Internationals Womens Netherlands v Sweden: How the second-oldest rivalry in women’s Test rugby started

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This year marks the 40th anniversary of the inaugural meeting between the teams, the Netherlands travelling to Malmö where they beat Sweden 34-0 on 21 October 1984. At that time only three previous official women’s Test matches had been staged, all between the Dutch and France.

Martyn Thomas by Martyn Thomas