Italy women's national rugby union team

Italy
NicknameLe Azzurre (The Blues)
UnionFederazione Italiana Rugby
Head coachFabio Roselli
CaptainElisa Giordano
Most capsSara Barattin (111)
Top scorerVeronica Schiavon (383)
Top try scorerManuela Furlan (20)
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current9 (as of 22 September 2025)
Highest5 ((2021–2023))
Lowest9 (2024)
First international
 Italy 0–0 France 
(Riccione, Italy; 22 June 1985)
Biggest win
 Italy 64–3 Brazil 
(Northampton, England; 7 September 2025)
Biggest defeat
 Italy 0–74 England 
(Parma, Italy; 3 April 2022)
World Cup
Appearances6 (First in 1991)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2021)
Top 20 rankings as of 15 September 2025
Rank Change* Team Points
1  England 97.76
2  Canada 90.13
3  New Zealand 88.76
4  France 86.42
5  Ireland 78.20
6  Scotland 77.39
7  Australia 75.46
8  United States 72.90
9  Italy 72.37
10  South Africa 71.62
11  Japan 69.72
12  Wales 66.13
13  Fiji 63.98
14  Spain 62.42
15  Samoa 59.72
16  Hong Kong 57.56
17  Netherlands 57.42
18  Russia 55.10
19  Kazakhstan 53.88
20  Kenya 50.68
*Change from the previous week


The Italy women's national rugby union team are the national women's rugby union team that represents Italy at international level. It has been administered by the Italian Rugby Federation since 1991; previously, since its inception in 1985 up to 1991, it was administered by UISP – Unione Italiana Sport Popolari (Italian Union for People's Sports), an association which promotes amateur sports at every level of the society. The team competes in the Rugby World Cup, the Rugby Europe Women's Championship and the Women's Six Nations Championship.