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Spain women's national rugby union team

For the men's team, see Spain national rugby union team. For the women's sevens team, see Spain women's national rugby sevens team.
Spain
Nickname(s)Las Leonas
UnionSpanish Rugby Federation
Head coachJosé Antonio Barrio
CaptainAroa González
Most capsAroa González (74)
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current10 (as of 23 November 2020)
First international
Spain 0-28 France
(2 May 1989)
Biggest win
Spain 119 – 0 Finland
(30 April 2011)
Biggest defeat
Spain 0-97 France
(11 November 2017)
World Cup
Appearances5 (First in 1991)
Best result6th 1991

The Spain women's national rugby union team played their first match on 2 May 1989, against France, losing 0-28. The team played the Women's Six Nations from 2000 to 2006, but they were replaced by Italy for 2007, in order to mirror the men's tournament.

History

Currently there are over 200 clubs in Spain and a league similar to that of male rugby. The first steps were taken in 1913, when women played in secret in schools, but rugby first began to be played seriously at training camps at the School of Architecture of Madrid in the early 70s by a group of architecture students. They formed a group of about 20 girls who trained regularly twice per week and as they were the only ones who practiced, played sided games between themselves. They played well

In the late seventies a group of female PE students taught by Jose Antonio Sancha, a professor of Rugby at Barcelona INEF, decided to train with the men's rugby and played the game seriously (though they were not recognised by the Catalan Federation rugby until 1983).

The first game was played in Barcelona between the BUC and INEF clubs and other clubs quickly formed in different parts of Spain but mainly in the early years only came from Barcelona and Madrid. In a few years female rugby spread to Madrid, the Basque Country and Valencia. In 1991 27 women's teams participating in regional competitions.

The national team first played in Cardiff (Wales) at the Rugby World Cup, where they won the fifth place behind the United States, England, France and New Zealand. In 1994, the Spanish team was unable to come to Scotland because of budgetary problems, however Spain remained one of the top teams in Europe. In 1995 Spain became the unexpected champions of the first European Championship by defeating rival France, in the final 21-6. The 1996 European brought a repeat of that final but this time the Spanish lost by 15-10.

In January 1997 a tour of England took place where Spain and were in the lead against the World Champions until 10 minutes from the end of the match. Only a last minute try by England gave them the win and in European (the first where all the British teams competed) played the final but Spain came 3rd. Spain qualified for the World Championships in Amsterdam and managed a creditable 7th place. Spain again reached the European final in 1999 against France, losing 13-5, after beating Wales (14-8) and Scotland (11-9).

The 2002 World Cup was held in Barcelona, New Zealand retaining its title in defeating (19-9) to England in the final at the Olympic Stadium Lluis Companys. France took the bronze after beating Canada (41-7), while Spain finished in 8th place after yielding to the United States (23-5).

Spain were also members of the Five and Six Nations from 2000 to 2006, finishing third on three occasions and winning 10 of the 33 games they played. However, in 2007 they were replaced by Italy because the Six Nations Committee wished to align the women's tournament with the men's. This has severely reduced Spain's opportunities to play top level international rugby, and may have been a factor in Spain's failure to qualify for the 2010 World Cup. However, they were compensated a little in 2010 when they won the "double" of the European 15s and 7s titles without losing a game.

Competitive record

Results

Summary

Full internationals only

Correct as of 31 March 2019
Rugby: Spain internationals 1989-
Opponent First game Last game Played Won Drawn Lost Percentage
Australia 1998 1998 1 0 0 1 0.00%
Belgium 2010 2016 2 2 0 0 100.00%
Canada 1991 2014 3 0 0 3 0.00%
Czech Republic 2016 2016 1 1 0 0 100.00%
England 1991 2017 16 1 1 14 6.25%
Finland 2011 2011 1 1 0 0 100.00%
France 1989 2014 19 5 0 14 26.32%
Germany 1996 2018 3 3 0 0 100.00%
Hong Kong 2015 2018 4 4 0 0 100.00%
Ireland 1997 2008 9 5 0 4 55.56%
Italy 1991 2017 13 10 0 3 76.92%
Japan 1991 2002 2 2 0 0 100.00%
Kazakhstan 2006 2014 2 2 0 0 100.00%
Netherlands 1996 2019 8 8 0 0 100.00%
New Zealand 1998 1998 1 0 0 1 0.00%
Russia 1997 2019 3 3 0 0 100.00%
Samoa 2006 2014 3 3 0 0 100.00%
Scotland 1997 2016 19 7 0 12 36.84%
South Africa 2014 2018 2 2 0 0 100.00%
Sweden 2004 2013 5 4 0 1 80.00%
United States 1998 2017 3 0 0 3 0.00%
Wales 1998 2017 10 6 1 3 60.00%
Summary 1989 2019 130 69 2 59 53.85%

Players

Current squad

The following players were named to the squad for the friendly match against Scotland on 20 November 2019.

Caps updated: 18 November 2018
  • Team Manager: José Antonio Barrio
  • Head Coach: Juan González

Recent call-ups

The following players were named to a squad in the last call-ups.

Previous squads

World Cup 2014
World Cup 2017

Results

Full internationals

See Women's international rugby for information about the status of international games and match numbering

[32]
1989-05-02 Spain 0-28 France ? [1/16/1]
[50]
1991-04-06 (WC) England 12-0 Spain Swansea [8/2/1]
[58]
1991-04-10 (WC) Italy 7-13 Spain Glamorgan Wanderers [9/3/1]
[61]
1991-04-11 (WC) Japan 0-30 Spain Cardiff [3/4/1]
[66]
1991-04-12 (WC) Netherlands 0-30 Spain Cardiff [26/5/1]
[67]
1991-04-11 (WC) Canada 19-4 Spain Cardiff [8/6/1]
[64]
1992-06-13 France 14-10 Spain Agen [22/7/2]
[118]
1995-04-12 (FIRA) Italy 0-5 Spain Trévise [11/8/2]
[120]
1995-04-16 (FIRA) France 6-22 Spain Trévise [32/9/3]
[132]
1996-04-09 (FIRA) Spain 29-0 Netherlands Madrid [10/28/2]
[134]
1996-04-10 (FIRA) Spain 53-0 Germany Madrid [11/9/1]
[138]
1996-04-14 (FIRA) Spain 10-15 France Madrid [12/35/4]
[148]
1997-01-05 England 17-15 Spain Leeds [29/13/2]
[158]
1997-04-02 (FIRA) Spain 27-0 Ireland Nice, France [14/15/1]
[161]
1997-04-04 (FIRA) Scotland 11-10 Spain Nice, France [22/15/1]
[166]
1997-04-06 (FIRA) France 8-25 Spain Nice, France [42/16/5]
[179]
1997 Spain 17-12 Russia ? [17/8/1]
[192]
1998-05-02 (WC) Spain 28-18 Wales Amsterdam [18/32/1]
[200]
1998-05-05 (WC) Spain 16-38 United States Amsterdam [19/26/1]
[209]
1998-05-09 (WC) New Zealand 46-3 Spain Amsterdam [18/20/1]
[216]
1998-05-12 (WC) Australia 17-15 Spain Amsterdam [9/21/1]
[227]
1998-05-16 (WC) France 9-22 Spain Amsterdam [49/22/6]
[231]
1998-12-05 Spain 3-5 Scotland Madrid [23/34/2]
[246]
1999-04-19 (FIRA) Spain 14-8 Wales Belluno, Italy [24/41/2]
[251]
1999-04-21 (FIRA) Spain 11-9 Scotland Belluno, Italy [25/40/3]
[255]
1999-04-24 (FIRA) France 13-5 Spain Belluno, Italy [56/26/7]
[260]
2000-01-09 Spain 10-42 England Barcelona [27/55/3]
[262]
2000-02-06 (5N) England 31-7 Spain Banbury [56/28/4]
[264]
2000-02-18 (5N) Spain 13-9 Scotland Murcia [29/42/4]
[268]
2000-03-18 (5N) France 38-5 Spain Dax [60/30/8]
[271]
2000-04-01 (5N) Spain 18-10 Wales Majadahonda, Madrid [31/48/3]
[275]
2000-05-08 (FIRA) Spain 58-16 Italy Roquetas, Spain [32/27/3]
[280]
2000-05-10 (FIRA) Spain 13-10 Scotland Almería, Spain [33/47/5]
[284]
2000-05-13 (FIRA) Spain 0-31 France Almería, Spain [34/63/9]
[300]
2001-02-03 Spain 42-0 Ireland Madrid [35/34/2]
[302]
2001-02-18 (5N) England 28–12 Spain Worcester [67/36/5]
[304]
2001-03-03 (5N) Spain 6–0 France Madrid [37/65/10]
[307]
2001-03-18 (5N) Scotland 19-8 Spain Melrose [52/38/6]
[309]
2001-04-08 (5N) Wales 0–5 Spain Wrexham [55/39/4]
[311]
2001-05-06 (FIRA) Spain 34-3 Italy Lille UC, France [40/31/4]
[322]
2001-05-10 (FIRA) England 8-15 Spain Lille, France [72/41/6]
[329]
2001-05-12 (FIRA) Spain 3-15 Scotland Lille, France [42/55/7]
[343]
2002-02-02 (6N) France 24–0 Spain Bègles [71/43/11]
[347]
2002-02-16 (6N) Spain 14–17 Scotland Barcelona [44/59/8]
[350]
2002-03-02 (6N) Spain 20–0 Wales Madrid [45/62/5]
[358]
2002-03-25 (6N) Ireland 6–8 Spain Limerick [43/46/3]
[360]
2002-04-07 (6N) Spain 14–53 England Madrid [47/82/7]
[367]
2002-05-13 (WC) Spain 62-0 Japan Barcelona [48/12/1]
[375]
2002-05-18 (WC) Spain 5-13 England Barcelona [49/83/8]
[383]
2002-05-21 (WC) Spain 16-23 Scotland Barcelona [50/65/9]
[390]
2002-05-25 (WC) Spain 5-23 United States Barcelona [51/44/2]
[397]
2003-02-15 (6N) Wales 44–0 Spain Cardiff Arms Park [73/52/6]
[401]
2003-02-21 (6N) Spain 0–16 Ireland Madrid [53/50/4]
[403]
2003-03-09 (6N) England 69–0 Spain Harlequins RFC [88/54/9]
[406]
2003-03-22 (6N) Spain 7–27 France Girona [55/83/12]
[410]
2003-03-29 (6N) Scotland 48–7 Spain Meadowbank [72/56/10]
[412]
2003-05-01 (FIRA) Italy 5-29 Spain Malmö, Sweden [40/57/5]
[414]
2003-05-03 (FIRA) France 10-16 Spain Malmö, Sweden [86/58/13]
[429]
2004-02-15 (6N) Spain 3-71 England Pinares de Venecia, Zaragoza [59/94/10]
[433]
2004-02-21 (6N) France 24-0 Spain Perpignan [88/60/14]
[435]
2004-03-06 (6N) Spain 6-5 Scotland Lalin, Pontevedra [61/76/11]
[438]
2004-03-20 (6N) Ireland 7-8 Spain Thomond Park, Limerick [57/62/5]
[441]
2004-03-27 (6N) Wales 7-12 Spain Arms Park, Cardiff [82/63/7]
[443]
2004-05-01 (FIRA) France 24-5 Spain Castres, France [92/64/15]
[452]
2004-05-05 (FIRA) Spain 31-5 Sweden Toulouse, France [65/35/1]
[456]
2004-05-08 (FIRA) Ireland 20-12 Spain Toulouse, France [61/66/6]
[477]
2005-02-05 (6N) Spain 19-17 Ireland Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid [67/63/7]
[478]
2005-02-12 (6N) Spain 10-10 Wales O Couto, Ourense [68/89/8]
[482]
2005-02-26 (6N) Scotland 19-3 Spain Anniesland, Glasgow [85/69/12]
[485]
2005-03-12 (6N) England 76-0 Spain Imber Court, London [109/70/10]
[489]
2005-03-19 (6N) Spain 0-39 France San Boï de Llobregat, Barcelona [71/99/16]
[521]
2006-02-04 (6N) Ireland 25-10 Spain Donnybrook, Dublin [69/72/8]
[525]
2006-02-11 (6N) Spain 3-86 England Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid [73/116/12]
[529]
2006-02-25 (6N) France 38-0 Spain Saint Jean De Luz, Biarritz [104/74/17]
[530]
2006-03-10 (6N) Wales 10-0 Spain Sardis Rd, Pontypridd [98/75/9]
[535]
2006-03-18 (6N) Spain 12-16 Scotland Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid [76/95/13]
[560]
2006-08-31 (WC) Spain 0-24 Scotland St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert [77/96/14]
[567]
2006-09-04 (WC) Canada 79-0 Spain St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert [57/78/1]
[572]
2006-09-08 (WC) Spain 14-12 Samoa St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert [79/11/1]
[582]
2006-09-12 (WC) Spain 17-12 Kazakhstan Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton [80/1/36]
[584]
2006-09-16 (WC) Samoa 5-10 Spain Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton [13/81/2]
[627]
2007-04-28 (FIRA) Spain 15-6 Italy Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain [82/58/6]
[631]
2007-04-30 (FIRA) Spain 54-3 Russia Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain [83/23/2]
[635]
2007-05-02 (FIRA) Spain 22-22 England Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain [84/132/13]
[640]
2007-05-05 (FIRA) Spain 37-0 Netherlands Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain [85/80/3]
[684]
2008-05-17 (FIRA) Ireland 41-7 Spain Amsterdam [90/86/9]
[689]
2008-05-20 (FIRA) Sweden 0-20 Spain Drachten, Netherlands [48/87/2]
[701]
2008-05-24 (FIRA) Scotland 27-25 Spain Amsterdam [114/88/15]
[741]
2009-05-17 (FIRA) Germany 0-74 Spain Stockholm, Sweden [56/89/2]
[747]
2009-05-20 (FIRA) Sweden 11-6 Spain Enköping [53/90/3]
[751]
2009-05-23 (FIRA) Italy 7-12 Spain Stockholm, Sweden [77/91/6]
[807]
2010-05-08 (FIRA) Netherlands 12-26 Spain Longwy [96/92/4]
[813]
2010-05-12 (FIRA) Belgium 0-66 Spain Metz [25/93/1]
[824]
2010-05-15 (FIRA) Italy 13-31 Spain Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg [85/94/8]
[866]
2011-01-03 Spain 28-13 Scotland Madrid [95/136/16]
[885]
2011-04-30 (FIRA) Spain 119-0 Finland University of A Coruña [96/9/1]
[886]
2011-05-04 (FIRA) Spain 18-3 Sweden University of A Coruña [97/72/4]
[941]
2012-05-13 (FIRA) England 61-0 Spain Rovereto, Italy [187/98/14]
[944]
2012-05-16 (FIRA) France 60-3 Spain Rovereto, Italy [164/99/18]
[946]
2012-05-19 (FIRA) Italy 54-3 Spain Rovereto, Italy [101/100/9]
[965]
2012-12-03 Italy 29-12 Spain Centro di Preparazione Olimpica Roma [102/101/10]
[986]
2013-04-20 (WCQ) Spain 55-0 Sweden Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain [102/75/5]
[987]
2013-04-23 (WCQ) Spain 78-0 Netherlands Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain [103/109/5]
[994]
2013-04-23 (WCQ) Spain 38-7 Italy Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain [104/110/11]
[1053]
2014-07-01 Spain 3-37 France Valladolid, Castile and León [105/185/17]
[1058]
2014-08-01 (WC) Canada 31-5 Spain FFR Headquarters, Marcoussis [104/106/3]
[1065]
2014-08-05 (WC) England 45-5 Spain FFR Headquarters, Marcoussis [216/107/15]
[1070]
2014-08-09 (WC) Spain 41-5 Samoa FFR Headquarters, Marcoussis [108/21/3]
[1077]
2014-08-13 (WC) Spain 18-5 Kazakhstan Marcoussis [109/62/2]
[1082]
2014-08-17 (WC) South Africa 0-36 Spain Marcoussis [40/110/1]
[1121]
2015-11-22 Spain 10-34 Scotland Valladolid, Castile and León [111/167/17]
[1122]
2015-12-19 Spain 57-0 Hong Kong Majadahonda [112/30/1]
[1151]
2016-10-06 (RE) Spain 76-0 Belgium Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain [113/33/2]
[1153]
2016-10-09 (RE) Spain 97-0 Czech Republic Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain [114/8/1]
[1158]
2016-10-15 (RE) Spain 35-7 Netherlands Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain [115/116/6]
[1164]
2016-11-18 (WCQ) Scotland 5–10 Spain Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow [173/116/18]
[1170]
2016-11-26 (WCQ) Spain 15–10 Scotland Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid [117/174/19]
[1193]
2017-06-03 Spain 41–18 Hong Kong Estadio Municipal, Medina del Campo [118/34/2]
[1202]
2017-07-08 Wales 26–21 Spain Cardiff [179/119/10]
[1205]
2017-08-17 (WC) England 56-5 Spain UCD Bowl, Dublin [247/120/16]
[1213]
2017-08-13 (WC) United States 43-0 Spain UCD Bowl, Dublin [112/121/3]
[1219]
2017-08-17 (WC) Italy 8-22 Spain UCD Bowl, Dublin [134/122/12]
[1225]
2017-08-22 (WC) Spain 31-7 Hong Kong Queen's University Belfast [123/40/3]
[1229]
2017-08-26 (WC) Italy 20-15 (a.e.t) Spain Queen's University Belfast [136/124/13]
[1251]
2018-02-27 (RE) Spain 44-0 Germany Waterloo [125/65/3]
[1253]
2018-03-03 (RE) Spain 40-7 Netherlands Waterloo [126/118/7]
[1275]
2018-11-11 Spain 60–5 Hong Kong El Pantano, Villajoyosa [127/-/4]
[?]
2018-11-17 Spain 17–5 South Africa El Pantano, Villajoyosa [128/-/2]
[1292]
2019-01-20 Spain 29–24 Scotland Madrid [129/188/20]
[1299]
2019-02-23 (RE) Spain 41–0 Russia Madrid, Spain [130/-/3]
[1311]
2019-03-30 (RE) Spain 54–0
 		Netherlands Madrid, Spain [131/-/8]

Other matches

[-]
2002-01-19 Spain 5-10 England A Cornella [-/-/-]
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2003-02-01 Spain 0-34 England A Cornella [-/-/-]
[-]
2004-01-31 England A 35-5 Spain Imber Court [-/-/-]
[-]
2006-01-07 Basque Country 5-54 Spain Plaiaundi, Irun [-/-/-]
[-]
2008-02-09 Spain 5-22 England A Madrid [-/-/-]
[-]
2009-02-07 England A 29-0 Spain London Welsh [-/-/-]
[-]
2010-02-14 Spain 5-10 England A Gijón [-/-/-]
[-]
2010-05-10 (FIRA) France A 5-22 Spain Verdun [-/-/-]
[-]
2011-03-19 England A 34-7 Spain Guildford [-/-/-]
[-]
2011-05-02 (FIRA) Spain 12-11 France A University of A Coruña [-/-/-]
[-]
2011-05-07 (FIRA) Spain 3-5 England A University of A Coruña [-/-/-]
[-]
2013-01-05 Wales XV 7-0[1] Spain National Centre of Excellence, Cardiff [-/-/-]
[-]
2013-02-23 Spain 29-19 Celeste e Blu.png Nomads Las Mestas, Gijón [-/-/-]
[-]
2013-01-20 Ireland XV 39-7 Spain Ashbourne [-/-/-]
[-]
2014-07-05 Spain XV 20-36 Ireland XV Valladolid, Castile and León [-/-/-]
[-]
2015-12-15 Spain XV 59-12 Hong Kong XV Hortaleza, Madrid [-/-/-]
[-]
2016-09-10 Basque Country 0-116 Spain Gamarra, Vitoria-Gasteiz [-/-/-]
[-]
2017-01-14 Spain XV 0-39 Wales XV El Pantano, Villajoyosa [-/-/-]
[-]
2017-03-11 Spain XV cancelled England A [-/-/-]
[-]
2017-03-25 División de Honor All-Star 7–53 Spain XV Valle del Arcipreste, Majadahonda [-/-/-]
[-]
2017-05-30 Spain XV 19–8 Hong Kong XV Estadio Pepe Rojo, Valladolid [-/-/-]
[-]
2017-07-22 England A 7–15 Spain XV Brunel University London [-/-/-]
[-]
2017-11-05 Spain XV 5–24 Scotland XV Estadio Valle del Arcipreste, Majadahonda [-/-/-]
[-]
2017-11-11 Spain XV 0–97 France XV Estadio Pedro Escartín, Guadalajara [-/-/-]
[–]
2018-01-21 Scotland XV cancelled Spain XV Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow [-/-/-]

Others teams

[-]
1990-10-21 Catalonia 4-0 Wales Barcelona [-/-/-]
[-]
1995-05-06 Germany 3-75 Catalonia Rottweil [-/-/-]
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1996-??-?? France A 0-32 Basque Country ?? [-/-/-]
[-]
1998-??-?? Com. of Madrid Flag of the Community of Madrid.svg 15-0 Basque Country ?? [-/-/-]
[-]
1998-??-?? Andalusia Flag of Andalusia.svg 5-12 Basque Country Seville [-/-/-]
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2000-03-31 Catalonia 21-50 Italy Aubagne, France [-/-/-]
[-]
2000-??-?? Basque Country 86-0 Flag of Aragon.svg Aragon ?? [-/-/-]
[-]
2001-??-?? Basque Country 5-5 Flag of Navarre.svg Navarre ?? [-/-/-]
[-]
2006-??-?? Basque Country 46-5 Flag of Navarre.svg Navarre ?? [-/-/-]
[-]
2009-04-21 Netherlands 24-10 Catalonia RC Waterland [-/-/-]
[-]
2010-03-14 Catalonia 12-17 Basque Country Lleida [-/-/-]
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2010-12-05 Basque Country 15-22 Catalonia Durango, Biscay [-/-/-]
[-]
2012-02-05 Portugal 16-7 Galicia Estádio Universitário de Lisboa [-/-/-]
[-]
2016-02-06 Basque Country 5-42 France U20 Hernani [-/-/-]

Most capped Spanish players

# Player Position Career Caps
1. Catalonia Aroa González hooker 1997–2017 74
2. Basque Country (autonomous community) Inés Etxegibel fly-half 1994–2007 64
Galicia (Spain) Rocío García prop 2003–2017 64
4. Basque Country (autonomous community) Isabel Rodríguez scrum-half 2003–2011 56
5. Catalonia Bárbara Plà centre 2004–2017 53
6. Community of Madrid Pilar López lock 1996–2003 49
Basque Country (autonomous community) Nerea Otxoa de Aspuru prop 2003–2013 49
8. Balearic Islands Mercedes Batidor flanker 1995–2002 47
9. Castilla–La Mancha María Isabel Pérez wing 1991–2002 46
10. Basque Country (autonomous community) Karitte Alegria number 8 1994–2005 43
Catalonia Coral Vila fullback 1996–2003 43
Galicia (Spain) Helena Roca centre / fly-half 2001–2014 43

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/news/24555.php#.UOnUrG9JqSp

External links

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