Italy women's national rugby union team

Italy

Nickname(s)	Le Azzurre (The Blues)
Union	Federazione Italiana Rugby
Head coach	Giovanni Raineri
Captain	Elisa Giordano
Most caps	Sara Barattin (111)
Top scorer	Veronica Schiavon (383)
Top try scorer	Manuela Furlan (20)
First colours Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	6 (as of 15 April 2024)
First international
Italy 0–0 France  (Riccione, Italy; 22 June 1985)
Biggest win
Germany 0–52 Italy  (Hamburg, Germany; 7 April 2005)
Biggest defeat
Italy 0–74 England  (Parma, Italy; 3 April 2022)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1991)
Best result	9th 2017

Women's
World Rugby Rankings

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Top 20 rankings as of 24 June 2024^[1]

Rank	Change*	Team	Points
1		England	096.90
2		Canada	089.13
3		New Zealand	088.96
4		France	087.27
5		Australia	078.36
6		Scotland	075.99
7		United States	074.57
8		Wales	074.28
9		Italy	074.26
10		Ireland	073.53
11		Japan	069.98
12		South Africa	065.17
13		Spain	065.15
14	1	Fiji	061.19
15	1	Russia	061.10
16		Netherlands	058.98
17		Hong Kong	058.76
18		Samoa	058.48
19		Kazakhstan	055.23
20		Sweden	052.72
*Change from the previous week

The Italy women's national rugby union team are the national women's rugby union team that represents Italy at international level. It has been administered by the Italian Rugby Federation since 1991; previously, since its inception in 1985 up to 1991, it was administered by UISP – Unione Italiana Sport Popolari (Italian Union for People's Sports), an association which promotes amateur sports at every level of the society. The team competes in the Rugby World Cup, the Rugby Europe Women's Championship and the Women's Six Nations Championship.