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Madagascar women's national rugby union team

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.

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)

History

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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

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

Overall

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(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

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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

References

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