Botswana women's national rugby union team explained

Botswana
Nickname:	Vultures
Union:	Botswana Rugby Union
Type:	women
World Rugby Rank:	59
World Rugby Rank Date:	15 July 2024
First Game:	10–31 (19 October 2013)
Largest Loss:	10–31

The Botswana women's national rugby union team are a national sports team that represents Botswana in women's international rugby union. They played their first test match in 2013 and have only played two games to date.

History

Botswana played their first test match against Namibia on 19 October 2013 in Windhoek, Namibia.^{[1] [2]}

They faced Zimbabwe in a non-capped friendly match on 27 May 2017 at Wharic Park, Garbarone; they came from behind and defeated Zimbabwe 17–10.^[3] They met Zimbabwe again two months later and lost 5–10, the match was recognised as a full test by both Rugby unions and World Rugby.^[4]

Record

Overall

Opponent	First game	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Win %
	2013	1	0	0	1	10	31	0.00%
	2017	1	0	0	1	5	10	0.00%
Summary		2	0	0	2	15	41	0.00%

Full Internationals

Won

Lost

Draw

Test	Date	Opponent			Venue	Event
1	2013-10-19		10	31	Windhoek, Namibia	Test match
2	2017-07-22		5	10	Hartsfield Rugby Grounds, Bulawayo	Test match

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2013-03-10 . Local rugby reaches climax . dead . https://archive.today/20131008011249/http://www.namibiasport.com.na/node/32896 . 2013-10-08 . 2023-04-01 . archive.ph.
2. Web site: Birch . John . 2013-10-21 . Namibia's winning start to test rugby . 2023-04-01 . Scrum Queens . en.
3. Web site: Birch . John . 2017-05-29 . Botswana beat Zimbabwe . 2023-04-01 . Scrum Queens . en.
4. Web site: Birch . John . 2017-07-24 . Early whistle frustrates Botswana . 2023-04-01 . Scrum Queens . en.