World Rugby Creates Women’s Advisory Committee

World Rugby has announced historic and wide-ranging reform of its governance structures, creating a dynamic environment for wider union and regional representation and an independent skills-based voice on the international federation’s decision-making bodies.

Part of this reform includes the creation of  a dedicated Women’s Advisory Committee. We know that women’s rugby is now one of the world’s fastest-growing team sports and more than 1.5 million women and girls are regularly participating. This committee will be established to oversee the implementation of the women’s rugby strategy as the world’s top female players look towards rugby sevens’ debut at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017 in Ireland.

Another interesting tidbit is that if you want to be  part of the World Rugby Council composition and and have voting rights you’ll need to have a sustainable women’s program with participation in the Women’s Rugby World Cup or qualifiers in the past eight years and have men’s and women’s sevens programs – reflected by a minimum participation in regional competitions and or the World Rugby Sevens Series (men’s and women’s) among a few other requirements.