1998 Women's Rugby World Cup squads

This article lists the official squads for the 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup in the Netherlands.

Australia

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Elizabeth Andrew ?? 02 November 1971 Holly Birch ?? 11 February 1972 Karen Bucholz ?? 17 January 1964 Bronwyn Calvert ?? 29 May 1969 Lisa-Jane Dwan ?? 24 September 1969 Kerri Louise Ferris ?? 09 January 1970 Mieke Fortune ?? 04 January 1977 Bronwyn Hart ?? 17 September 1973 Christine Henson ?? 29 February 1964 Bronwyn Laidlaw (c) ?? 27 December 1974 (c) Melissa Latu ?? 31 July 1973 Perise Lli ?? 07 November 1972 Bronnie Mackintosh ?? 24 June 1970 Ronnie May ?? 21 October 1972 Sherilee Moulds ?? 29 May 1972 Sharon O'Kane ?? 27 September 1976 Tui Ormsby ?? 20 January 1978 Tanya Osborne ?? 02 April 1971 Pearl Palaalii ?? 07 January 1970 Naomi Roberts ?? 20 March 1970 Shirley Russell ?? 31 December 1967 Helen Taylor ?? 20 August 1964 Helen Theunissen ?? 14 June 1966 Rebecca Wakim ?? 05 August 1972 Selena Worsley ?? 18 April 1975 [1] Canada Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Kirsten Todd ?? 24 June 1973 Gillian Florence ?? 30 April 1975 Josée Lacasse Prop 09 March 1970 Julie Hickie ?? 07 April 1974 Lee Fairclough ?? 02 June 1973 Terry Denike ?? 18 August 1959 Joanne Gardner ?? 18 April 1969 Maureen MacMahon ?? 14 December 1970 Natascha Wesch ?? 09 December 1970 Lynne Leclair (c) ?? 12 January 1964 (c) Gina Minutillo ?? 18 July 1963 Sherri Sparling ?? 19 March 1969 Julianna Foster ?? 12 January 1969 Bethany Johnston ?? 14 August 1968 Sue Asprey ?? 27 July 1971 Judith Begin ?? 12 August 1964 Janet Burrell ?? 06 June 1961 Annette Darby ?? 30 April 1969 Anne Marie Fleming ?? 11 February 1971 Sarah Hall ?? 13 June 1973 Heather Hunt ?? 16 October 1973 Toronto Scottish Moira Shiels ?? 13 September 1966 Rhea Stocki ?? 08 November 1975 Tara Trussell ?? 09 October 1975 Christy Walsh ?? 29 May 1971 Heather Wilson ?? 29 January 1971 [2][3] England Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Susan Kathryn Appleby ?? 21 December 1970 Nicola Brown ?? 20 November 1971 Gillian Ann Burns ?? 12 July 1964 Janice Jones ?? 20 August 1963 Helen Victoria Clayton ?? 17 June 1971 Trudi Collins ?? 01 May 1971 Susan Margaret Day ?? 29 October 1972 Maxine Patricia Edwards ?? 28 July 1966 Claire Joanne Frost ?? 22 March 1973 Paula George (c) ?? 20 October 1968 (c) Claire Green ?? 23 July 1972 Katherine Knight ?? 18 December 1974 Emma Mitchell ?? 13 April 1966 Jayne Molyneux ?? 21 October 1968 Teresa Jane O'Reilly ?? 16 September 1964 Nicola Jane Ponsford ?? 06 October 1967 Joanna Poore ?? 04 August 1972 Giselle Mather ?? 19 April 1966 Sarah Robertson ?? 21 January 1969 Janis Ross ?? 07 June 1962 Terri Siwek ?? 27 April 1966 Jennifer Watkinson ?? 30 October 1972 Philippa Atikson-Kennedy ?? 13 December 1964 Georgia Ruth Stevens ?? 13 June 1973 Linda Uttley ?? 26 October 1966 Joanne Yapp Scrum-half 06 September 1979 [4] France Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Anne Alaphilippe ?? 28 December 1965 Nelly Barsacq ?? 25 May 1979 Nathalie Bertrank ?? 05 May 1968 Nathalie Bie ?? 29 August 1969 Valerie Bouillon ?? 07 August 1968 Sabine D'Andrea ?? 05 February 1968 Aline Decayeux ?? 02 September 1967 Carole Durand-Laurier ?? 27 June 1966 Juliette Esclavard ?? 27 October 1970 Anne Etien (c) ?? 09 September 1967 (c) Laurence Gagliardini ?? 30 May 1974 Annick Hayraud ?? 09 September 1967 Danièle Irazu ?? 12 December 1974 Pascale Laclau ?? 31 January 1972 Elodie Lafitte ?? 16 February 1975 Sonia Mas ?? 13 April 1974 Elodie Celine Maybon ?? 17 July 1977 Nathalie Paquet ?? 31 October 1971 Magvenn Poupart ?? 04 October 1970 Stéphanie Provost Scrum-half 27 May 1973 Karine Quesada ?? 10 November 1974 Chloe Rouanet ?? 02 October 1973 Delphine Rousssel ?? 06 June 1966 Odile Autret-Sorel ?? 06 May 1973 [5] Germany Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Doris Albers ?? 30 April 1974 Renee Brendel-Konrad ?? Petra Drachenberg ?? 30 April 1970 Barbara Frauenfeld ?? 09 August 1970 Cornelia Golka ?? 19 April 1963 Anja Henning ?? 12 May 1969 Monika Hezinger ?? 10 June 1974 Maren Hulverscheidt ?? 27 October 1970 Petra Jordan-Bader ?? 12 February 1970 Nicola Jorn ?? 12 April 1970 Claudia Kleinert ?? 07 July 1968 Andrea Kunkel ?? 02 April 1969 Stefanie Lutge ?? 06 June 1973 Nanette Mathes ?? 25 April 1967 Susanne Meurer ?? 11 June 1970 Franziska Ruter ?? 21 February 1969 Antje Sanna ?? 06 October 1966 Anke Schmette ?? 22 April 1963 Susanne Schneider ?? 05 May 1967 Olga Schneidewind ?? 08 December 1973 Kerstin Uphoff ?? 19 January 1974 Susanne Weidemann ?? 21 December 1969 Petra Wenner ?? 01 September 1969 Manuela Wiedemann ?? 13 July 1971 Meike Zimmer ?? 31 May 1976 Susanne Zubrod ?? 24 August 1967 [6] Ireland Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Olivia Brown ?? 14 December 1977 Ruth Burn ?? 24 March 1972 Carole Byrne ?? 27 December 1969 Deborah Campbell ?? 05 October 1974 Niamh Collins ?? 01 February 1971 Sinead Cosgrave ?? 29 March 1968 Maura Coulter ?? 18 January 1970 Rachel Currie ?? 14 April 1974 Fiona Devaney ?? 14 April 1976 Aisling Dillon ?? 10 April 1968 Karen Eagleson ?? 13 September 1974 Cath Evans ?? 27 April 1965 Joss Hanrahan ?? 28 March 1973 Katheryn Hennessy ?? 21 December 1963 Jacqui Horan ?? 15 May 1975 Theresa Kennedy ?? 14 February 1969 Marie Kerrin ?? 06 August 1969 Marie Myles ?? 28 November 1966 Melanie Nash ?? 16 April 1964 Fiona Neary ?? 18 September 1977 Laura Nicholl ?? 27 November 1979 Diane Nixon ?? 19 October 1972 Lorraine Noade ?? 08 June 1967 Jackie O'Brian ?? 29 September 1961 Ciara O'Connell ?? 15 June 1973 Jean O'Gorman ?? 21 February 1975 Annie Parsons ?? 27 October 1965 Sue Ramsbottom ?? 11 July 1973 Caroline Reid ?? 07 August 1978 Rachel Reid ?? 23 January 1972 Realtine Shrieves ?? 16 March 1967 Helen Siwek ?? 27 January 1963 Fiona Steed ?? 28 April 1972 Joan Whiteside ?? 21 May 1969 Elaine Witt ?? 24 May 1970 [7] Italy Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Paola Agostonelli ?? 3 June 1977 Elena Bisetto ?? 17 November 1969 Federica Bortolato ?? 6 October 1966 Samantha Botter ?? 6 August 1970 Marta Breda ?? 25 May 1962 Giuliana Campanella ?? 04 November 1976 Bruna Collodo ?? 14 October 1962 Adelina Corbanese ?? 28 March 1966 Patrizia Costa Pisani ?? 13 December 1968 Lara Fabbri ?? 08 April 1970 Daniela Gini ?? 14 August 1977 Annonziata Longobardo ?? 16 July 1976 Caterina Maschera ?? 14 March 1973 Sabrina Melis ?? 05 April 1970 Lorena Nave ?? 05 December 1963 Carla Negri ?? 10 November 1964 Chiara Peguiron ?? 03 November 1977 Silvia Pizzati ?? 07 November 1975 Anna Posceddo ?? 02 October 1967 Enrica Quaglio ?? 10 March 1972 Antonella Rossetti ?? 30 June 1962 Adriana Sferragatta ?? 19 February 1972 Licia Stefan ?? 22 September 1976 Sedra Tartagni ?? 22 August 1964 Michela Tondinello ?? 15 January 1972 Maria Cristina Tonna ?? 12 July 1969 Monica Zanetti ?? 21 January 1980 [8] Kazakhstan Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Rimma Aivpova ?? 26 October 1964 Tatyana Ashikhmina ?? 11 August 1974 Natalya Baibaytrova ?? 19 September 1973 Irina Chernenko ?? 9 November 1978 Olga Chukreeva ?? 24 November 1975 Larissa Chuprikova ?? 22 October 1978 Yelena Dadasheva ?? 11 April 1970 Akkumys Duzelbayeva ?? 5 September 1973 Larisa Kalinichenko ?? 12 December 1956 Svetlana Khokhlova ?? 24 February 1971 Nataliya Kiseleva ?? 20 May 1973 Lyubov Klepikova ?? 28 January 1975 Nataliya Kovalevskya ?? 12 January 1970 Olga Kumanikina ?? 14 August 1974 Elena Milovanova ?? 6 November 1978 Ulzhan Mussabayeva ?? 25 November 1966 Alfiya Mustafina ?? 14 May 1969 Anna Nedospassova ?? 11 January 1976 Valentina Nezbudey ?? 30 January 1970 Elena Nicolaenko ?? 30 March 1973 Elena Onischenko ?? 24 March 1966 Irina Pupkova ?? 24 February 1971 Olga Rudoy ?? 7 January 1963 Nataliya Shatskikh ?? 10 May 1978 Luymila Shitenko ?? 19 November 1977 Alfiya Tamaeva ?? 9 October 1975 Svetlana Karatygina ?? 11 May 1974 [9] Netherlands Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Katinka Abbenbroek ?? 30 June 1970 Helma Born ?? 11 July 1972 Hagar Cappers ?? 21 June 1973 Susan Dammers ?? 23 February 1970 Odile De Bruijn ?? 26 November 1968 Louise De Jong ?? 26 April 1969 Minke Docter ?? 9 September 1975 Ginny Hamilton ?? 24 November 1971 Sabine Hoefsloot ?? 15 September 1972 Tessa Kocken ?? 28 September 1975 Claudia Meppelink ?? 1 November 1966 Judith Morrien ?? 20 February 1969 Mariette Schmutzer ?? 25 February 1966 Beatrice Terostra ?? 30 August 1965 Wieneke Tielen ?? 4 September 1971 Simone Torremans ?? 7 March 1963 Sacha Van Baar ?? 15 June 1976 Yvonne Van Delft ?? 21 August 1971 Marion Van Den Hoogen ?? 5 May 1973 IIse Van Der Vorst ?? 26 May 1972 Annemiek Van Elk ?? 1 October 1967 Luise Van Luix ?? 21 October 1964 Felicie Van Vree ?? 8 February 1967 Ann-Mieke Van Waweren ?? 9 November 1964 Margret Veldscholten ?? 28 March 1967 Kitty Vloemans ?? 17 July 1973 [10] Russia Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Larisa Aksyonova ?? 26 July 1968 Oksana Aksyonova ?? 5 April 1978 Maria Bakhtyzina ?? 18 July 1981 Oksana Bogatch ?? 24 April 1973 Anna Braznikova ?? 29 January 1976 Yanina Erokhina ?? 14 May 1977 Ira Fomina ?? 16 September 1979 Galina Ghasovnikova ?? 6 December 1970 Sveta Golovko ?? 17 December 1968 Elena Kalinina ?? 26 September 1975 Olga Kaplunova ?? 2 July 1973 Anatoly Khodakovsky ?? 29 June 1964 Sveta Krivoshapova ?? 17 November 1966 Elena Lebedenko ?? Fyodor Levashoff ?? Sveta Moziarkina ?? 1 November 1977 Natalia Puzina ?? 13 September 1974 Ksenia Shchuckina ?? 22 May 1976 Evgenia Solovyova ?? 10 May 1970 Maria Tereschchenko ?? 10 October 1970 Olga Trushkova ?? 26 April 1973 Elena Vasilyeva ?? Elena Vasko ?? 25 December 1979 Natalia Zagaderchuk ?? 21 December 1975 Elena Zaikina ?? 30 June 1969 [11] Scotland Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Janyne Apseth ?? 3 November 1969 Elizabeth Allsopp ?? 24 March 1970 Louise Blamire ?? 20 December 1969 Sue Brodie ?? 6 December 1962 Gill Cameron ?? 27 March 1966 Michelle Cave ?? Paula Chalmens ?? 8 June 1972 Alison Christie ?? 1 December 1969 Lee Cockburn ?? 17 May 1968 Kim Craigie ?? 28 December 1975 Denise Fairbairn ?? 12 May 1972 Karen Ross Findlay ?? 27 May 1968 Claire Herriot ?? 14 October 1973 Sarah Higgins ?? 18 October 1972 Donna Kennedy Back row 16 February 1972 Rimma Lewis ?? 30 September 1970 Kim Little John ?? 22 November 1970 Ali Mackenzie ?? 22 February 1972 Elizabeth Jane MacLeod ?? 2 May 1975 Alison McGrandles ?? 12 July 1972 Mags McHardy ?? 10 April 1974 Pogo Paterson ?? 1 December 1969 Sheila Scott ?? 20 December 1967 Jennifer Sheerin ?? 21 May 1973 Julie Taylor ?? 30 January 1970 Irene Wilson ?? 30 January 1967 [12] Notes and references ↑ https://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1108/teams/2577 ↑ https://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1108/teams/2578?lang=en ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060820014326/http://home.wxs.nl:80/~wrwc98/prelim1.htm#1 ↑ https://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1108/teams/2517 ↑ https://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1108/teams/2519 ↑ https://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1108/teams/2909 ↑ https://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1108/teams/2518 ↑ https://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1108/teams/2601 ↑ https://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1108/teams/2579 ↑ https://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1108/teams/2907 ↑ https://www.world.rugby/tournament/1108/teams/2905 ↑ https://www.world.rugby/tournament/1108/teams/2522