Namibia women's national rugby union team

Last updated

Namibia
Union Namibia Rugby Union
Head coachChristel Janet Kotze
World Rugby ranking
Current62 (as of 15 July 2024)
Highest57
First international
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg 31–10 Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
(Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek; 19 October 2013)
Biggest win
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg 31–10 Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
(Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek; 19 October 2013)
Biggest defeat
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg 128–3 Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
(City Park, Cape Town; 23 June 2022)

The Namibia women's national rugby union team are a national sports team that represents Namibia in women's international rugby union. They played their first test match in 2013.

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History

Namibia played their first test match against Botswana on 19 October 2013 in Windhoek, Namibia. [1] [2] They were absent from the international scene for eight years before playing their second test against Zambia on 13 November 2021 at Windhoek. [3] [4]

Namibia competed at the 2022 Rugby Africa Women's Cup and were grouped with South Africa and Zimbabwe in Pool A. [5] They lost both matches, Zimbabwe thrashed them 72–0 and South Africa crossed the try line a record 20 times with a score of 128–3. [6] [7] [5] [8]

Results summary

(Full internationals only, updated to 24 April 2023)

Namibia Internationals From 2013
OpponentFirst MatchPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstWin %
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 201311003110100.00%
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2022100131280.00%
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 202110015750.00%
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 202210010720.00%
Summary201341033928525.00%

Results

Full internationals

WonLostDraw
TestDateNamibiaScoreOpponentVenueEventRef
12013-10-19 Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg31–10Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek Test [9] [10]
22021-11-13 Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg5–75Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek 2021 Africa Cup [11] [12] [13] [4]
32022-06-19 Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg0–72Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe City Park, Cape Town 2022 Africa Cup [14] [15] [16]
42022-06-23 Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg3–128Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa City Park, Cape Town 2022 Africa Cup [14] [15] [17]

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