Brazil women's national rugby union team

The Brazil women's national rugby union team are the national side of Brazil, representing them at rugby union. After several successful performances at Sevens rugby, they played their first 15-a-side fixture in May 2008 against Netherlands and lost 10–0.

For the men's team, see Brazil national rugby union team. For the women's sevens team, see Brazil women's national rugby sevens team. For the women's rugby league team, see Brazil women's national rugby league team.
Brazil
Nickname(s)As Yaras
UnionBrazilian Rugby Confederation
Head coachSouth Africa AK Southey
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current48 (as of 4 September 2023)
First international
 Netherlands 10–0 Brazil 
(Amsterdam, Netherlands; 10 May 2008)
Biggest defeat
 Colombia 28–7 Brazil 
(Medellín, Colombia; 25 August 2019)

History

The first women's rugby match known in Brazil took place in 1987, during São Paulo Athletic Club's traditional end-of-year sevens tournament. Most of the players were the girlfriends and sisters of the men's team players, who always accompanied them to games and practices. In 1997, during Women's Day, another match took place in Florianópolis, in Desterro Rugby Clube. Maria Mikaella, former captain of the Brazilian National Team, played in that match, and made a little statement about how it was

"we didn't know the sport. In Brazil we didn't have rugby on TV or even a rugby ball to buy. We haven't heard about rugby until our friends began to play. We started just watching, but the sport seemed to be really cool to just watch. So we convinced the boys to teach us. The first game was messy. I just remember that we lost. However made us fall in love with rugby."

Brazil played their first international test match against the Netherlands in 2008.[1] The team wasn't formed again until 2019, when Brazil visited Colombia for its first match against South American opposition.[2] In 2020, Brazil and Colombia played again in Medellín, in a match that was the first one in a Women's Rugby World Cup qualifiers. Colombia defeated Brazil by 23-19.

2023

2023 will see Brazil face Colombia in official test matches, which is part of the South American region’s qualifying matches for the 2025 Rugby World Cup.[1] Sudamérica Rugby, with funding from World Rugby, organised the first women's fifteens tournament for the region, the 2023 Americas Rugby Trophy, which was hosted in Brazil in June.[3][4] The tournament saw Brazil face Colombia, and a development team from the United States.[3][4]

Brazil met Colombia again on 5 and 9 July 2023 in Medellín, for a place in the WXV 3 competition.[5][6]

Players

Current squad

Brazil named a 26-player squad that will challenge Colombia for a spot in the inaugural WXV competition.[7][8]

Player Position Club
Carolina Palazzini Front Row Band Saracens, SP
Franciele Barros Martins Front Row Melina, MT
Júlia Leni Front Row Curitiba, PR
Patrícia Lima Front Row Melina, MT
Taís Gomes Front Row Melina, MT
Tainá Amorim Front Row Melina, MT
Ana Carolina Santana Second Row Melina, MT
Eshyllen Coimbra Second Row El-Shaddai, RJ
Sofia Marques Second Row Band Saracens, SP
Dayana Dakar Back Row Niterói, RJ
Íris Coluna Back Row Band Saracens, SP
Grasiele Bomfim Back Row Band Saracens, SP
Letícia Medeiros Back Row Melina, MT
Milena Mariano Back Row São José, SP
Natália Momberg Back Row São José, SP
Aline Mayumi Scrum-half Pasteur, SP
Luiza Campos Scrum-half Charrua, RS
Patrícia Bodeman Scrum-half Melina, MT
Marina Fioranvanti Fly-half Band Saracens, SP
Amanda Araújo Centre Desterro, SC
Edna Santini Centre São José, SP
Paula Sarmento Centre São José, SP
Ana Júlia Dias Outside Back Melina, MT
Ariely Faria Moreira Outside Back Maringá, PR
Isadora Lopes Outside Back Melina, MT
Lohana Valente Outside Back Delta, PI | GRUA, AM

Results summary
For information about the status of international games, see Women's international rugby union § International women's matches.

(Full internationals only)

Rugby: Brazil internationals 2008-
Opponent First game Played Won Drawn Lost Percentage
 Colombia 2019 6 0 0 6 00.00%
 Netherlands 2008 1 0 0 1 00.00%
Summary 2008 7 0 0 7 00.00%

Full internationals
Won Lost Draw
TestDateBrazilScoreOpponentVenue Tournament
110 May 2008Brazil 0–10 NetherlandsAmsterdam
225 August 2019Brazil 7–28 ColombiaMedellín
39 March 2020Brazil 19–23 ColombiaMedellín
412 November 2022Brazil 17–25 ColombiaEstádio Nogueirão, Mogi das Cruzes
511 June 2023Brazil 15–18 ColombiaEstadio Presidente Eurico Gaspar Dutrinha, Cuiabá 2023 ART
65 July 2023Brazil 23–24 ColombiaMedellín
79 July 2023Brazil 19–30 ColombiaMedellín

Other matches
DateBrazilScoreOpponentVenue Tournament
3 June 2023Brazil 15–15 United States U23Estádio Nicolau Alayon, Sao Paulo 2023 ART

See also

References
  1. "Colombia to tour Brazil in November". Americas Rugby News. 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  2. "Colombia Cruise Past Brazil in Medellín". Americas Rugby News. 2019-08-25. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  3. "Llega el Americas Rugby Trophy femenino". Sudamérica Rugby (in Spanish). 2023-05-18. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  4. Dean, Taylor (2023-05-26). "USA Women's U23s squad head south for Americas Rugby Trophy". eagles.rugby. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  5. "Colombia Complete Road Win over Brazil". Americas Rugby News. 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  6. "Colombia marcó el terreno". Sudamérica Rugby (in Spanish). 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  7. "Brasil viaja à Colômbia por vaga no WXV". Americas Rugby News. 2023-07-02. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  8. Ramalho, Victor (2023-06-29). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina de Rugby XV viaja à Colômbia por vaga no WXV, a nova liga mundial". brasilrugby.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-07-04.
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