India women's national rugby union team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see India national rugby union team.

India

Union	Rugby India
Head coach	Waisale Serevi
Captain	Vahbiz Bharucha
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	52 (as of 2 June 2025)
Highest	50 (2024)
First international
Singapore 30–5 India   (Singapore 2 June 2018)
Biggest win
Singapore 19–21 India   (Calamba, Philippines 19 June 2019)
Biggest defeat
Singapore 30–5 India   (Singapore 2 June 2018)

The India women's national rugby union team is the national team representing India in women's international rugby union. They played their first test against Singapore in 2018. ^[1] They have only played four Tests to date and are ranked 50th by World Rugby. ^[2]

Record

Overall

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

(Full internationals only)

Rugby: India internationals 2018-

Opponent	First game	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Percentage
Philippines	2018	2	0	0	2	0.00%
Singapore	2018	2	1	0	1	50.00%
Summary	2018	4	1	0	3	25.00%

Full internationals

Won

Lost

Draw

Test	Date	Opponent	PF	PA	Venue	Event	Ref.
1	2018-06-02	Singapore	5	30	Queenstown Stadium, Singapore	2018 ARWC D1	[3] [4]
2	2018-06-05	Philippines	5	19	Queenstown Stadium, Singapore	2018 ARWC D1	[3] [4] [5]
3	2019-06-19	Philippines	27	32	Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba	2019 ARWC D1	[6] [7] [8] [9]
4	2019-06-22	Singapore	21	19	Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba	2019 ARWC D1	[10] [11]

References

1. "About Us". Rugby India. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
2. "Indian women's rugby team captain Vahbiz Bharucha optimistic of the sport's future". Hindustan Times. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
3. "Asia Rugby Women's Championship Div 1". Asia Rugby . 27 May 2018. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
4. "Women's Asia Rugby Championship - Division 1". RugbyArchive.net. 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
5. "India vs Philippines". World Rugby . 5 June 2018. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
6. Rugby, Women (22 June 2019). "China crowned champions as India claim historic win". Women.Rugby. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
7. "Asia Rugby Women's Championship Div 1". Asia Rugby . 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
8. "Women's Asia Rugby Championship - Division 1". RugbyArchive.net. 3 August 2019. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
9. "Philippines vs India". World Rugby . 19 June 2019. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
10. "Rugby : Singapore slip down rankings after India's historic win". Sportsbeatsindia. 25 June 2019. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
11. Rugby, Women. "China crowned champions as India claim historic win". women.rugby. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2022.

External links

• The Official Website of Indian Rugby
• IRB World Rankings
• India Archived 15 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine on rugbydata.com
• Indian Rugby Internationals