Under the Posts – Sep 7-13

Under the Posts – Sep 7-13 begins with the XV Foundation’s Panel on Sept 18, IOC Vice President insists on Olympics games occurring in 2021, Oceania 7s is cancelled, 6 player features and 4 medias.

NEW – Each week we’ll give you our Under the Posts – Women’s Rugby News video update in 90 seconds or less. We went over time by a bit this week but we’ll keep at it!

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Featured Women’s Rugby News

XV Foundations is hosting a hour and a half virtual event on September 18 and will feature two panels of current and future world champions, a silent auction, and gear giveaways.

There is still time to register before September 18!

Weekly Women’s Rugby News

A big week for women’s rugby news including IOC Vice President John Coates tellng everyone that the 2021 Olympics will go on regardless of the pandemic, and the Oceania 7s have been cancelled.

Also, the Round 2 of the Farah Palmer Cup finished up with Auckland on top in the North and Wellington & Canterbury tied for first in the South. 

84 scholars have penned their names in a letter to World Rugby about their proposed transgender ban. We thought this excerpt was very powerful: “We are opposed to World Rugby’s proposed ban of an entire population group from playing women’s rugby: non-binary people assumed male at birth and transgender women. There is no peer-reviewed, scientific evidence to justify a ban which would only be harmful to trans and gender diverse people.”

Last, two-time Olympian Caster Semenya has lost her most recent appeal meaning she won’t be able to defend her title without altering her body. Caster was born a female but has a genetic condition that elevates the level of male sex hormones in her body.

Women’s Rugby Player Features

• England’s Danielle Waterman calls time on her rugby career
• Harlequin’s Zoe Saynor discusses her involvement in the club’s Pride match against London Irish in February
• England’s Rocky Clark shares the brutal reality of retiring from international rugby
• Wales’ Cerys Hale is focusing on becoming the best prop in the world during lockdown
• Worcester’s Jemima Moss speaks of falling ill at 16 and the support she got from her team
• England’s Jess Breach talks with the Rugby Journal about how women’s rugby reaches new audiences.

Women’s Rugby Media/Podcasts/Videos

• ITV announces ‘Black Voices’, a platform for Black people to share experiences, stories and ultimately to educate. It includes England’s Maggie Alphonsi among others
• Sue Anstiss is on The Game Changes talking about women in sports media
• USA’s JD Stephenson talks Junior All Americans
• 20×20 shares how looking at our past can dictate our future in sport
• Wasps’ Florence Williams is on Women Who Sport talking about Dominos and rugby funding imbalances

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