Samoa women's national rugby union team

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

Samoa
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Manusina Samoa
UnionSamoa Rugby Football Union
Head coachEuini Lale Faumuina/Ramsey Tomokino
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current16 (as of 23 November 2020)
First international
 Samoa 10 - 12 Japan 
(1 September 2000)
Biggest win
 Tonga 7 - 68 Samoa 
(20 November 2018)
Biggest defeat
 Samoa 0 - 87 Australia 
(8 August 2009)
World Cup
Appearances3 (First in 2002)
Samoa at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup

The Samoa women's national rugby union team is a national sporting side of Samoa, representing the nation at rugby union. The side first played in 2000.

History[]

Samoa won the 2019 Asia Pacific Championship in Fiji.[1] In 2021, they were scheduled to play two test matches against Australia in July but the matches were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3][4] Samoa and Hong Kong both withdrew from the Final Qualification Tournament in Dubai due to travel restrictions caused by COVID-19.[5][6][7]

Results[]

World Cup[]

Year Round Position GP W D L PF PA
Netherlands 1998 Did Not Qualify
Spain 2002 9th Place Playoff 9th 4 3 0 1 56 30
Canada 2006 9th Place Playoff 10th 5 2 0 3 80 84
England 2010 Did Not Qualify
France 2014 11th Place Playoff 11th 3 0 0 3 15 148
Ireland 2017 Did Not Qualify
New Zealand 2021 Withdrew due to COVID-19 pandemic
Total 3/7 9th 12 5 0 7 151 262

Overall record[]

See List of Samoa women's national rugby union team matches Summary of all full international matches:

Opponent First
game		 Played Won Drawn Lost % Won
 Australia 2009 1 0 0 1 0%
 Canada 2014 1 0 0 1 0%
 England 2005 2 0 0 2 0%
 Fiji 2006 2 1 0 1 50%
 Ireland 2002 1 1 0 0 100%
 Italy 2013 1 0 0 1 0%
 Japan 2000 1 0 0 1 0%
 Kazakhstan 2002 3 3 0 0 100%
 Netherlands 2013 1 1 0 0 100%
 New Zealand 2006 2 0 0 2 0%
 Papua New Guinea 2018 1 1 0 0 100%
 Scotland 2002 1 0 0 1 0%
 South Africa 2006 2 1 0 1 50%
 Spain 2006 3 0 0 3 0%
 Sweden 2013 1 1 0 0 100%
 Tonga 2006 2 2 0 0 100%
 Wales 2002 1 1 0 0 100%
Summary 20002612 0 1446.2%
Notes

* Updated to end of 2018.

Current squad[]

Previous squads[]

References[]

  1. ^ world.rugby (3 June 2019). "Samoa win Asia Pacific Women's Rugby Championship ｜ Rugby World Cup 2021". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 19 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Manusina women to play two tests vs Wallaroos". RNZ. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Wallaroos and Manusina to meet in two-test series". worldrugby.org. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "COVID fears hit Australian XVs season". Scrum Queens. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Scots in World Cup play-off final boost". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  6. ^ Iveson, Ali (22 January 2022). "Samoa and Hong Kong pull out of Rugby World Cup qualifying due to COVID-19". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 22 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Statement regarding Rugby World Cup 2021 Final Qualification Tournament". www.women.rugby. Retrieved 22 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links[]

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