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Finland women's national rugby union team

Finland women's national rugby union team

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For the men's team, see Finland national rugby union team. For the women's sevens team, see Finland women's national rugby sevens team.

The Finland women's national rugby union team represents Finland internationally in rugby union. They made their international debut in 2007.

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History

The women's national team was created in 2006 and the team competed in the Stockholm 10's tournament in 2006. Finland started to build a national 15-team for the 2007 Women's European Championships in Belgium, which saw the Finnish team end up in fifth place after defeating Luxembourg in the 5th/6th place final.

Finland's 3–0 victory over Czechia at the 2022–23 Rugby Europe Women's Trophy saw them move five places higher in the rankings.[1]

Results summary

See also: List of Finland women's national rugby union team matches

(Full internationals only)

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Players

Current squad

This is the list of players that composed the training squad in Fall 2023.

  • Caps updated as of 23 October 2023
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Coaching staff

  • Head Coach: Leonardo Fierro
  • Defense Coach: Ric Hennessy
  • Assistant Coach: Riccardo Notarangelo
  • Physio: Riikka Nortia
  • Team Manager: Emmanuel Courbin

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Finland continue to climb World Rugby Women's Rankings powered by Capgemini". www.world.rugby. 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
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