Zambia women's national rugby union team

For the men's team, see Zambia national rugby union team.

The Zambia women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Zambia, representing them at rugby union. The side first played in 2007.

Zambia

Union	Zambia Rugby Union
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	39 (as of 15 July 2024)
First international
Zimbabwe  0–28  Zambia (Harare; 22 September 2007)
Biggest win
Namibia  5–75  Zambia (Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek; 13 November 2021)
Biggest defeat
Uganda  36–17  Zambia (Muteesa II Wankulukuku Stadium, Kampala; 25 October 2022)

History

Zambia played their first international test match against Zimbabwe in 2007. In 2019, They played Zimbabwe twice and won the Victoria Cup.^[1][2]

In 2021, Zambia and Namibia faced each other for the first time. Zambia thrashed Namibia 75–5 at Windhoek.^[3]

Results summary

(Full internationals only, updated to 22 April 2023)

Zambia Internationals From 2007

Opponent	First Match	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Win %
Kenya	2022	1	0	0	1	17	36	0.00%
Namibia	2021	1	1	0	0	75	5	100.00%
Uganda	2022	1	0	0	1	17	36	0.00%
Zimbabwe	2007	3	3	0	0	68	33	100.00%
Summary	2007	6	4	0	2	177	110	66.67%

Results

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

Full internationals

Won

Lost

Draw

Test	Date	Zambia	Score	Opponent	Venue	Event	Ref
1	2007-09-22	Zambia	28–0	Zimbabwe	Harare	Test	[4]
2	2019-07-13	Zambia	19–18	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Test	[5][6]
3	2019-09-14	Zambia	21–15	Zimbabwe	Chester Dean Arena, Lusaka	Test	[7][8]
4	2021-11-13	Zambia	75–5	Namibia	Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek	2021 Africa Cup	[9][10][11]
5	2022-10-25	Zambia	17–36	Uganda	Muteesa II Wankulukuku Stadium, Kampala	2022 Africa Cup	[12][13][14][15][16]
6	2022-10-29	Zambia	17–36	Kenya	Muteesa II Wankulukuku Stadium, Kampala	2022 Africa Cup	[12][13][17][18][19][20]

Other matches

Date	Zambia	PF	PA	Opponent	Venue	Ref
2017-06-03	Zambia XV	0	39	Zimbabwe Sables	Police Ground, Harare
2018-07-11	Zambia XV	19	18	Zimbabwe XV	Mufulira	[21]
2018-07-15	Zambia XV	7	3	Zimbabwe XV	Mufulira	[21]
2021-06-02	Zambia XV	31	22	Zimbabwe XV	Harare	[22]
2021-06-05	Zambia XV	38	17	Zimbabwe XV	Harare	[22]

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