The Switzerland women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Switzerland, representing them at rugby union.
History Although Switzerland was a regular entrant in the European sevens tournaments from 2003, it was not until 2009 that they formed a fifteens team. In 2011, after two years playing only against club sides from neighbouring countries, Switzerland became the 56th international test match playing team when they played Belgium at Kituro Rugby Club, Schaerbeek, near Brussels.
The team for the first test match was:
Atkinson, Bauer, Buob, Casparis, Da Silva, Diener, Hart, Haymoz, Herrmann, Hodel, Huerlimann, Kehl, Kehrli, Mancini, Martinot, Mc Namara, Munstermann, Oriwall, Reischauer (C), Sax, Ullmann, Walti. Coaches: Muehlhofer, Prébandier.
The Swiss Women's XV integrated the Europe Trophy championship in 2014.
The women's team was dropped from the Europe Trophy in 2022 due to budget constraints and played only friendly matches. It took tremendous effort from the staff, especially the team manager Nicole Imsand, to prove that the women's team still deserved support, and a spot at the international level. The women's XV hadn't scored in international matches since 2019. After test matches against France militaire and Germany, the women's XV team had proved their potential. In 2026, they were integrated into the Europe Conference championship.
Current coaching staff The current coaching staff of the Womens Swiss national team:
NameNationalityRoleNicole ImsandManagerMikey Conway WAL coachStephan Faivre FRACoach Marcel GrebowskiPhysiotherapistAnne Physiotherapist
Results summary
(Full internationals only, updated to 24 April 2023) + Switzerland Internationals From 2011 Opponent First Match Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Win % 2011 3 1 0 2 40 82 33.33% 2013 7 4 0 3 135 82 57.14% 2012 5 4 0 1 147 90 80.00% 2016 2 0 0 2 0 65 0.00% 2014 2 0 0 2 0 94 0.00% 2014 3 1 0 2 51 94 33.33% 2022 1 0 0 1 0 48 0.00% Summary 2011 23 10 0 13 373 555 43.48%
References
External links Fédération Suisse de Rugby - Official Site Official swiss XV's women's national rugby union team Official Swiss Women's Rugby facebook page