India women's national rugby union team

The India women's national rugby union team is the national team representing India in women's international rugby union. They played their first test match against Singapore in 2018.[1] They have only played four Tests to date and are currently ranked 45th by World Rugby.[2]

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see India national rugby union team.

India
UnionRugby India
Head coachNaas Botha
CaptainVahbiz Bharucha
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current48 (as of 4 December 2023)
First international
 Singapore 30–5 India 
(Singapore 2 June 2018)
Biggest win
 Singapore 19–21 India 
(Calamba, Philippines 19 June 2019)
Biggest defeat
 Singapore 30–5 India 
(Singapore 2 June 2018)

Record

Overall
For information about the status of international games, see Women's international rugby union § International women's matches.

(Full internationals only)

Rugby: India internationals 2018-
Opponent First game Played Won Drawn Lost Percentage
 Philippines 2018 2 0 0 2 0.00%
 Singapore 2018 2 1 0 1 50.00%
Summary 2018 4 1 0 3 25.00%

Full internationals
Won Lost Draw
Test Date India Score Opponent Venue Event Ref.
1 2 June 2018 India  5–30  Singapore Queenstown Stadium, Singapore 2018 Asia Championship Div 1 [3][4]
2 5 June 2018 India  5–19  Philippines Queenstown Stadium, Singapore 2018 Asia Championship Div 1 [3][4][5]
3 19 June 2019 India  27–32  Philippines Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba 2019 Asia Championship Div 1 [6][7][8][9]
4 22 June 2019 India  21–19  Singapore Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba 2019 Asia Championship Div 1 [10][11]
5 December 2024 India  TBD TBC 2024 Asia Championship Div 1
6 December 2024 India  TBD TBC 2024 Asia Championship Div 1

References
  1. "About Us". Rugby India. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. "Indian women's rugby team captain Vahbiz Bharucha optimistic of the sport's future". Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  3. "Asia Rugby Women's Championship Div 1". Asia Rugby. 2018-05-27. Archived from the original on 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  4. "Women's Asia Rugby Championship - Division 1". RugbyArchive.net. 2018-06-08. Archived from the original on 2022-12-31. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  5. "India vs Philippines". World Rugby. 2018-06-05. Archived from the original on 2023-03-11. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  6. "China crowned champions as India claim historic win". Women.Rugby. 2019-06-22. Archived from the original on 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  7. "Asia Rugby Women's Championship Div 1". Asia Rugby. 2019-05-23. Archived from the original on 2022-10-15. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  8. "Women's Asia Rugby Championship - Division 1". RugbyArchive.net. 2019-08-03. Archived from the original on 2022-12-31. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  9. "Philippines vs India". World Rugby. 2019-06-19. Archived from the original on 2023-03-11. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  10. "Rugby : Singapore slip down rankings after India's historic win". Sportsbeatsindia. 2019-06-25. Archived from the original on 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  11. "China crowned champions as India claim historic win". women.rugby. Archived from the original on 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
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