Netherlands women's national rugby union team

Netherlands
UnionDutch Rugby Union
Head coachGareth Gilbert
CaptainLinde van der Velden
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current17 (as of 22 September 2025)
First international
 Netherlands 0โ€“4 France 
(Utrecht, Netherlands; 13 June 1982)
Biggest win
 Denmark 3โ€“141 Netherlands 
(Grenade, France; 2 May 2004)
Biggest defeat
 England 91โ€“3 Netherlands 
(Belluno, Italy; 19 April 1999)
World Cup
Appearances3 (First in 1991)
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 Netherlands women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Netherlands, representing them at rugby union. The side played the women's first international test match against France in 1982.