Helsinki RC
Johanna Leino	Prop	2	Warriors RC
Kiira Kupiainen	Wing	5	Tampere RC
Jasmi Latvala	Utility back	2	Helsinki RC
Susanna Haavisto	Lock	10	Tampere RC
Jenni Mäkirinta	Wing	10	Tampere RC
Pinja Pennanen	Prop	5	Karjala RC
Oona Tolppanen	Fullback	4	Helsinki RC
Sonja Jurmu	Hooker	4	Warriors RC

Coaching staff

• Head Coach: Leonardo Fierro
• Defense Coach: Ric Hennessy
• Assistant Coach: Riccardo Notarangelo
• Physio: Riikka Nortia
• Team Manager: Emmanuel Courbin

See also

• Rugby union in Finland

References

1. "Finland continue to climb World Rugby Women's Rankings powered by Capgemini". www.world.rugby. 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-03-22.

External links

• Finland on IRB.com
• Rugby Finland Archived 2020-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
• Finland Archived 2020-01-15 at the Wayback Machine on RugbyData.com