Austria women's national rugby union team explained

Austria
Union:Austrian Rugby Federation
Type:women
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First Game: 5–5
(Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna; 5 June 2004)

The Austria women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Austria, representing them at rugby union. The side first played in 2004.

History

Austria has been participating in the FIRA-AER European Championships since 2005. First Captain of the Austrian Women's National Team was Renee Carmine-Jones (originally from Canada, in Austria since 1984) who officially initiated Women's Rugby for the Union and set up the women's national team (Season 2003/2004), built up women's rugby at Celtic Rugby Football Club and, at the request of the Union President following their first Test against the Czech Republic, set up the second women's team at Rugby Club Donau and has been developing the women's game in Austria, now with 5 National (Frauen Bundesliga) League team, and in her region ever since through her Regional League and Emerging Nations Training Camps for the bottom 15-20 Nations of Europe.

Results summary

(Full internationals only, updated to 28 April 2023)

Results

Full internationals

WonLostDraw
Test# Date Austria Score Opponent Venue Event Ref
1 2004-06-05 5–5 Test
2 2005-04-30 5–5 Test [1]

Other matches

Austrian National Women's League Teams

List of Coaches

List of Captains

!Captain!Years
Renee Carmine-Jones2003–2005; 2007
Catherine Teisset2006
Eva Weissenböck2008–2012

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Austria vs Czech Republic . 2005-04-30 . 2023-03-23 . . en . https://archive.today/20230323190818/https://www.world.rugby/match/13549 . 2023-03-23 . live.