Basque Country women's national rugby union team

Basque Country women's national rugby union team (Basque: Euskadiko emakumeen selekzioa) is the national and/or representative women's rugby union team of the Basque Country. It is organised by the Basque Rugby Federation and has been active since 1994–95. Unlike the men's team, the Basque Country women's team have only played a small number of international games. They regularly play friendlies against club and provincial teams.

History

Competitions

Since 1994–95 the Basque Country women's team have competed in the Spanish Regions Championship featuring other women's teams representing the autonomous communities of Spain. This competition is organised by the Spanish Rugby Federation. Since 2006–07 they have also competed in the Pyrenees International Tournament.^[1][2][3]

List of results

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
30 September 1995	Côte Basque Landes	10–17	Basque Country
1995–96	US Herms	19–10	Basque Country	Zarautz
1996–97	Armagnac Bigorre	5–44	Basque Country
1996–97	France A	0–32	Basque Country
1996–97	Périgord Agenais	0–25	Basque Country
1997–98	US Herms	30–0	Basque Country
1997–98	Aquitaine B	0–10	Basque Country
1997–98	Armagnac Bigorre	7–47	Basque Country
1998–99	US Herms	53–12	Basque Country
1998–99	Basque Country	65–15	Armagnac Bigorre
1999–2000	Basque Country	34–0	US Herms
2000–01	Les Pachys d'Herm	12–5	Basque Country
2000–01	Basque Country	15–20	British Police XV
2000–01	Basque Country	86–0	Aragon
2001–02	Basque Country	5–5	Navarre
2001–02	Les Pachys d'Herm	20–19	Basque Country
2001–02	Basque Country	3–0	Madrid	[Note 1]
2002–03	Madrid	10–5	Basque Country	[Note 1]
2003–04	Catalonia	10–5	Basque Country	[Note 1]
2004–05	Basque Country	10–0	AS Bayonne
2005–06	Basque Country	28–0	Galicia	[Note 1]
2005–06	France Universities	32–5	Basque Country
2005–06	Basque Country	5–54	Spain
2005–06	Basque Country	46–5	Navarre
9 September 2006	Béarn	15–0	Basque Country	Lagor
29 September 2007	Basque Country	7–17	AS Bayonne	Menditte
31 May 2008	France Universities	37–0	Basque Country	Bayonne
2007–08	Basque Country	25–15	Madrid	[Note 1]
13 September 2008	Basque Country	5–31	L.A.R.G.E.	Salies-de-Béarn
14 March 2010	Catalonia	12–17	Basque Country	Lleida [Note 2]
2009–10	Basque Country	15–10	Madrid	[Note 1]
12 December 2010	Basque Country	15–22	Catalonia	Durango, Biscay [Note 2]
2010–11	Madrid	27–7	Basque Country	[Note 1]
6 February 2016 [4]	Basque Country	5–42	France U20	Hernani, Gipuzkoa
10 September 2016	Basque Country	0–116	Spain	Gamarra, Vitoria-Gasteiz

Source:^[5][3]

Notes

• ^1 Spanish Regions Championship final
• ^2 Pyrenees International Tournament final

Honours

• Spanish Regions Championship
  • Winners: 2001–02, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10: 5
  • Runners-up: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2010–11: 3
• Pyrenees International Tournament
  • Winners: 2008–09, 2009–10: 2
  • Runners-up: 2006–07, 2010–11 : 2

Source:^[1][6][3]

Players

2016 squad

Squad called up for the friendly match against France U20 on 6 February 2016.

Head coach: José Miguel Galdós

 Spain internationals

 France internationals

• Lise Arricastre
• Ana Ayerra
• Patricia Carricaburu
• Céline Ferer
• Céline Héguy
• Danièle Irazu
• Sandrine Jauregiberri
• Julie Pujol

See also

• Basque Country national rugby union team
• France women's national rugby union team
• Spain women's national rugby union team

References

This page was last edited on 9 December 2023, at 19:40