Brazil women's national rugby union team

The Brazil women's national rugby union team are the national side of Brazil, representing them at rugby union. After several successful performances at Sevens rugby, they played their first 15-a-side fixture in May 2008 against Netherlands and lost 10–0.

For the men's team, see Brazil national rugby union team. For the women's sevens team, see Brazil women's national rugby sevens team. For the women's rugby league team, see Brazil women's national rugby league team.
Brazil
Nickname(s)As Yaras
UnionBrazilian Rugby Confederation
Head coachSouth Africa AK Southey
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current47 (as of 9 January 2023)
First international
 Brazil 0–10 Netherlands 
(Amsterdam, 10 May 2008)
Biggest defeat
 Colombia 28–7 Brazil 
(Medellín, 25 August 2019)

History

The first women's rugby match known in Brazil took place in 1987, during São Paulo Athletic Club's traditional end-of-year sevens tournament. Most of the players were the girlfriends and sisters of the men's team players, who always accompanied them to games and practices. In 1997, during Women's Day, another match took place in Florianópolis, in Desterro Rugby Clube. Maria Mikaella, former captain of Brazilian National Team, played that match made a little statement about how it was

"we didn't know the sport. In Brazil we didn't have rugby on TV or even a rugby ball to buy. We haven't heard about rugby until our friends began to play. We started just watching, but the sport seemed to be really cool to just watch. So we convinced the boys to teach us. The first game was messy. I just remember that we lost. However made us fall in love with rugby."

Brazil played their first international test match against the Netherlands in 2008.[1] The team wasn't formed again until 2019, when Brazil visited Colombia for its first match against South American opposition.[2] In 2020, Brazil and Colombia played again in Medellín, in a match that was the first one in a Women's Rugby World Cup qualifiers. Colombia defeated Brazil by 23-19.

2023 will see Brazil face Colombia in official test matches, which is part of the South American region’s qualifying matches for the 2025 Rugby World Cup.[1]

Players

Squad for November test against Colombia:[3]

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

(Full internationals only)

Rugby: Brazil internationals 2008-
Opponent First game Played Won Drawn Lost Percentage
 Colombia 2019 3 0 0 3 00.00%
 Netherlands 2008 1 0 0 1 00.00%
Summary 2008 4 0 0 4 00.00%

Full internationals
Won Lost Draw
Test #DateBrazilScoreOpponentVenue
110 May 2008Brazil0–10NetherlandsAmsterdam
225 August 2019Brazil7–28ColombiaMedellín
39 March 2020Brazil19–23ColombiaMedellín
412 November 2022Brazil17–25ColombiaEstádio Nogueirão, Mogi das Cruzes

See also

References
  1. "Colombia to tour Brazil in November". Americas Rugby News. 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  2. "Colombia Cruise Past Brazil in Medellín". Americas Rugby News. 2019-08-25. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  3. "November Internationals 2022 – Brazil vs Colombia – ARN Guide". Americas Rugby News. 2022-11-11. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
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