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Netherlands women's national rugby sevens team

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Union
  
Dutch Rugby Union

Captain(s)
  
Anne Hielckert

Best result
  
10th place, 2013

Coach(es)
  
Chris Lane

Appearances
  
2 (First in 2009)

The Netherlands women's national rugby sevens team represents the Netherlands in Rugby sevens internationally.

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They participated in the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup in Hong Kong losing to Spain in the Plate semi-finals, they finished 8th overall. In October 2012, the Netherlands was announced by the International Rugby Board as one of six "core teams" that will compete in all four rounds of the inaugural IRB Women's Sevens World Series in 2012–13. The team finished seventh in the standings. In 2013-14 they competed in three tournaments, with a best results of 8th at São Paulo. In 2014–15 the Netherlands were not invited to any tournament, apart from the Amsterdam event where they finished 11th.

Squad

Squad to IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup - 2012 London Sevens:

  • Linda Frannssen (c)
  • Mara Moberg
  • Dorien Eppink
  • Inge Visser
  • Joyce van Altena
  • Anne Hielckert
  • Lorraine Laros
  • Annemarije van Rossum
  • Pien Selbeck
  • Kelly van Harskamp
  • Yale Belder
  • Alexia Mavroudis

    • Pool C

  •  Australia 28-21  Netherlands
  •  Netherlands 19-5  Hong Kong
  •  Australia 52-0  Hong Kong

    • Finals

    Bowl semi finals

  •  Hong Kong 22-0  Tunisia
  •  Brazil 14-12  Japan

    • Plate semi finals

  •  China 21-12  Russia
  •  Netherlands 0-14  Spain

    • 7th/8th

  •  Russia 5-0  Netherlands

    • References

    Netherlands women's national rugby sevens team Wikipedia
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