Country: | Netherlands |
Union: | Dutch Rugby Union |
Pattern La1: | _dutch_rugby |
Pattern Ra1: | _dutch_rugby |
Leftarm1: | 000000 |
Body1: | FFA500 |
Rightarm1: | 000000 |
Shorts1: | 000080 |
Socks1: | 000080 |
Sevens: | yes |
World Cup Apps: | 1 |
Year: | 1993 |
Best: | 21st place, 1993 |
The Netherlands national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. They have competed in the Hong Kong Sevens since the 1980s.
Rugby World Cup Sevens Record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | |||||||
1993 | Group stage | 21st | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
![]() | Did not qualify | ||||||||
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![]() | Did not enter | ||||||||
2009 | |||||||||
![]() | Did not qualify | ||||||||
![]() | Did not enter | ||||||||
Total | 0 Titles | 1/7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
In the 1988 Hong Kong Sevens, one of their players, Marcel Bierman, broke his neck in a tackle, subsequently requiring a wheelchair as an assistive device. [1]
In the 1989 Hong Kong Sevens, they beat Bahrain by a large margin: 24-4.[2] That year the team had the distinction of including four brothers: Hans, Andre, Mats and Peter Marcker.[1]
Bill McLaren was particularly impressed by Bart Wierenga
"the player who made the biggest impression was a gangly lad with a head of hair like a wind-blown thatched cottage, Bart Wierenga, who ran his heart out in a series of tingling performances."[1]
On the team's lap of honour, Wierenga wheeled Marcel Bierman around the pitch, to loud cheers and claps from the audience.[1]
Year | Venue | Cup | Plate | ||||||
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width=15% | Winner | width=8% | Final Score | width=15% | Runner-up | width=15% | Winner | width=15% | Runner-up |
1989 Details | Government Stadium | 22-10 | |||||||