Colombia women's national rugby union team

Colombia
Nickname(s)Las Tucanes
UnionColombian Rugby Federation
Head coachLuis Pedro Achard
CaptainLeidy Soto
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current28 (as of 4 December 2023)
Highest25 (2023)
First international
 Colombia 28–7 Brazil 
(Medellín, Colombia; 25 August 2019)
Biggest win
 Colombia 28–7 Brazil 
(Medellín, Colombia; 25 August 2019)
Biggest defeat
 Ireland 64–3 Colombia 
(Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 21 October 2023)

The Colombia women's rugby team (Spanish: selección feminina de rugby de Colombia) also known by their nickname Las Tucanes) represents Colombia in women's Rugby union internationally.

History

Colombia's Development XV's team played two matches against Venezuela in San Cristóbal, Venezuela on the 21st and 23rd of November, 2014. They won both games 30–0 and 25–5.[1]

On 25 August, 2019 Colombia beat Brazil 28–7 in Medellín, Colombia.[2]

Colombia kept their Rugby World Cup 2021 dreams alive after they beat Brazil 23–19 in their Sudamérica face-off.[3][4][5] They advanced into the next stage of qualification for the World Cup in a South America/Africa play-off against Kenya.[6] They defeated Kenya 16–15 and earned a spot at a repechage tournament that will decide the final team to qualify for the 2021 Rugby World Cup.[7][8] Colombia defeated Kazakhstan 18–10 in their semifinal match.[9] They lost to Scotland in their Final Qualification Tournament and missed out on qualifying for the World Cup.[10][11]

2023

Colombia and Brazil had official test matches in 2023, as part of the South American region’s qualifying matches for the 2025 Rugby World Cup.[12] In 2023, Sudamérica Rugby, with funding from World Rugby, organised the first women's fifteens tournament for the region, the 2023 Americas Rugby Trophy, was hosted in Brazil.[13][14] The tournament saw Colombia face Brazil, and a development team from the United States.[13][14]

Colombia played Brazil twice on the 5 and 9 July 2023 in Medellín, for a place in the WXV 3 competition.[15][16] Colombia defeated Brazil and won on aggregate points to secure a spot in the inaugural WXV 3 as South America 1.[17] They lost all their matches and will now face the Netherlands to decide who returns to the WXV 3 competition in 2024.[18]

2024

Luis Pedro Achard was appointed to oversee the men's and women's national teams.[18]

Records

(Full internationals only, updated to 16 March 2024)

Rugby: Colombia internationals 2019-
Opponent First game Played Won Drawn Lost Percentage
 Brazil 2019 6 6 0 0 100%
 Fiji 2023 1 0 0 1 0%
 Ireland 2023 1 0 0 1 0%
 Kazakhstan 2022 1 1 0 0 100%
 Kenya 2021 2 1 0 1 50%
 Netherlands 2024 1 0 0 1 0%
 Scotland 2022 1 0 0 1 0%
Summary 2019 13 8 0 5 61.53%

Players

Colombia named their 30-player squad on 21 September 2023 for the inaugural WXV 3 tournament that will take place in Dubai.[19][20]

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Camila Cardona ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Carolina Naranjo ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Daniela Roman ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Tatiana Delgado ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Gisel Gómez ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Leidy Garcia ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
María Cortes ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Natalia Caycedo ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Velentina Yepes ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Angie Manyoma ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Tatiana Hernandez ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Paola Delgado ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Sara Vélez ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Silvia Olave ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Sofía Granados ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Camila Lopera ?? (1995-04-18)18 April 1995 (aged 28) [[]]
Isabel Ramirez ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Juliana Soto ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Laura Gutierrez ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Maribel Mestra ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Melisa Rios ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Stefanía Sarmiento ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Valentina Álvarez ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Valeria Cuartas ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Ángela Alzate ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Luisa Zurique ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
María Arzuaga ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Andrea Ramirez ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Natalia Barajas ?? {{{age}}} [[]]
Alejandra Villota ?? {{{age}}} [[]]

Coaches

Name Years
Lissete Martinez ?–2023
Luis Pedro Achard 2024–

See also

References

  1. ^ "International XVs comes to South America". Scrum Queens. 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  2. ^ "The (re)birth of South American test rugby". Scrum Queens. 2019-08-23. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  3. ^ "RWC 2021 dream still alive for Colombia and Russia". www.world.rugby. 2020-03-09. Archived from the original on 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  4. ^ "Colombia keep World Cup dream alive". Scrum Queens. 2020-03-07. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  5. ^ "South America's historic weekend". Scrum Queens. 2020-03-07. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  6. ^ "Kenya and Colombia to play in Rugby World Cup repechage qualifier | Sports-Games". Devdiscourse. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  7. ^ women.rugby. "Maria Arzuaga the hero as Colombia keep Rugby World Cup 2021 dream alive". www.women.rugby. Archived from the original on 2021-10-12. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  8. ^ "Colombia take step towards World Cup". Scrum Queens. 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  9. ^ "Colombia one step closer to Rugby World Cup 2021 after beating Kazakhstan". www.rugbyworldcup.com. 2022-02-19. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  10. ^ Lloyd, Owen (2022-02-25). "Scotland women qualify for Rugby World Cup to end 12-year wait". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  11. ^ "RWC 2021 Spotlight: Scotland". www.women.rugby. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  12. ^ "Colombia to tour Brazil in November". Americas Rugby News. 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  13. ^ a b "Llega el Americas Rugby Trophy femenino". Sudamérica Rugby (in Spanish). 2023-05-18. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  14. ^ a b Dean, Taylor (2023-05-26). "USA Women's U23s squad head south for Americas Rugby Trophy". eagles.rugby. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  15. ^ "Colombia Complete Road Win over Brazil". Americas Rugby News. 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  16. ^ "Colombia marcó el terreno". Sudamérica Rugby (in Spanish). 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  17. ^ https://www.women.rugby/news/822382/colombia-will-represent-south-america-in-wxv3-world-rankings-womens
  18. ^ a b "Colombia enters new era with Luis Pedro Achard". www.world.rugby. 2024-01-05. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  19. ^ "NÓMINA TUCANES FEMENINO XVS QUE NOS REPRESENTARÁ EN EL WXV EN DUBÁI". Colombia Rugby (in Spanish). 21 September 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  20. ^ "WXV 3: Squads set for Dubai". www.world.rugby. 2023-10-03. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
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