Netherlands women's national rugby sevens team
Union | Dutch Rugby Union | |
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Coach(es) | Chris Lane | |
Captain(s) | Anne Hielckert | |
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World Cup Sevens | ||
Appearances | 2 (First in 2009) | |
Best result | 10th place, 2013 |
The Netherlands women's national sevens rugby union team represents the Netherlands in Rugby sevens internationally.
They participated in the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup in Hong Kong losing to Spain in the Plate semi-finals, they finished 8th overall. In October 2012, the Netherlands was announced by the International Rugby Board as one of six "core teams" that will compete in all four rounds of the inaugural IRB Women's Sevens World Series in 2012–13.[1] The team finished seventh in the standings. In 2013-14 they competed in three tournaments, with a best results of 8th at São Paulo. In 2014–15 the Netherlands were not invited to any tournament, apart from the Amsterdam event where they finished 11th.
Squad
Squad to IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup - 2012 London Sevens: [2]
- Linda Frannssen (c)
- Mara Moberg
- Dorien Eppink
- Inge Visser
- Joyce van Altena
- Anne Hielckert
- Lorraine Laros
- Annemarije van Rossum
- Pien Selbeck
- Kelly van Harskamp
- Yale Belder
- Alexia Mavroudis
2012 Hong Kong Sevens
Pool C
Nation | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
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Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 21 |
Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 33 |
Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 71 |
Finals
Bowl semi finals
Plate semi finals
7th/8th
- Russia 5-0 Netherlands