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Namibia women's national rugby union team

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Namibia
UnionNamibia Rugby Union
Head coachChristel Janet Kotze
World Rugby ranking
Current62 (as of 2 June 2025)
Highest57
First international
Namibia  31–10  Botswana
(Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek; 19 October 2013)
Biggest win
Namibia  31–10  Botswana
(Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek; 19 October 2013)
Biggest defeat
South Africa  128–3  Namibia
(City Park, Cape Town; 23 June 2022)

The Namibia women's national rugby union team are a national sports team that represents Namibia in women's international rugby union. They played their first test match in 2013.

History

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Namibia played their first test match against Botswana on 19 October 2013 in Windhoek, Namibia.[1][2] They were absent from the international scene for eight years before playing their second test against Zambia on 13 November 2021 at Windhoek.[3][4]

Namibia competed at the 2022 Rugby Africa Women's Cup and were grouped with South Africa and Zimbabwe in Pool A.[5] They lost both matches, Zimbabwe thrashed them 72–0 and South Africa crossed the try line a record 20 times with a score of 128–3.[6][7][5][8]

Results summary

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(Full internationals only, updated to 24 April 2023)

Namibia Internationals From 2013
Opponent First Match Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Win %
 Botswana 2013 1 1 0 0 31 10 100.00%
 South Africa 2022 1 0 0 1 3 128 0.00%
 Zambia 2021 1 0 0 1 5 75 0.00%
 Zimbabwe 2022 1 0 0 1 0 72 0.00%
Summary 2013 4 1 0 3 39 285 25.00%

Results

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

Full internationals

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Won Lost Draw
Test Date Namibia Score Opponent Venue Event Ref
1 19 October 2013 Namibia  31–10  Botswana Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek Test [9][10]
2 13 November 2021 Namibia  5–75  Zambia Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek 2021 Africa Cup [11][12][13][4]
3 19 June 2022 Namibia  0–72  Zimbabwe City Park, Cape Town 2022 Africa Cup [14][15][16]
4 23 June 2022 Namibia  3–128  South Africa City Park, Cape Town 2022 Africa Cup [14][15][17]

References

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  1. ^ "Local rugby reaches climax". archive.ph. 10 March 2013. Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  2. ^ Birch, John (21 October 2013). "Namibia's winning start to test rugby". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Rugby Africa Cup Women's 15s Between Namibia and Zambia: 13 November 2021". Rugby Afrique. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Zambian women overpower Namibia". The Namibian. 15 November 2021. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b Birch, John (24 June 2022). "South Africa qualify for Africa Cup finals". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  6. ^ H-Metro (20 June 2022). "SUPER WOMEN. . . Rugby team bounces back in style". H-Metro. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Lady Sables move up World Rugby Women's Rankings". ZimsportLive. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Another century for Springbok Women in Cape Town". SA Rugby. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Local rugby reaches climax". NamibiaSport.com.na. 3 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  10. ^ "Namibia's winning start to test rugby". ScrumQueens.com. 23 October 2013. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Series of test matches between various African teams". Rugby Africa. Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Namibia vs Zambia". World Rugby. 13 November 2021. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Match Sheet". Rugby Africa. 13 November 2021. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  14. ^ a b "South Africa qualify for Africa Cup finals". ScrumQueens.com. 24 June 2022. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Results on Rugby Afrique Facebook". Rugby Africa. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  16. ^ "Zimbabwe vs Namibia". World Rugby. 19 June 2022. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  17. ^ "South Africa vs Namibia". World Rugby. 23 June 2022. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
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