Netherlands national rugby sevens team

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Netherlands

Union	Dutch Rugby Union
Team kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	1 (First in 1993)
Best result	21st place, 1993

The Netherlands national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. They have competed in the Hong Kong Sevens since the 1980s.

Rugby World Cup Sevens Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1993	Group stage	21st	5	0	5	0
1997	Did not qualify
2001
2005	Did not enter
2009
2013	Did not qualify
2018	Did not enter
Total	0 Titles	1/7	5	0	5	0

In the 1988 Hong Kong Sevens, one of their players, Marcel Bierman, broke his neck in a tackle, subsequently requiring a wheelchair as an assistive device. ^[1]

In the 1989 Hong Kong Sevens, they beat Bahrain by a large margin: 24-4.^[2] That year the team had the distinction of including four brothers: Hans, Andre, Mats and Peter Marcker.^[1]

Bill McLaren was particularly impressed by Bart Wierenga

"the player who made the biggest impression was a gangly lad with a head of hair like a wind-blown thatched cottage, Bart Wierenga, who ran his heart out in a series of tingling performances."^[1]

On the team's lap of honour, Wierenga wheeled Marcel Bierman around the pitch, to loud cheers and claps from the audience.^[1]

Year	Venue	Cup			Plate
		Winner	Final Score	Runner-up	Winner	Runner-up
1989 Details	Government Stadium	New Zealand	22-10	Australia	Tonga	Netherlands

• Rugby union in the Netherlands
• Netherlands national rugby union team

• McLaren, Bill A Visit to Hong Kong in Starmer-Smith, Nigel & Robertson, Ian (eds) The Whitbread Rugby World '90 (Lennard Books, 1989)