Union | Norges Rugbyforbund | |
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Head coach | Patrice Balauze | |
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World Rugby ranking | ||
Current | 49 (as of 28 October 2024) | |
Highest | 42 | |
First international | ||
Norway 0–75 Germany ( Amsterdam, Netherlands 8 May 2003) | ||
Biggest win | ||
Norway 62–0 Serbia ( Tervuren, Belgium 15 April 2007) | ||
Biggest defeat | ||
Netherlands 84–0 Norway ( San Dona Di Piave, Italy 23 April 2006) |
The Norway women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Norway, representing them at rugby union. The side first played in 2003.
Norway made their international debut on 8 May 2003, their first test match was against Germany which they lost heavily with a score of 0–75.
They competed in every edition of the FIRA Women's Championship between 2003 and 2007. They last played in 2009 when they hosted Finland in Oslo in a test match.
On 5 October 2024, Latvia and Norway played in their first official Rugby Europe competition, the match took place in Ogre City Stadium in Latvia. [1]
(Full internationals only)
Opponent | First game | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Percentage |
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Belgium | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2005 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
Denmark | 2003 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Finland | 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25.00% |
Germany | 2003 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% |
Netherlands | 2004 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% |
Russia | 2005 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% |
Serbia | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
Sweden | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% |
Summary | 2003 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 29.41% |
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