who won the first ever women's rugby world cup
Women's Rugby World Cup The first Women's Rugby World Cup was held in 1991 and won by the United States. The 1991 and 1994 competitions were not officially sanctioned by World Rugby, then known as the International Rugby Football Board, at the time - they later received retrospective endorsement in 2009 when the governing body included the 1991 and 1994 champions in its list of previous winners.[3] It was not until the 1998 tournament held in the Netherlands that the tournament received official IRB backing.[4] The most successful team, with five titles, is New Zealand.