There is a particular kind of pride that comes with watching a national side step onto foreign soil for the first time. This September, the Oranje Dames XV (the Netherlands Women's National Rugby Team) do exactly that, travelling to Hong Kong for the inaugural WXV Global Series Challenger. To mark the occasion, and to help send them there in proper style, Rugby Culture has partnered with the team on a capsule collection built for supporters back home and abroad. Shop the Oranje Dames XV Capsule now and travel with them in spirit.
What is the WXV Global Series Challenger?
World Rugby's WXV competition sits at the heart of the women's international calendar, and 2026 sees the introduction of a new tier beneath it: the WXV Global Series Challenger. Hong Kong hosts the very first edition, welcoming six nations (the Netherlands, Samoa, Brazil, Fiji, Hong Kong China and Spain) to Kai Tak Sports Park between 13 and 26 September.
The format is a round robin played out across three triple-header matchdays, with every side facing the other five over the course of the tournament. For the Oranje Dames, the fixtures fall as follows: Netherlands v Samoa on Sunday 13 September; Brazil v Netherlands on Saturday 19 September; Fiji v Netherlands on Saturday 26 September.
More than pride is on the line. Results in Hong Kong feed into the pathway towards the 2029 Rugby World Cup in Australia, with the Global Series Challenger set to double as the Final Qualification Tournament in 2028. Head coach Gareth Gilbert has spoken of Hong Kong as a chance for this squad to show how far it has come since Dubai in 2024, where the Netherlands agonisingly missed out on qualification. This is a team with a point to prove, on a stage built for exactly that.
A capsule built for the journey
Getting a national squad across the world is no small undertaking, and the Oranje Dames XV are funding much of it themselves — through their own fundraising channels and the Yvonne van Gennip Talent Fund, alongside a summer of preparation that has included friendly internationals at the National Rugby Centre in Amsterdam.
Rugby Culture's part in that effort is the Oranje Dames XV Capsule: a t-shirt, a pair of shorts and a cap, developed in collaboration with the team itself. Proceeds from the collection go towards the squad's tour, a small but tangible way for supporters to travel with them in spirit, even from a club terrace in the Netherlands.
The collection is available now for pre-order, from XS through to 6XL, in orange and navy.
Shop the Oranje Dames XV Capsule and back the squad as they take on the world in Hong Kong.
Kick-off times and fixtures per World Rugby's confirmed 2026 WXV Global Series Challenger schedule.
