Austria
UnionAustrian Rugby Federation
First colours
First international
Austria  5–5  Czech Republic
(Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna; 5 June 2004)

The Austria women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Austria, representing them at rugby union. The side first played in 2004.

History

Austria has been participating in the FIRA-AER European Championships since 2005. First Captain of the Austrian Women's National Team was Renee Carmine-Jones (originally from Canada, in Austria since 1984) who officially initiated Women's Rugby for the Union and set up the women's national team (Season 2003/2004), built up women's rugby at Celtic Rugby Football Club and, at the request of the Union President following their first Test against the Czech Republic, set up the second women's team at Rugby Club Donau and has been developing the women's game in Austria, now with 5 National (Frauen Bundesliga) League team, and in her region ever since through her Regional League and Emerging Nations Training Camps for the bottom 15-20 Nations of Europe.

Results summary

(Full internationals only, updated to 28 April 2023)

Austria Internationals From 2004
OpponentFirst MatchPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstWin %
 Czech Republic2004202010100.00%
Summary2004202010100.00%

Results

Full internationals

Won Lost Tie/Draw
Test#DateAustriaScoreOpponentVenueEventRef
12004-06-05Austria 5–5 Czech RepublicHohe Warte Stadium, ViennaTest
22005-04-30Austria 5–5 Czech RepublicHohe Warte Stadium, ViennaTest[1]

Other matches

2007-06-24
Austria  / Croatia 17–7 Hungary / Bavaria Bavaria
Grossmugl, Austria

Austrian National Women's League Teams

  • FRU Schoenbrunn (Frauen Rugby Union - Vienna Union of Celtic and Donau Women's Teams)
  • WRCI (Women's Rugby Club Innsbruck)
  • RC Graz (Women's Rugby Team Graz)
  • RC Krems (Women's Rugby Team Krems)
  • RC Spartans Melk (Women's Rugby Team Melk)

List of Coaches

  • Coach: Christopher Jones (March–June 2004)
  • Co-Coach: Renee Carmine-Jones (Sept.2003-June 2004)
  • Coach: Thomas Brinninger (Sept.2004-April 2005)
  • Co-Coach: Renee Carmine-Jones (Sept.2004-April 2005)
  • Coach: Renee Carmine-Jones (April 2005-present)
  • Co-Coach: Philipp Grausam (April 2005-June 2006)
  • Co-Coach: Gordon Chiu (March 2010-June 2010)

List of Captains

Captain Years
Renee Carmine-Jones 2003–2005; 2007
Catherine Teisset 2006
Eva Weissenböck 2008–2012

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Austria vs Czech Republic". World Rugby. 2005-04-30. Archived from the original on 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
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