Botswana women's national rugby union team

The Botswana women's national rugby union team are a national sports team that represents Botswana in women's international rugby union. They played their first test match in 2013 and have only played two games to date.

Botswana
Nickname(s)Vultures
UnionBotswana Rugby Union
World Rugby ranking
Current54 (as of 27 March 2023)
First international
 Botswana 10–31 Namibia 
(19 October 2013)
Biggest defeat
 Botswana 10–31 Namibia 

History

Botswana played their first test match against Namibia on 19 October 2013 in Windhoek, Namibia.[1][2] They then faced Zimbabwe in a non-capped friendly match on 27 May 2017 at Wharic Park, Garbarone; they came from behind and defeated Zimbabwe 17–10.[3] They met Zimbabwe again two months later and lost 5–10, the match was recognised as a full test by both Rugby unions and World Rugby.[4]

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

Overall
Opponent First game Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Win %
 Namibia 2013 1 0 0 1 10 31 0.00%
 Zimbabwe 2017 1 0 0 1 5 10 0.00%
Summary 2 0 0 2 15 41 0.00%

Full Internationals
Won Lost Draw
Test # Date Namibia Score Opponent Venue Note
1 19 October 2013 Botswana 10–31 Namibia Windhoek, Namibia
2 22 July 2017 Botswana 5–10 Zimbabwe Hartsfield Rugby Grounds, Bulawayo

References
  1. "Local rugby reaches climax". archive.ph. 2013-03-10. Archived from the original on 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  2. Birch, John (2013-10-21). "Namibia's winning start to test rugby". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  3. Birch, John (2017-05-29). "Botswana beat Zimbabwe". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  4. Birch, John (2017-07-24). "Early whistle frustrates Botswana". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
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