1998 Women's Rugby World Cup squads

Main article: 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup

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)	Matches Played	Club/province
Elizabeth Andrew	??	2 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	??	9 January 1970
Mieke Fortune	??	4 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	??	7 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	??	2 April 1971
Pearl Palaalii	??	7 January 1970
Naomi Roberts	??	20 March 1970
Shirley Russell	??	31 December 1967
Helen Taylor	??	20 August 1964
Helen Theunissen	??	14 June 1966
Rebecca Wakim	??	5 August 1972
Selena Worsley	??	18 April 1975

Canada

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Matches Played	Club/province
Kirsten Todd	??	24 June 1973
Gillian Florence	??	30 April 1975
Josée Lacasse	Prop	9 March 1970
Julie Hickie	??	7 April 1974
Lee Fairclough	??	2 June 1973		Ajax Wanderers
Terry Denike	??	18 August 1959
Joanne Gardner	??	18 April 1969
Maureen MacMahon	??	14 December 1970		Toronto Scottish
Natascha Wesch	??	9 December 1970
Lynne Leclair (c)	??	12 January 1964		(c)
Gina Minutillo	??	18 July 1963		Ajax Wanderners
Sherri Sparling	??	19 March 1969
Julianna Foster	??	12 January 1969
Bethany Johnston	??	14 August 1968
Sue Asprey	??	27 July 1971		Ajax Wanderers
Judith Begin	??	12 August 1964
Janet Burrell	??	6 June 1961
Annette Darby	??	30 April 1969
Anne Marie Fleming	??	11 February 1971		Ajax Wanderers
Sarah Hall	??	13 June 1973		Ajax Wanderers
Heather Hunt	Centre	16 October 1973	13	Toronto Scottish
Moira Shiels	??	13 September 1966		Ajax Wanderers
Rhea Stocki	??	8 November 1975
Tara Trussell	??	9 October 1975		Ajax Wanderers
Christy Walsh	??	29 May 1971
Heather Wilson	??	29 January 1971

England

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Matches Played	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	??	1 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	??	6 October 1967
Joanna Poore	??	4 August 1972
Giselle Mather	??	19 April 1966
Sarah Robertson	??	21 January 1969
Janis Ross	??	7 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	6 September 1979

France

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Matches Played	Club/province
Anne Alaphilippe	??	28 December 1965
Nelly Barsacq	??	25 May 1979
Nathalie Bertrank	??	5 May 1968
Nathalie Bie	??	29 August 1969
Valerie Bouillon	??	7 August 1968
Sabine D'Andrea	??	5 February 1968
Aline Decayeux	??	2 September 1967
Carole Durand-Laurier	??	27 June 1966
Juliette Esclavard	??	27 October 1970
Anne Etien (c)	??	9 September 1967		(c)
Laurence Gagliardini	??	30 May 1974
Annick Hayraud	??	9 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	??	4 October 1970
Stéphanie Provost	Scrum-half	27 May 1973
Karine Quesada	??	10 November 1974
Chloe Rouanet	??	2 October 1973
Delphine Rousssel	??	6 June 1966
Odile Autret-Sorel	??	6 May 1973

Germany

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Matches Played	Club/province
Doris Albers	??	30 April 1974
Renee Brendel-Konrad	??
Petra Drachenberg	??	30 April 1970
Barbara Frauenfeld	??	9 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	??	7 July 1968
Andrea Kunkel	??	2 April 1969
Stefanie Lutge	??	6 June 1973
Nanette Mathes	??	25 April 1967
Susanne Meurer	??	11 June 1970
Franziska Ruter	??	21 February 1969
Antje Sanna	??	6 October 1966
Anke Schmette	??	22 April 1963
Susanne Schneider	??	5 May 1967
Olga Schneidewind	??	8 December 1973
Kerstin Uphoff	??	19 January 1974
Susanne Weidemann	??	21 December 1969
Petra Wenner	??	1 September 1969
Manuela Wiedemann	??	13 July 1971
Meike Zimmer	??	31 May 1976
Susanne Zubrod	??	24 August 1967

Ireland

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Matches Played	Club/province
Olivia Brown	??	14 December 1977
Ruth Burn	??	24 March 1972
Carole Byrne	??	27 December 1969
Deborah Campbell	??	5 October 1974
Niamh Collins	??	1 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	??	6 August 1969
Marie Myles	??	28 November 1966
Melanie Nash	??	16 April 1965
Fiona Neary	??	18 September 1977
Laura Nicholl	??	27 November 1979
Diane Nixon	??	19 October 1972
Lorraine Noade	??	8 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	??	7 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

Italy

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Matches Played	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	??	4 November 1976
Bruna Collodo	??	14 October 1962
Adelina Corbanese	??	28 March 1966
Patrizia Costa Pisani	??	13 December 1968
Lara Fabbri	??	8 April 1970
Daniela Gini	??	14 August 1977
Annonziata Longobardo	??	16 July 1976
Caterina Maschera	??	14 March 1973
Sabrina Melis	??	5 April 1970
Lorena Nave	??	5 December 1963
Carla Negri	??	10 November 1964
Chiara Peguiron	??	3 November 1977
Silvia Pizzati	??	7 November 1975
Anna Posceddo	??	2 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

Kazakhstan

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Matches Played	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

Netherlands

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Matches Played	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

Russia

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Matches Played	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

Scotland

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Matches Played	Club/province
Janyne Apseth	Flanker	3 November 1969		Edinburgh Academicals
Elizabeth Allsopp	Prop	24 March 1970		Edinburgh Wanderers
Louise Blamire	Scrum-half	20 December 1969		Edinburgh Academicals
Sue Brodie	Wing	6 December 1962		Edinburgh Academicals
Gill Cameron	Second row	22 February 1975
Michelle Cave	Fullback			Saracens
Paula Chalmens	Scrum-half	8 June 1972		Edinburgh Wanderers
Alison Christie	Prop	1 December 1969		Richmond
Lee Cockburn	Second row	17 May 1968		Edinburgh Academicals
Kim Craigie	Centre	28 December 1975		Edinburgh Wanderers
Denise Fairbairn	Wing	12 May 1972		Edinburgh Wanderers
Karen Ross Findlay	Prop	27 May 1968		Richmond
Claire Herriot	Wing	14 October 1973		Edinburgh Academicals
Sarah Higgins	Fly-half	18 October 1972		Edinburgh Academicals
Donna Kennedy	Back row	16 February 1972		Edinburgh Wanderers
Rimma Lewis	Fly-half	30 September 1970		Edinburgh Wanderers
Kim Littlejohn (c)	Centre	22 November 1970		Leeds
Ali Mackenzie	Hooker	22 February 1972
Alison McGrandles	Fly-half	12 July 1972		Leeds
Mags McHardy	Second row	10 April 1974		Edinburgh Academicals
Pogo Paterson	Centre	1 December 1969		Richmond
Sheila Scott	Hooker	20 December 1967		Edinburgh Wanderers
Jennifer Sheerin	Flanker	21 May 1973		Richmond
Julie Taylor	Prop	30 January 1970		Edinburgh Academicals
Irene Wilson	Flanker	30 January 1967		Alton

Spain

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Matches Played	Club/province
Karitte Alegria	??	10 March 1971
Meritxell Baste	??	20 December 1970
Mercedes Batidor	??	21 July 1972
Rosa Calafat	??	28 May 1970
Elena Diez	??	10 February 1972
Paz Estevan	??	15 September 1970
Ines Etxegibel	??	7 January 1974
Olatz Fernández de Arroyabe	??	18 March 1970
Teresa Fuster	??	28 October 1974
Aroa Gonzalez	??	19 April 1979
Marta Gran	??	25 November 1968
Beatriz Jimenez Lopez	??	20 July 1970
Cristina Lopez	??	20 February 1976
Lourdes Lopez	??	30 October 1969
Pilar Lopez	??	26 October 1971
Paloma Loza	??	11 May 1965
Iraide Manzano	??	2 June 1966
Susana Monclus Twomey	??	4 July 1967
Beatriz Muriel	??	20 September 1976
Maria Isabel Perez	??	13 December 1979
Olga Pong	??	25 August 1969
Montserrat Poza	??	17 August 1977
Rocio Ramirez	??	3 November 1969
Otilia Roca	??	14 September 1968
Rosanna Ros	??	28 April 1965
Elena Saura	??	25 February 1973
Ariadna Selga	??	28 March 1974
Raquel Socías	??	7 October 1975
Cristina Valdes	??	19 April 1973
Coral Vola	??	2 July 1972
Beltxa Villalobos	??	11 June 1973
Nancy Rebecca Villarroya	??	15 February 1969

Sweden

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Matches Played	Club/province
Ulrika Anderson-Hall	??	1 July 1973
Hanna Bagenholm	??
Hanna Bengtsson	??
Sussanne Bengtsson	??
Jennie Bohlin	??	29 July 1970
Katarina Boman	??	12 December 1973
Jane Hodson	??
Asa Jarl	??
Christina Johansson	??
Patrice Birgitta Johansson	??	14 March 1968
Joanna Kristrom	??
Anna Maria Larsson	??
Ylva Larsson	??
Ingrid Leijonhufund	??
Cecilia Ljungquist	??
Karin Ljungquist	??
Karin Mannerstedt	??
Veronica Mentzer	??
Sara Nordgren	??
Annika Petterson	??
Maria Robertsson	??
Anna Frida Ryberg	??	14 July 1978
Johanna Saveros	??
Camilla Sawar	??
Louise Vaerlin	??
Emma Zingmark	??

United States

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Matches Played	Club/province
Shalanda Baker	??
Jos Bergman	??
Barbara Bond	??
Stacy Boyle	??
Carol Burdick	??
Jennifer Crawford	??
Nancy Fitz	??
Pamela Irby	??
Patricia Marie Jervey	??
Michelle Johnson	??
Kim Kaleiwahine	??
Elizabeth Kirk	??
Keirsten Lawton	??
Krista McFarren	??
Candice Maria Orsini	??
Meredith Ottens	??
Erina Queen	??
Jennifer Renne	??
Lisa Rowe	??
Diane Schnapp	??
May Sorensen	??
Terese Taylor	??
Tricia Turton	??
Amy Westerman	??
Alexandra Williams	??
Tammy Eckert	??

Wales

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Matches Played	Club/province
Antonia Antoniazzi	??	5 October 1971
Geraldine Baylis	??	14 May 1968
Liza Jane Burgess	??	24 March 1964
Sue Calnan	??	20 May 1963
Tracey Comley	??	22 April 1974
April Dent	??	28 February 1974
Claire Donovan	??	13 September 1971
Sue Ellis	??	10 June 1962
Bess Evans	??	3 September 1966
Non Evans	??	20 June 1974
Philippa Evans	??	23 July 1968
Eleanor Green	??	23 June 1973
Nadine Griffiths	??	19 July 1974
Jamie Kifi	??	25 November 1978
Dawn Mason	??	22 April 1972
Jacqueline Morgan	??	23 March 1964
Rhonwen Owens	??	12 December 1970
Sandra Phillips	??	4 May 1975
Lisa Pritchard	??	3 October 1975
Louise Rickard	??	31 December 1970
Julia Robinson	??	13 February 1975
Emily Steer	??	2 July 1974
Jenna Studley	??	17 January 1979
Sarah Thomas	??	20 July 1973

New Zealand

Coach: Vicki Dombaski

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Matches Played	Club/province
Monalisa Codling	??	20 April 1977
Vanessa Cootes	??	26 July 1969
Maree Edwards	??	8 February 1975
Janet Heenan	??	29 July 1969
Monique Hirovanaa	??	25 May 1966
Fiona King	??	1 February 1972
Kellie Kiwi	??	31 January 1972
Dianne Kahura	??	1 May 1969
Toni Konui	??	6 November 1966
Brigitta Lotuiiga	??	9 February 1968
Rochelle Martin	??	28 March 1975
Jacinta Nielson	??	30 May 1972
Farah Palmer	??	27 November 1972
Anna Richards	??	3 December 1964
Fiona Richards	??	23 December 1970
Melodie Robinson	??	25 May 1973
Annaleah Rush	??	15 April 1976
Regina Sheck	??	9 November 1969
Exia Edwards	??	12 November 1975
Suzy Shortland	??	23 January 1974
Sayonara Su'a	??
Emma Thomas	??	6 November 1958
Cheryl Moana Waaka	??	12 May 1970
Louisa Wall	??	17 February 1972
Tracey Waters	??	28 August 1973
Davida White	??	26 March 1967
Tammy Wilson	??	29 September 1973