The Netherlands women's national rugby sevens team participated in the

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in Hong Kong losing to Spain in the Plate semi-finals, they finished 8th overall. In October 2012, the Netherlands was announced by the

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as one of six "core teams" that will compete in all four rounds of the inaugural

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in 2012–13. The team finished seventh in the standings. It was later decided that the quarter-finalists at the

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would make up the eight core teams for the next series later that year.

History

In the

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they competed in only three tournaments, with a best results of 8th at São Paulo. The 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series would double as an Olympics qualifier for

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. The Netherlands were not invited to any tournament, apart from the 2015 Netherlands Women's Sevens where they finished 11th. They missed their chances of any Olympic qualification after losing at the 2015 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens and the 2015 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Olympic Repechage Tournament. Netherlands won the

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and were promoted to the Grand Prix Series for

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Tournament History

Rugby World Cup Sevens

2012 Hong Kong Sevens

Pool C * 28-21 * 19-5 Finals Plate semi finals * 0-14 7th/8th * 5-0

Squad

Previous squads

*Linda Frannssen (c) *Mara Moberg *Dorien Eppink *Inge Visser *Joyce van Altena *Anne Hielckert *Lorraine Laros *Annemarije van Rossum *Pien Selbeck *Kelly van Harskamp *Yale Belder *Alexia Mavroudis

References

{{European Sevens Women's Championship Netherlands national rugby union team Women's national rugby sevens teams