History of women's rugby union matches between France and the Netherlands

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France and the Netherlands played the first women's rugby union test match on 13 June 1982 at the Utrecht Sportpark Strijland, in Utrecht, Netherlands; France won the match 4–0.[1] They played each other annually after that, before meeting in their first multi-national women's rugby competition in 1988 for the Women's Rugby European Cup.

They have met twelve times with France winning eleven of those matches. They last played each other on 17 May 2008.

Summary[edit]

Overall[edit]

Details Played Won by

France

Won by

Netherlands

Drawn France points Netherlands points
In France 5 5 0 0 89 6
In Netherlands 4 3 1 0 31 13
Neutral venue 3 3 0 0 54 8
Overall 12 11 1 0 174 27

Records[edit]

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was last set.

Record France Netherlands
Longest winning streak 7 (31 May 1987–17 May 2008) 1 (1 May 1986)
Largest points for
Home 24 (15 November 1992) 10 (1 May 1986)
Away 27 (30 April 2007)
Largest winning margin
Home 24 (15 November 1992) 10 (1 May 1986)
Away 21 (17 May 2008)

Results[edit]

No. Date Venue Score Winner Tournament Ref
1 13 June 1982 Utrecht, Netherlands 0–4  France
2 5 June 1983 La Teste-de-Buch, France 10–0  France
3 27 May 1984 Hilversum, Netherlands 0–3  France
4 2 June 1985 Bourg-en-Bresse, France 20–0  France
5 1 May 1986 Enschede, Netherlands 10–0  Netherlands
6 31 May 1987 Chalon-sur-Saône, France 22–3  France
7 21 May 1988 Bourg-en-Bresse, France 13–3  France 1988 European Cup
8 14 April 1990 Unknown 0–10  France
9 15 November 1992 Fécamp, France 24–0  France
10 12 April 1995 Treviso, Italy 17–0  France 1995 FIRA
11 30 April 2007 Barcelona, Spain 27–8  France 2007 FIRA
12 17 May 2008 Amsterdam, Netherlands 3–24  France 2008 FIRA

References[edit]

  1. ^ Birch, John (2013-07-11). "13th June 1982: The day it all began". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 2023-07-27.