Madagascar women's national rugby union team

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Madagascar
Nickname(s)The Ladies Makis
UnionMadagascan Rugby Federation
World Rugby ranking
Current26 (as of 4 December 2023)
First international
Madagascar  5–35  Kenya
(Bosman Stadium, Brakpan; 9 August 2019)
Biggest win
Tunisia  5–27  Madagascar
(Stade El Menzah, Tunis; 22 October 2022)
Biggest defeat
Madagascar  0–73  South Africa
(Bosman Stadium, Brakpan; 13 August 2019)

The Madagascar women's national rugby union team are a national sports team that represents Madagascar in women's international rugby union. They made their test debut against Kenya in 2019.

History[edit]

Madagascar made their international debut against Kenya on 9 August at the Bosman Stadium in Brakpan. It was the opening match of the 2019 Rugby Africa Women's Cup competition.[1] They lost their second test match 73–0 to the Springbok women who kept them scoreless in their biggest loss so far.[2][3][4] In their third test, they held Uganda to a 15-all draw.[2][5]

Madagascar recorded their first win when they defeated Kenya 27–15, it was the first game in a two-test series.[1][6][7] They scored two tries and kept Kenya scoreless in their second test in Nairobi as they clinched the series.

Madagascar topped Pool C at the 2022 Rugby Africa Women's Cup and qualified for the final stage with wins over Tunisia and Senegal.[8][9] In 2024, they were runners-up at the Rugby Africa Women's Cup and qualified for their first WXV tournament.[10]

Record[edit]

For information about the status of international games, see Women's international rugby union § International women's matches.

Overall[edit]

(Full internationals only, updated to 14 May 2024)

Madagascar Internationals From 2019
Opponent First Match Played Won Drawn Lost Win %
 Cameroon 2023 2 2 0 0 100.00%
 Kenya 2019 5 3 0 2 60.00%
 Senegal 2022 1 1 0 0 100.00%
 South Africa 2019 2 0 0 2 0.00%
 Tunisia 2022 1 1 0 0 100.00%
 Uganda 2019 1 0 1 0 0.00%
Summary 2019 12 7 1 4 58.33%

Full Internationals[edit]

Won Lost Draw
Test Date Opponent PF PA Venue Event Ref
1 2019-08-09  Kenya 5 35 Bosman Stadium, Brakpan 2019 Africa Cup [11][12][13]
2 2019-08-13  South Africa 0 73 Bosman Stadium, Brakpan 2019 Africa Cup [14][11][15][13]
3 2019-08-17  Uganda 15 15 Bosman Stadium, Brakpan 2019 Africa Cup [14][11][16][13]
4 2021-07-03  Kenya 27 15 Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi 2021 Africa Cup [17][18][19]
5 2021-07-11  Kenya 10 0 Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi 2021 Africa Cup [17][18][20]
6 2022-10-18  Senegal 34 25 Stade El Menzah, Tunis 2022 Africa Cup [21][22][23][24][25]
7 2022-10-22  Tunisia 27 5 Stade El Menzah, Tunis 2022 Africa Cup [21][22][26][27][28]
8 2023-05-20  Kenya 20 29 Stade Makis, Antananarivo 2023 Africa Cup [29][30][31][32]
9 2023-05-24  Cameroon 30 10 Stade Makis, Antananarivo 2023 Africa Cup [33][30][34]
10 2024-05-04  Kenya 29 22 Stade Makis, Antananarivo 2024 Africa Cup
11 2024-05-08  Cameroon 12 5 Stade Makis, Antananarivo 2024 Africa Cup
12 2024-05-12  South Africa 17 46 Stade Makis, Antananarivo 2024 Africa Cup

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