Colombia women's national rugby union team

The Colombia women's rugby team (also known by their nickname Las Tucanes) represents Colombia in women's Rugby union internationally.

Colombia
Nickname(s)Las Tucanes
UnionColombian Rugby Federation
Head coachLissete Martinez
CaptainLeidy Soto
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current25 (as of 6 March 2023)
Biggest win
 Colombia 30–0 Venezuela 
(21 November 2014)
Biggest defeat
 Scotland 59–3 Colombia 
(25 February 2022)

History

Colombia's Development XV's team played two matches against Venezuela in San Cristóbal, Venezuela on the 21st and 23rd of November, 2014. They won both games 30–0 and 25–5.[1]

On 25 August, 2019 Colombia beat Brazil 28–7 in Medellín, Colombia.[2]

Colombia kept their Rugby World Cup 2021 dreams alive after they beat Brazil 23–19 in their Sudamérica face-off.[3][4][5] They advanced into the next stage of qualification for the World Cup in a South America/Africa play-off against Kenya.[6] They defeated Kenya 16–15 and earned a spot at a repechage tournament that will decide the final team to qualify for the 2021 Rugby World Cup.[7][8] Colombia defeated Kazakhstan 18–10 in their semifinal match.[9] They lost to Scotland in their Final Qualification Tournament and missed out on qualifying for the World Cup.[10][11]

Colombia and Brazil will have official test matches in 2023, it is part of the South American region’s qualifying matches for the 2025 Rugby World Cup.[12]

Players

Squad for November test against Brazil:[13]

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

(Full internationals only)

Rugby: Colombia internationals 2019-
OpponentFirst gamePlayedWonDrawnLostPercentage
 Brazil20193300100%
 Kazakhstan20221100100%
 Kenya20211100100%
 Scotland202210010%
Summary2019650183.33%

Full internationals
Won Lost Draw
Test #DateColombiaScoreOpponentVenue
125 August 2019Colombia28–7BrazilMedellín
27 March 2020Colombia23–19BrazilMedellín
325 August 2021Colombia16–15KenyaNyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
419 February 2022Colombia18–10KazakhstanThe Sevens Stadium, Dubai
525 February 2022Colombia3–59ScotlandThe Sevens Stadium, Dubai
612 November 2022Colombia25–17BrazilEstádio Nogueirão, Mogi das Cruzes

Other matches
DateColombiaScoreOpponentVenue
21 November 2014Colombia Development XV30–0VenezuelaSan Cristobal, Venezuela
23 November 2014Colombia Development XV25–5VenezuelaSan Cristobal, Venezuela

See also

References
  1. "International XVs comes to South America". Scrum Queens. 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  2. "The (re)birth of South American test rugby". Scrum Queens. 2019-08-23. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  3. "RWC 2021 dream still alive for Colombia and Russia". www.world.rugby. 2020-03-09. Archived from the original on 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  4. "Colombia keep World Cup dream alive". Scrum Queens. 2020-03-07. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  5. "South America's historic weekend". Scrum Queens. 2020-03-07. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  6. "Kenya and Colombia to play in Rugby World Cup repechage qualifier | Sports-Games". Devdiscourse. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  7. women.rugby. "Maria Arzuaga the hero as Colombia keep Rugby World Cup 2021 dream alive". www.women.rugby. Archived from the original on 2021-10-12. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  8. "Colombia take step towards World Cup". Scrum Queens. 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  9. "Colombia one step closer to Rugby World Cup 2021 after beating Kazakhstan". www.rugbyworldcup.com. 2022-02-19. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  10. Lloyd, Owen (2022-02-25). "Scotland women qualify for Rugby World Cup to end 12-year wait". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  11. "RWC 2021 Spotlight: Scotland". www.women.rugby. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  12. "Colombia to tour Brazil in November". Americas Rugby News. 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  13. "November Internationals 2022 – Brazil vs Colombia – ARN Guide". Americas Rugby News. 2022-11-11. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
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