WOMEN’S RUGBY

• WOMEN'S RUGBY  IS A SPORT IDENTICAL TO THE MEN'S GAME WITH THE SAME RULES, SAME SIZED PITCH, AND SAME EQUIPMENT. HOWEVER, IT HAS A HISTORY WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT, DUE TO VARIOUS SOCIAL PRESSURES, AND THE SELF-IMAGE OF RUGBY UNION IN GENERAL.

WOMEN'S RUGBY IS AMONG THE TOP EIGHT OR NINE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD• ENGLAND IS ONE OF THE BEST WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAMS, IT IS USUALLY IN

THE TOP POSITIONS OF THE WORLD RANKING AND HAS OBTAINED AT LEAST ONE CUP OF EACH TOURNAMENT THAT PARTICIPATES. THE MOST IMPORTANT IS THE WORLD CUP IN WHICH HE WON TWICE AND HAS ALWAYS FINISHED IN THE TOP THREE.

WOMEN’S RUGBY IN SPAIN• THE FIRST NATIONAL PARTICIPATION OF THE SELECTION TOOK PLACE IN

CARDIFF• RUGBY WORLD CUP WERE FIFTH BEHIND THE UNITED STATES, ENGLAND,

FRANCE AND NEW ZEALAND IN 1995 THEY BECAME THE UNEXPECTED CHAMPIONS OF THE FIRST EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP BEATING ITS RIVAL, FRANCE, IN THE FINAL BY 21-6.• AT THE 2002 WORLD CUP CELEBRATE IN BARCELONA• SPAIN FINISHED IN 8TH PLACE AFTER CONCEDING TO THE UNITED STATES

(23-5).

PLAYERS WITH MORE PARTICIPATIONS

Player Position Year Caps

1 Inés Etxegibel Prop 1994 64

2 Aroa González Hooker 1997 64

3 Rocio García Pilier 2003 58

4 Isabel Rodríguez

Scrum-half 2003 56

5 Pilar López Second 1996 49

RESULTS OF THE WOMEN'S RUGBY WORLD CUP Year Place Winner Final

Result Runner-up1991 Welsh United States 19 - 6 England1994 Scotlan England 38 - 23 United States1998 Netherlands New Zealand 44 - 12 United States2002 Spain New Zealand 19 - 9 England2006 Canada New Zealand 25 - 17 England2010 England New Zealand 13 - 10 England2014 France England 21 - 9 Canada

• THE CURRENT WORLD CHAMPION IS ENGLAND. IN JUNE 2015 IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE NEXT COMPETITION WILL BE HELD IN AUGUST 2017 IN IRELAND, PLAYING MATCHES IN DUBLIN AND BELFAST.