India women's national rugby union team

{{This|the women's team|the men's team|India national rugby union team}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Use Indian English|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox national rugby team

| Name = India

| Type = Women

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| Union = Rugby India

| Coach = Waisale Serevi

| Captain = Vahbiz Bharucha

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| World Rugby Rank = 50

| World Rugby Rank date = October 2024

| First game = {{ruw|Singapore}} 30–5 {{ruw-rt|India}}
(Singapore 2 June 2018)

| Largest win = {{ruw|Singapore}} 19–21 {{ruw-rt|India}}
(Calamba, Philippines 19 June 2019)

| Largest loss = {{ruw|Singapore}} 30–5 {{ruw-rt|India}}
(Singapore 2 June 2018)

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The India women's national rugby union team is the national team representing India in women's international rugby union. They played their first test against Singapore in 2018.{{cite web|title=About Us|url=https://indiarugby.com/Home/Profile|website=Rugby India |access-date=1 July 2022|language=en}} They have only played four Tests to date and are ranked 50th by World Rugby.{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-news/indian-women-s-rugby-team-captain-vahbiz-bharucha-optimistic-of-the-sport-s-future-101620577213922.html|title=Indian women's rugby team captain Vahbiz Bharucha optimistic of the sport's future|access-date=4 February 2023}}

Record

= Overall =

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(Full internationals only)

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+ Rugby: India internationals 2018-

! Opponent

! First game

! Played

! Won

! Drawn

! Lost

!Percentage

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| 2018

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 2

|0.00%

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| 2018

| 2

| 1

| 0

| 1

|50.00%

Summary

!2018

!4

!1

!0

!3

!25.00%

=Full internationals=

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| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |Won

| bgcolor="FFE4E1" |Lost

| bgcolor="DCDCDC" |Draw

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! style="width:5%" |Test

! style="width:12%" |Date

! style="width:21%" |Opponent

! style="width:5%" |{{Tooltip|PF|Points For}}

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!Venue

!Event

!Ref.

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| align="center" |1

|2018-06-02

|{{ruw|SIN}}

| align="center" | 5

align="center" |30

|Queenstown Stadium, Singapore

|2018 ARWC D1

|

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| align="center" |2

|2018-06-05

|{{ruw|PHI}}

| align="center" | 5

align="center" |19

|Queenstown Stadium, Singapore

|2018 ARWC D1

|{{Cite web |title=Asia Rugby Women's Championship Div 1 |url=https://www.asiarugby.com/results/asia-rugby-womens-championship/arwc-div-1 |date=2018-05-27 |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=Asia Rugby |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604142223/https://www.asiarugby.com/results/asia-rugby-womens-championship/arwc-div-1 |archive-date=2019-06-04 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Women's Asia Rugby Championship - Division 1 |url=http://www.rugbyarchive.net/compseasons/3026?Stagione=2018 |date=2018-06-08 |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=RugbyArchive.net |language=en |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221231145856/http://www.rugbyarchive.net/compseasons/3026?Stagione=2018 |archive-date=2022-12-31 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=India vs Philippines |url=https://www.world.rugby/match/26076 |date=2018-06-05 |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=World Rugby |language=en |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230311161810/https://www.world.rugby/match/26076 |archive-date=2023-03-11 |url-status=live}}

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| align="center" |3

|2019-06-19

|{{ruw|PHI}}

| align="center" | 27

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|Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba

|2019 ARWC D1

|{{Cite web |title=China crowned champions as India claim historic win |url=https://www.women.rugby/news/432228/china-crowned-champions-as-india-claim-historic-win |date=2019-06-22 |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=Women.Rugby |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208163857/https://www.women.rugby/news/432228/china-crowned-champions-as-india-claim-historic-win |archive-date=2021-12-08 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Asia Rugby Women's Championship Div 1 |url=https://www.asiarugby.com/results/asia-rugby-womens-championship/2019-div-1 |date=2019-05-23 |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Asia Rugby |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015061950/https://www.asiarugby.com/results/asia-rugby-womens-championship/2019-div-1 |archive-date=2022-10-15 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Women's Asia Rugby Championship - Division 1 |url=http://www.rugbyarchive.net/compseasons/3026?Stagione=2019 |date=2019-08-03 |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=RugbyArchive.net |language=en |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221231145225/http://www.rugbyarchive.net/compseasons/3026?Stagione=2019 |archive-date=2022-12-31 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Philippines vs India |url=https://www.world.rugby/match/27633 |date=2019-06-19 |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=World Rugby |language=en |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230311100844/https://www.world.rugby/match/27633 |archive-date=2023-03-11 |url-status=live}}

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| align="center" |4

|2019-06-22

|{{ruw|SIN}}

| align="center" | 21

align="center" |19

|Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba

|2019 ARWC D1

|{{Cite web|last=|date=2019-06-25|title=Rugby : Singapore slip down rankings after India's historic win|url=https://sportsbeatsindia.com/rugby-singapore-slip-down-rankings-after-indias-historic-win/|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-12-11|website=Sportsbeatsindia|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627062424/https://sportsbeatsindia.com/rugby-singapore-slip-down-rankings-after-indias-historic-win/ |archive-date=2019-06-27}}{{Cite web|last=|title=China crowned champions as India claim historic win|url=https://www.women.rugby/news/432228/china-crowned-champions-as-india-claim-historic-win|url-status=live|access-date=2022-10-21|website=women.rugby|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208163857/https://www.women.rugby/news/432228/china-crowned-champions-as-india-claim-historic-win |archive-date=2021-12-08}}

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