Brazil women's national rugby union team
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Emiliano Caffera | |||
| Nickname | As Yaras | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Union | Brazilian Rugby Confederation | ||
| Head coach | Emiliano Caffera | ||
| Captain | Eshyllen Coimbra | ||
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| World Rugby ranking | |||
| Current | 25 (as of 1 December 2025) | ||
| Highest | 25 (2025) | ||
| Lowest | 51 (2023) | ||
| First international | |||
 Netherlands 10–0 Brazil  (Amsterdam; 10 May 2008) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Brazil 58–7 Colombia  (Estádio Nicolau Alayon, São Paulo; 14 June 2025) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 France 84–5 Brazil (Sandy Park, Exeter; 31 August 2025) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2025) | ||
The Brazil women's national rugby union team are the national side of Brazil, representing them at rugby union. After several successful performances at Sevens rugby, they played their first 15-a-side fixture in May 2008 against Netherlands and lost 10–0.
2023
The first women's rugby match known in Brazil took place in 1987, during São Paulo Athletic Club's traditional end-of-year sevens tournament. Most of the players were the girlfriends and sisters of the men's team players, who always accompanied them to games and practices. In 1997, during Women's Day, another match took place in Florianópolis, in Desterro Rugby Clube. Maria Mikaella, former captain of the Brazilian National Team, played in that match, and made a little statement about how it was
"we didn't know the sport. In Brazil we didn't have rugby on TV or even a rugby ball to buy. We haven't heard about rugby until our friends began to play. We started just watching, but the sport seemed to be really cool to just watch. So we convinced the boys to teach us. The first game was messy. I just remember that we lost. However made us fall in love with rugby."
Brazil played their first international test match against the Netherlands in 2008.[1][2] The team wasn't formed again until 2019, when Brazil visited Colombia for its first match against South American opposition.[3] In 2020, Brazil and Colombia played again in Medellín, in a match that was the first one in a Women's Rugby World Cup qualifiers. Colombia defeated Brazil by 23–19.
2023 will see Brazil face Colombia in official test matches, which is part of the South American region's qualifying matches for the 2025 Rugby World Cup.[1] Sudamérica Rugby, with funding from World Rugby, organised the first women's fifteens tournament for the region, the 2023 Americas Rugby Trophy, which was hosted in Brazil in June.[4][5] The tournament saw Brazil face Colombia, and a development team from the United States.[4][5]
Brazil met Colombia again on 5 and 9 July 2023 in Medellín, for a place in the WXV 3 competition.[6][7] They recorded their first international win when they beat Portugal 10–7, it was also their first time to face a European opponent after fifteen years.[2]
2024
Brazil created history on 29 June 2024 by becoming the first South American team to qualify for a Women's Rugby World Cup.[8][9] They defeated Colombia for the first time in Asunción, Paraguay and will make their debut at the 2025 Rugby World Cup in England.[10][9] Brazil moved up 12 places to their highest position of 39th from 51st after their 34–13 win over Colombia.[11]
2025
Brazil made history for their country when they qualified for the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup in the South America play-off.[10][12] They made their World Cup debut against South Africa on 24 August in Northampton and were overwhelmed by the Springbok Women 66–6.[12][13] Rachel Kochhann scored all of Brazil’s points when she kicked two penalties.[13] Their second match was against France, although they were defeated 84–5, Bianca Silva created history for her nation when she became the first Brazilian to score a try at a Rugby World Cup.[14][15] Brazil ended their World Cup campaign with a third loss in their final match against Italy.[16] They had a try disallowed and only managed three points, whereas Italy ran in twelve tries and successfully converted just two of the tries; the final score was 64–3.[16]
Results summary
(Full internationals only, updated to 31 August 2025)
| Opponent | First Match | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 2019 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 192 | 168 | 25.00% |
| France | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 84 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 2008 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 75 | 0.00% |
 Portugal | 2023 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 32 | 66.67% |
 Spain | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 41 | 0.00% |
 South Africa | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 66 | 0.00% |
| Summary | 2008 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 298 | 463 | 26.32% |
Rugby World Cup
| Rugby World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | PF | PA | |||||||||||
| Brazil was not invited to any of the World Cups between 1991 and 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||
 2010 |
Did Not Qualify | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||
 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Pool Stage | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 214 | |||||||||||
| Total | 1/10 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 214 | |||||||||||
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Players
Current squad
On 28 July 2025, Brazil announced their final 32-player squad for their Women's Rugby World Cup debut in England.[17][18][19]
Note: The age and number of caps listed for each player is as of 22 August 2025, the first day of the tournament.
| Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isabela Gomes Saccomanno | Hooker | 16 October 1997 (aged 27) | 9 | São José |
| Júlia Leni Lima | Hooker | 12 June 2004 (aged 21) | 12 | Curitiba |
| Natália Jonck | Hooker | 13 December 1996 (aged 28) | 2 |  Brothers Rugby Club
|
| Franciele Barros | Prop | 8 May 1995 (aged 30) | 11 | Sporting |
| Giovana Mamede | Prop | 21 April 2004 (aged 21) | 2 | Jacareí |
| Pâmela Santos | Prop | 10 September 1992 (aged 32) | 4 | Charrua |
| Samara Vergara | Prop | 20 February 1993 (aged 32) | 8 | Pasteur |
| Taís Prioste | Prop | 9 April 1999 (aged 26) | 10 | Bobigny
|
| Ana Carolina Santana | Second row | 8 July 1988 (aged 37) | 4 | Melina |
| Dayana Dakar | Second row | 18 July 1997 (aged 28) | 9 | Niterói |
| Eshyllen Coimbra (c) | Second row | 18 August 2000 (aged 25) | 14 | Elshaddai
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| Camilla Ísis Carvalho | Back row | 30 June 2002 (aged 23) | 3 | Elshaddai |
| Íris Coluna | Back row | 21 July 1990 (aged 35) | 8 | Poli |
| Larissa Carvalho | Back row | 31 May 2003 (aged 22) | 8 | Curitiba |
| Larissa Henwood | Back row | 24 January 1994 (aged 31) | 6 | Counties Manukau |
| Letícia Medeiros | Back row | 19 December 1994 (aged 30) | 9 | Jacareí |
| Letícia Silva | Back row | 29 December 2005 (aged 19) | 5 | Melina |
| Marcelle Souza | Back row | 22 July 1996 (aged 29) | 4 | Elshaddai
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| Aline Bednarski | Scrum-half | 24 April 1996 (aged 29) | 11 | Pasteur |
| Luiza Campos | Scrum-half | 30 July 1990 (aged 35) | 10 | Charrua |
| Leila Silva | Scrum-half | 23 October 1996 (aged 28) | 3 | Leoas de Paraisópolis
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| Fernanda Tenório | Fly-half | 11 April 2002 (aged 23) | 8 | Elshaddai |
| Maria Gabriela Graf | Fly-half | 2 December 1995 (aged 29) | 4 | Brothers Rugby Club |
| Raquel Kochhann | Fly-half | 6 October 1992 (aged 32) | 6 | Charrua
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| Carolyne Katrine Pereira | Centre | 8 July 2003 (aged 22) | 3 | Melina |
| Edna Santini | Centre | 15 July 1992 (aged 33) | 9 | São José |
| Mariana Nicolau | Centre | 16 November 1997 (aged 27) | 3 | São José |
| Marina Fioravanti | Centre | 6 October 1993 (aged 31) | 5 | Poli
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| Giovanna Barth | Wing | 15 March 2004 (aged 21) | 4 | Maringá |
| Bianca Silva | Wing | 22 July 1998 (aged 27) | 3 | Leoas de Paraisópolis |
| Isadora Lopes | Wing | 3 August 1997 (aged 28) | 7 | Melina
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| Yasmim Soares | Fullback | 5 May 1999 (aged 26) | 3 | Melina |