2008 FIRA Women's European Championship
The 2008 FIRA Women's European Championship was the 11th rugby union women's European championship organised by FIRA - AER. It took place in the Netherlands from 17 to 24 May 2008; for the first time since 2004 both the A and B championships were held simultaneously in the same host country. Eight national teams took part to the Pool A: the four Home Nations plus France, Spain and the Netherlands; as for Italy they withdrew and were replaced by Sweden. Amongst the contestants in the Pool B were also the "France Défense XV