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Finland women's national rugby union team

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

Finland
UnionSuomen Rugbyliitto
Head coachLeonardo Fierro
CaptainHanna Visuri
Most capsUlla Tuomainen (21)
Top scorerAnna Soiluva (101)
Top try scorerAnna Soiluva (11)
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current30 (as of 29 October 2024)
Highest30 (2024)
Lowest50 (2022)
First international
 Finland 12-12 Norway 
(Brussels, Belgium 11 April 2007)
Biggest win
 Finland 80-0 Switzerland 
(Porvoo, Finland 28 May 2022)
Biggest defeat
 Spain 119-0 Finland 
(Galicia, Spain 30 April 2011)

The Finland women's national rugby union team represents Finland internationally in rugby union. They made their international debut in 2007.

History

The women's national team was created in 2006 and the team competed in the Stockholm 10's tournament in 2006. Finland started to build a national 15-team for the 2007 Women's European Championships in Belgium, which saw the Finnish team end up in fifth place after defeating Luxembourg in the 5th/6th place final.

Finland's 3–0 victory over Czechia at the 2022–23 Rugby Europe Women's Trophy saw them move five places higher in the rankings.[1]

Results summary

See also: List of Finland women's national rugby union team matches

(Full internationals only)

Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost % Win
 Germany 3 1 0 2 33.33%
 Luxembourg 1 1 0 0 100.00%
 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 0.00%
 Norway 2 1 1 0 50.00%
 Portugal 1 0 0 1 0.00%
 Romania 2 0 0 2 0.00%
 Russia 3 0 0 3 0.00%
 Spain 1 0 0 1 0.00%
 Sweden 4 0 0 4 0.00%
  Switzerland 5 1 0 4 20.0%
 Czech Republic 4 1 1 2 25.0%
 Latvia 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Total 28 6 2 20 21.4%

Players

Current squad

This is the list of players that composed the training squad in Fall 2024.

  • Caps updated as of 30 October 2024
Player Position Caps Club/Province
Sarianna Haavisto Hooker 15 Tampere RC
Reetta Jokinen Hooker 4 Warriors RC
Liisa Lemettilä Prop 7 Helsinki RC
Ulla Tuomainen Lock 21 Helsinki RC
Hanna Visuri (C) Lock 14 Tampere RC
Sofia Lalli Flanker 3 Helsinki RC
Lilli Tikkanen Flanker 6 Warriors RC
Milla Ryhtä Hooker 3 Tampere RC
Anna Soiluva Number 8 20 Tampere RC
Hanna Poole Wing 3 Saimaa Sharks RC
Jenna Koivumäki Fly half 6 Helsinki RC
Heidi Hennessy (VC) Centre 8 Helsinki RC
Saara Kukkurainen Flanker 5 Saimaa Sharks RC
Emmi Ovaskainen Utility back 4 Helsinki RC
Mira Leppälä Lock 2 Helsinki RC
Pilvi Dahl Fly half 1 Tampere RC
Kaisa Kemppinen Wing 2 Helsinki RC
Kaisla Kainulainen Flanker 1 Tampere RC
Elisa Salonen Prop 12 Tampere RC
Essi Kara Flanker 6 Helsinki RC
Venla Lehtonen Scrum half 9 Saimaa Sharks RC
Elisa Korhonen Scrum half 2 Oulu RC
Sabina Wright-Pannuzzo Flanker 1 Helsinki RC
Johanna Leino Prop 2 Warriors RC
Kiira Kupiainen Wing 5 Tampere RC
Jasmi Latvala Utility back 2 Helsinki RC
Susanna Haavisto Lock 10 Tampere RC
Jenni Mäkirinta Wing 10 Tampere RC
Pinja Pennanen Prop 5 Karjala RC
Oona Tolppanen Fullback 4 Helsinki RC
Sonja Jurmu Hooker 4 Warriors RC

Coaching staff

  • Head Coach: Leonardo Fierro
  • Defense Coach: Ric Hennessy
  • Assistant Coach: Riccardo Notarangelo
  • Physio: Riikka Nortia
  • Team Manager: Emmanuel Courbin

See also

References

  1. ^ "Finland continue to climb World Rugby Women's Rankings powered by Capgemini". www.world.rugby. 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
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