Finland women's national rugby union team explained

Finland
Type:Women
Union:Suomen Rugbyliitto
Captain:Hanna Visuri
Coach:Leonardo Fierro
Most Caps:Ulla Tuomainen (20)
Top Scorer:Anna Soiluva (96)
Top Try Scorer:Anna Soiluva (10)
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World Rugby Rank:36
World Rugby Rank Date:15 July 2024
First Game: 12-12
(Brussels, Belgium 11 April 2007)
Largest Win: 80-0
(Porvoo, Finland 28 May 2022)
Largest Loss: 119-0
(Galicia, Spain 30 April 2011)
World Rugby Max:21
World Rugby Max Year:2014
World Rugby Min:38
World Rugby Min Year:2023

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)

OpponentPlayedWonDrawnLost% Win
310233.33%
1100100.00%
10010.00%
211050.00%
10010.00%
20020.00%
30030.00%
10010.00%
40040.00%
510420.0%
411225.0%
1100100.0%
Total28622021.4%

Players

Current squad

This is the list of players that composed the training squad in Fall 2023.

PlayerPositionCapsClub/Province
Sarianna HaavistoHooker10Tampere RC
Reetta JokinenHooker2Warriors RC
Liisa LemettiläProp6Helsinki RC
Ulla TuomainenLock20Helsinki RC
Hanna Visuri (C)Lock9Tampere RC
Sofia LalliFlanker1Oulu RC
Lilli TikkanenFlanker4Warriors RC
Milla RyhtäFlanker2Tampere RC
Anna SoiluvaNumber 818Tampere RC
Hanna TimonenWing3Saimaa Sharks RC
Jenna KoivumäkiFly half5Helsinki RC
Heidi HennessyCentre6Helsinki RC
Ida Herrgård (VC)Centre12Warriors RC
Julia KiekebenWing3Helsinki RC
Saara KukkurainenFlanker4Saimaa Sharks RC
Emmi OvaskainenUtility back2Helsinki RC
Mira LeppäläProp0Helsinki RC
Pilvi DahlCentre1Oulu RC
Sanna ReinikainenWing2Helsinki RC
Miia HyyrynenLock2Helsinki RC
Elisa SalonenProp10Tampere RC
Essi KaraFlanker4Helsinki RC
Venla LehtonenScrum half7Saimaa Sharks RC
Mira SaarikoskiScrum half7Helsinki RC
Eeva PohjanheimoLock7Chelthenham Tigers RFC
Camilla Garbutt-UusilehtoLock5Turku Swans RC
Kiira KupiainenWing5Tampere RC
Jasmi LatvalaUtility back2Helsinki RC
Ruusu HalttunenWing3Helsinki RC
Jenni MäkirintaWing7Tampere RC
Pinja PennanenProp3Karjala RC
Oona TolppanenFullback2Helsinki RC
Lea KaszasFlanker1Turku Swans RC

Coaching staff

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023-03-20 . Finland continue to climb World Rugby Women's Rankings powered by Capgemini . 2023-03-22 . www.world.rugby.