Madagascar women's national rugby union team

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Madagascar
Nickname(s)The Ladies Makis
Union Madagascan Rugby Federation
World Rugby ranking
Current26 (as of 4 December 2023)
First international
Madagascar  Flag of Madagascar.svg 5–35 Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
(Bosman Stadium, Brakpan; 9 August 2019)
Biggest win
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg 5–27 Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
(Stade El Menzah, Tunis; 22 October 2022)
Biggest defeat
Madagascar  Flag of Madagascar.svg 0–73 Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
(Bosman Stadium, Brakpan; 13 August 2019)

The Madagascar women's national rugby union team are a national sports team that represents Madagascar in women's international rugby union. They made their test debut against Kenya in 2019.

Contents

History

Madagascar made their international debut against Kenya on 9 August at the Bosman Stadium in Brakpan. It was the opening match of the 2019 Rugby Africa Women's Cup competition. [1] They lost their second test match 73–0 to the Springbok women who kept them scoreless in their biggest loss so far. [2] [3] [4] In their third test, they held Uganda to a 15-all draw. [2] [5]

Madagascar recorded their first win when they defeated Kenya 27–15, it was the first game in a two-test series. [1] [6] [7] They scored two tries and kept Kenya scoreless in their second test in Nairobi as they clinched the series.

Madagascar topped Pool C at the 2022 Rugby Africa Women's Cup and qualified for the final stage with wins over Tunisia and Senegal. [8] [9]

Record

Overall

(Full internationals only, updated to 28 May 2023)

Madagascar Internationals From 2019
OpponentFirst MatchPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstWin %
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 202311003010100.00%
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 20194202627950.00%
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 202211003425100.00%
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 201910010730.00%
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 20221100275100.00%
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2019101015150.00%
Summary2019951316820755.56%

Full Internationals

WonLostDraw
TestDateOpponentPFPAVenueEventRef
12019-08-09Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 535 Bosman Stadium, Brakpan 2019 Africa Cup [10] [11] [12]
22019-08-13Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 073 Bosman Stadium, Brakpan 2019 Africa Cup [13] [10] [14] [12]
32019-08-17Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1515 Bosman Stadium, Brakpan 2019 Africa Cup [13] [10] [15] [12]
42021-07-03Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2715 Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi 2021 Africa Cup [16] [17] [18]
52021-07-11Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 100 Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi 2021 Africa Cup [16] [17] [19]
62022-10-18Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 3425 Stade El Menzah, Tunis 2022 Africa Cup [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]
72022-10-22Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 275 Stade El Menzah, Tunis 2022 Africa Cup [20] [21] [25] [26] [27]
82023-05-20Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2029Stade Makis, Antananarivo 2023 Africa Cup [28] [29] [30] [31]
92023-05-24Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 3010Stade Makis, Antananarivo 2023 Africa Cup [32] [29] [33]
102024-05-04Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya TBDTBDStade Makis, Antananarivo 2024 Africa Cup
112024-05-08Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon TBDTBDStade Makis, Antananarivo 2024 Africa Cup
122024-05-12Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa TBDTBDStade Makis, Antananarivo 2024 Africa Cup

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