Brazil v. Great Britain
The Brazil women's national rugby sevens team has appeared in the Olympics, the Rugby World Cup, the Women's Sevens Series, and other competitions. Brazil has won every regional championship in South America. Their team nickname "Yara" was coined in 2013, and comes from the local Tupí-Guaraní mythology. It was meant to signify the courage and collective strength of women’s rugby in Brazil and also to connect them with their country’s roots.
They qualified for the
Tokyo Olympics after defeating
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
in the finals of the
. Brazil and Colombia qualified for the
2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens
The 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens was the eighth edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens organised by World Rugby. The 2022 tournament, comprising 24 men's and 16 women's teams as previously, was played over three days in one venue in September. It ...
in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
.
Tournament history
Summer Olympics
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Pan American Games
South American Games
World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup
Sudamérica Rugby Women's Sevens
Team
Olympics squads
Brazil's roster of 12 athletes was named on 28 June 2021.
Head coach:
Will Broderick
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Luiza Campos
Luiza González da Costa Campos (born July 30, 1990) is a Brazilian rugby sevens player. She was selected as a member of the Brazil women's national rugby sevens team to the 2016 Summer Olympics. Luiza Campos is a student of Universidade Estácio ...
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Isadora Cerullo
Isadora Cerullo (born 24 March 1991) is a Brazilian-American rugby sevens player.
Early life and education
Cerullo was raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her parents immigrated to the United States from Brazil in the last years of the countr ...
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Thalia Costa
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Thalita Costa
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Marina Fioravanti
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Aline Furtado
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Raquel Kochhann
Raquel Cristina Kochhann (born October 6, 1992) is a Brazilian rugby sevens player. She won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Brazil women's national rugby sevens team. She will represent Brazil in Rugby sevens at ...
(
c)
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Mariana Nicolau
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Haline Scatrut
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Bianca Silva
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Leila Cássia Silva
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Rafaela Zanellato
Previous squads
See also
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Brazil national rugby sevens team
The Brazil national rugby sevens team competes at international level. Rugby sevens has grown in Brazil among rugby players. The country has competitive male and female squads. The sport in governed in Brazil by the Brazilian Rugby Confederation.
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References
External links
Official websiteWorldRugby profile
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Rugby sevens in Brazil
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Brazil national rugby union team
