Sylke Haverkorn

In 2016, she took over the coaching position at RUS from Dj Verlinden, who had served ten years in the post.^[5] In the following two seasons, she became the head coach of the men's RC DIOK Leiden forwards. In 2019, her team won the national championship, becoming the first female coach to win the Ereklasse, the top flight of Dutch men's rugby union.^[3]

In April 2019, she was appointed head coach of the Turkey women's national rugby sevens team,^[1][6] an opportunity that came after obtaining the World Rugby Level 3 coaching qualification.^[3]

In September 2019, Haverkorn was tasked with the head coach post of the Netherlands women's national team. At the same time, she became responsible for the development of the national rugby tens and rugby sevens senior women's as well as the U18 women's teams.^[1] She also coaches "Oranje Dames XV", the national women's rugby union team,^[4] which she coached in two matches of the 2020 Rugby Europe Women's Championship.^[7][8][9] and at the 2022 Rugby Europe Women's Championship.^[10]

In October 2024 the Dutch Rugby Union announced Haverkorn was stepping down as head coach, and her last match on the position was the December test match against Brazil.^[11]

• 2015 Rugby Player of the Year in the Netherlands.^[1]