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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.
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.
(Full internationals only, updated to 28 April 2023)
Won | Lost | Draw |
Test# | Date | Austria | Score | Opponent | Venue | Event | Ref | |
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1 | 2004-06-05 | 5–5 | Test | |||||
2 | 2005-04-30 | 5–5 | Test | [1] |
Renee Carmine-Jones | 2003–2005; 2007 | |
Catherine Teisset | 2006 | |
Eva Weissenböck | 2008–2012 |