1994 Women's Rugby World Cup squads

Tournament details
Host nation	Scotland
Dates	1994-04-11 – 1994-04-24
No. of nations	12
	← 1991 1998 →

This article lists the official squads for the 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup in Scotland (originally scheduled to be held in the Netherlands).

Pool A

United States

Coach: Franck Boivert

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)
Jos Bergman	Fly-half
Barb Bond	Number 8	9 August 1962
Sue Brooks	??
Patty Connell	Scrum-half
Jen Crawford	Fullback	25 July 1964
Mary Dixey	Fly-half	25 February 1961
Julie Drustrup	??
Tara Flanagan	Lock	18 October 1963
Annie Flavin	Prop
Kathleen Flores	Number 8	7 February 1955
Julie Gray	??
Betsy Hill	??
Elise Huffer	Centre
Sheri Hunt	Flanker
Pam Irby	??
Patricia Marie Jervey	Centre	29 March 1964
Kris Kany	Flanker
Kerry Kelly	??
Cassie Law	Flanker
Krista McFarren	Wing	15 April 1961
Brett Newton	??
Christie Nixon	Lock
Candi Orsini	Centre	9 December 1956
Beth Pepper	??
Jan Rutkowski	Lock	27 June 1955
Maryanne Sorenson	Prop	11 October 1956
Laurie Spicer-Bourdon	??
Lisa Weix	??
Amy Westerman	??
Alex Williams	??

^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Japan

^[5]

Sweden

Coach: Guy Dinwoodie

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Jennie Öhman	Prop	29 July 1970		NRK Troján

^[6] ^[7] ^[8]

Pool B

England

Head Coach: Steve Dowling
Coach: Steve Jew, Steve Peters, Carol Isherwood

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Karen Almond (c)	Fly-half			Saracens
Val Blackett	Wing			Clifton
C Bronks	??			Richmond
Gillian Ann Burns	Number 8			Waterloo
Jane Coats née Mangham	Prop
Jenny Chambers	Number 8			Richmond
Annie Cole	Wing			Saracens
Sue Dorrington (c)	??			Richmond
Paula George	Fullback			Wasps
Helen Harding	??			Wasps
K Henderson	??			Novacastrians
Jacquie Edwards	Centre			Blackheath
Jane Gregory née Everett	Prop			WASPS
Sandy Ewing	Prop	9 June 1960	22	Wasps
Kathy Jenn	Flanker			Richmond
Giselle Mather	Centre
Deirdre Mills	??			Richmond
Emma Mitchell	Scrum-half			Saracens
Jane Mitchell	Fullback			Saracens
Jayne Molyneaux	Wing
Nicky Ponsford	Hooker			Clifton
Giselle Pragnelle	Centre			Wasps
Janis Ross (vc)	Flanker		43	Saracens
Emma Scourfield	Prop			Leeds
Genevieve Shore	Number 8			Wasps
Cheryl Stennett	Wing			Wasps
Heather Stirrup	Lock			Wasps
Claire Vyvyan	??			Wasps
Sarah Wenn	Lock		25	Wasps

^[9] ^[10] ^[11] ^[12] ^[13] ^[14] ^[15]

Scotland

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

Player	Position	Club/province
Micky Cave	Fullback	Saracens
Lyndsay Burns	Wing	Aberdeen University
Sue Brodie	Wing	Edinburgh Academicals
Alison Christie	Prop	Richmond
Debbie Francis	Wing	Richmond
Jeni Sheerin	Wing	Heriot-Watt University
Pogo Paterson	Centre	Richmond
Kim Littlejohn(c)	Centre	Edinburgh Academicals
Elaine Black	Fly-half	Teddington Antlers
Alison McGrandles	Fly-half	Richmond
Sandra "Gnomi" Williamson	Second row	Edinburgh Academicals
Julie Taylor	Prop	Edinburgh Academicals
Debbie Lochhead	Prop	Dundee High School FP
Iona Ferguson	Hooker	Edinburgh University
Donna Aitken	Prop	West of Scotland
Irene Wilson	Second row	Alton
Lee Cockburn	Second row	Edinburgh Academicals
Mags McHardy	Second row	Edinburgh Academicals
Anny Freitas	Flanker	Edinburgh Academicals
Donna Kennedy	Flanker
Dawn Barnett	Number 8	Wasps

^[16] ^[17] ^[18] ^[19] ^[20]

Russia

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Rimma Petlevannaia (c)	??
E. Solviena	??
L. Evanova	??
I. Erina	??
E. Kvrenkova	??
O. Bogath	??
E. Kostyrko	??
O. Didenko	??
Y. Kirienko	??
S. Krivocharova	??
N. Ivachkova	??
S. Golovko	??
E. Baranova	??
M. Jorina	??
I. Fomina	??

^[21] ^[22] ^[23]

Pool C

France

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

Player	Position	Caps	Club/province
Nathalie Amiel	Flanker		Saint-Orens
Valerie Lenoir	Lock
Annick Hayraud	Fly-half	65
Fabienne Saudin	??

^[24] ^[25] ^[26] ^[27] ^[28]

Ireland

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Scottish Students

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Pool D

Canada

Coach: Ian Humphreys
Assistant coach: John O'Hanley
Manager: Rab Murray

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Christine Carlson	Prop			BC
Tina Fuchs	Lock			BC
Lynne Leclair	Wing			BC
Patti Pare	Centre			BC
Kim Styles	Wing			BC
Vasiliki Antiniou	Lock			Alberta
Susan Johnson	Lock			Alberta
Shelaine Kozakavich	Fly-half			Alberta
Maxi Miciak	Centre			Alberta
Heidi Von Schoening	Wing			Alberta
Joanne Gardner	Flanker			Ontario
Laurie-Ann Lundy	Flanker			Ontario
Julie Anne McGann	Scrum-half			Ontario
Sandra Muller	Prop			Ontario
Nena Orescanin	Centre	3 April 1969	9	Ontario
Louise Pearce	Fullback			Ontario
Jen Ross	Prop			Ontario
Annette Shiel	Fly-half			Ontario
Michelle Green	Fullback			Quebec
Val Matthew	Hooker			Quebec
Gillian Florence	Prop		66	Ste. Anne de Bellevue
Josée Lacasse	Prop			Quebec
Natascha Wesch	Scrum-half			Ajax Wanderers^[31]
Heather Wilson	Flanker			^[32]
Stephanie White de Goede (c)	Number 8			Alberta
Helen Russell	Hooker	6 November 1964	10	Ajax Wanders^[33]^[34]

^[35]

Kazakhstan

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Olga Chukreyeva	??
Olessya Zyryanova	??
Tatyana Ashikhmina	??
Natalya Voronenko	??
Natalya Baibatyrova	??
Anna Cherkassova	??
Akkumys Duzelbayeva	??
Sofya Kabanova	??
Svetlana Karatygina	??
Irena Khokhlova	??
Svetlana Khokhlova	??
Natalya Kisseleva	??
Natalya Kosmanova	??
Oxana Krivec	??
Olga Kumanikina	??
Alfiya Mustafina	??
Anna Nedospassova	??
Valentina Nezbudey	??
Yelena Nikolayenko	??
Elena Onischenko	??
Oxana Pevzner	??
Yelena Pevzner	??
Irina Shabaldina	??
Yelena Solodovnik	??
Alfiya Tamaeva	??

^[36]

Wales

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)
Amanda Bennett	Centre	(1964-07-24)24 July 1964 (aged 29)
Liza Burgess	Number 8	(1964-03-24)24 March 1964 (aged 30)
Kate Eaves	Lock	(1968-05-06)6 May 1968 (aged 25)

^[37] ^[38]

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