The Switzerland women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Switzerland, representing them at rugby union.
Union | Swiss Rugby Union | ||
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Head coach | Emmanuel Revert Barbara Frauenfeld | ||
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World Rugby ranking | |||
Current | 54 (as of 15 July 2024) | ||
First international | |||
Belgium ![]() ![]() (Brussels; 04 September 2011) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Switzerland ![]() ![]() (Sportanlage Schönenbüel, Unterägeri; 08 March 2014) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Finland ![]() ![]() (Hamarin Sports Ground, Porvoo; 28 May 2022) |
History
editAlthough Switzerland was a regular entrant in the European sevens tournaments from 2003, it was not until 2009 that they formed a fifteens team. In 2011, after two years playing only against club sides from neighbouring countries, Switzerland became the 56th international test match playing team when they played Belgium at Kituro Rugby Club, Schaerbeek, near Brussels.
The team for the first test match was:
Atkinson, Bauer, Buob, Casparis, Da Silva, Diener, Hart, Haymoz, Herrmann, Hodel, Huerlimann, Kehl, Kehrli, Mancini, Martinot, Mc Namara, Munstermann, Oriwall, Reischauer (C), Sax, Ullmann, Walti.
Coaches: Muehlhofer, Prébandier.[1]
Results summary
edit(Full internationals only, updated to 24 April 2023)
Opponent | First Match | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Win % |
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Belgium | 2011 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 82 | 33.33% |
Czech Republic | 2013 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 135 | 82 | 57.14% |
Finland | 2012 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 147 | 90 | 80.00% |
Germany | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 0.00% |
Netherlands | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 0.00% |
Russia | 2014 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 94 | 33.33% |
Sweden | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 0.00% |
Summary | 2011 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 373 | 555 | 43.48% |