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The Sweden women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of
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, representing them at
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. The side first played in 1984.


History

Sweden are considered one of the pioneers of women's test rugby. In 2017, they returned to the international 15s scene after a three-year absence. Sweden won the 2021–2022 Rugby Europe Women's Trophy. In the opening match of the
2024 Rugby Europe Women's Championship The 2024 Rugby Europe Women's Championship was the 27th edition of Rugby Europe's Rugby Europe Women's Championship, first division competition for women's national rugby union teams. It kicked off on 3 February and concluded on 12 April 2024. The ...
they lost to the
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, 59–0.


Records


Overall

''(Full internationals only)''


World Cup


Players

Squad to the
2024 Rugby Europe Women's Championship The 2024 Rugby Europe Women's Championship was the 27th edition of Rugby Europe's Rugby Europe Women's Championship, first division competition for women's national rugby union teams. It kicked off on 3 February and concluded on 12 April 2024. The ...
.


Coaching Staff


See also

*
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References


External links


Svenska Rugbyförbundet
- Official site {{Swedish national teams
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European national women's rugby union teams
Rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...