Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Mar 28 – Apr 3. England, France and Wales lead the TikTok Six Nations after two rounds and future Rugby World Cups are coming into focus: England will host in 2025, Australia in 2029 and USA in 2033.
Premier Rugby Sevens announced they will be hosting a three city tournament starting in San Jose, CA on July 9, Washington, D.C. on July 16 and the Championship will take place in Austin, TX on July 30. Tickets are on sale now!
In domestic XVs news, Fijiana Drua defeated the Waratahs to stay on top of the table for Super W, Harlequins and Saracens lead their respective pools in the Allianz Premier Cup, USA’s Women’s Premier League begins this weekend and Munster and the IRFU are under fire again after they withdrew a motion to grant senior status to clubs competing in the Women’s AIL.
We close out the week with 10 features and 16 media.
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tl;dr: Women’s Rugby in 60 secs for Mar 28-Apr 3 sees England, France and Wales on top of the TikTok Six Nations table and Australia will host Rugby World Cup 2029 while England handles 2025 and USA has 2033.
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Featured Women’s Rugby Stories
England, France and Wales are atop the TikTok Six Nations table all with 10 points a piece
Results
- France 40 Ireland 5
- Wales 24 Scotland 19
- Italy 0 England 74
With their win, Wales has moved ahead of Scotland in the World Rugby Rankings from tenth to ninth place.
Also, Scrum Queens looked at why TikTok are investing in women’s rugby with Sports Marketing Lead of EMEA Harley Johnson.
All sports – rugby included – lend themselves well to the creative and joyful video format TikTok is known for, from unseen training clips and match highlights to light-hearted player and fan reactions. TikTok gives fans the chance to go behind-the-scenes and experience iconic sporting events in new ways, while allowing athletes to show people a different side of themselves and their sports. – Harley Johnson
Top Women’s Rugby Stories
XVs
International
- World Rugby confirmed that Australia is the preferred candidate for Rugby World Cups 2027 and 2029
- Australia also announced initiatives for women’s youth development including U18 matches alongside the Super W competition
- New Zealand announced that Wayne Smith, has signed on as Technical Coach with the Black Ferns through the Rugby World Cup
Domestic
- Fijiana Dryua continue to lead Super W after they defeated Waratahs 29-10; Queensland is in third place
- Harlequins and Saracens lead the Allianz Premier 15s Cup
- More problems in Ireland as the motion to recognize Munster women’s AIL clubs and players as Senior was removed from the agenda at the last minute
- USA’s WPL begins this weekend with four of five teams in action in their respective pools
- USA’s Club teams are deep into their league season and moving towards Superregionals
- USA’s College Rugby Association of America released their spring playoff brackets ahead of the 2022 Championships on April 30
7s
- Premier Rugby Sevens announced their tournament will expand to three cities this year and the Championship will be in Austin, TX on July 30
- USA’s 2022 Women’s Small College 7s National Championship will be hosted at Founders Field in Pittsburgh, PA on Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1
Women’s Rugby Features
- Ruaidhri O’Connor reveals more about the failure of Munster to hear a motion to grant Senior status to their women’s AIL clubs
- Ruaidhri O’Connor also looks at the Internationals who are playing in the Allianz Premiership as opposed to their local AIL competition
- Scotland’s Rachel Malcolm admitted her side had to have a tough talk with themselves after their loss to Wales
- England’s Rosie Galligan tells how she battled back from meningitis to earn her second cap… 1,149 days after her first
- Sinead Kissane reveals more about why Linda Djougang left the AIL to play in France’s Elite 1
- Wales’ Jasmine Joyce recounts their win over Ireland
- World Rugby Museum goes to the Vaults with two articles:
- 1991 Pioneers, Players, and Perseverance: The First Women’s Rugby World Cup
- How Scotland saved the 1994 Rugby World Cup
- Wales’ Alisha Butchers was a standout in their win against Ireland and she wants more
Women’s Rugby Media
- The Good, The Scaz and The Rugby has Hannah Botterman talking about crocs and we learn about Zoe Aldcroft’s Happy Potter antics
- The Rugby Hive interviews Kat Roche about refereeing in the MLR, the Six Nations and her future
- Sara Orchard and Philipa Tuttiett caught up with Jasmine Joyce, Alisha Butchers and Emily Scarratt for BBC 5 Live Sport
- Poppy Cleal, Shaunagh Brown and Emily Scarratt are guests on Question of Sport
- See the highlights of Wales over Scotland
- Beibhinn Parsons and Aoibheann Reilly share their journey to the green jersey
- Kayleigh Powell reflects on earning a pro-contract after recovering from four separate injuries!
- Back the Girls is chatting all things Wales after they defeated Ireland
- Sarah Ann Bonar reflects on the key moments that have had a big impact on her rugby career
- Michaela Blyde talks about Sarah Hirini, her Mum, and how these amazing wāhine helped her to see what was possible
- Women’s Rugby Pod talks Six Nations, Super Rugby Aupiki and World Rugby news with guests Les Elder and Keira Bevan
- Off the Ball’s Alan Quinlan wonders along with the rest of us why Beibhinn Parsons has not started yet
- Kabita is the next #YouthUnstoppable, she is a member of the Bangladesh U18s
- Nick and Mo discuss all things from Round 2 of TikTok Six Nations
How it all looks after Round Two...#TikTokW6N pic.twitter.com/WtHohatE0h
— TikTok Women's Six Nations (@Womens6Nations) April 3, 2022
On the up!
— World Rugby (@WorldRugby) April 4, 2022
Two wins from two in the @Womens6Nations and @WelshRugbyUnion are moving ⬆️ in the latest World Rankings, powered by @Capgemini pic.twitter.com/3IMByHa3Pr
Why are @TikTokSports investing in women's rugby & women's sport in general?
— Scrumqueens - Women’s Rugby (@ScrumQueens) March 30, 2022
We asked their sports marketing lead Harley Johnson who reveals that there's been ..
🏉 88m views of #womensrugby
🏉 4m views of #tiktokw6n in a week following the launch
✍️ https://t.co/IoyQUyhff3 pic.twitter.com/zhegdUu00z
https://twitter.com/FranceRugby/status/1510274869921034245
https://twitter.com/WelshRugbyUnion/status/1510311793503227906
Two wins from two from the #RedRoses in the @Womens6Nations 🌹#ITAvENG pic.twitter.com/qd1jDK8Dk9
— England Rugby (@EnglandRugby) April 3, 2022
XVs
International
World Rugby has today confirmed Australia as Preferred Candidate for Rugby World Cup 2029, the 11th edition of the premier 15s women's event.
— World Rugby Media (@worldrugbymedia) April 4, 2022
The announcement means Australia is now preferred candidate to host the men’s and women’s editions in 2027 & 2029 respectively pic.twitter.com/3Dm7jvZszu
#GameOn for Australia in 2027 and now in 2029!
— Rugby Australia (@RugbyAU) April 3, 2022
MORE: https://t.co/HgV0aUiIvB pic.twitter.com/hNRjHFWdrB
⭐️ Huge news for our future #Wallaroos!#SuperW #ourjourney https://t.co/fcz7sUgpR5
— Wallaroos (@WallaroosRugby) March 30, 2022
Huge news 🙌🏾
— Black Ferns (@BlackFerns) April 4, 2022
XVs
Domestic
@Fijiana_Drua remain undefeated with one round to go before finals 👊#SuperW pic.twitter.com/vRGHxX4sZt
— RUGBYcomau (@rugbycomau) April 4, 2022
Today's results in the Allianz Cup 🏆
— Allianz Premier 15s (@Premier15s) April 2, 2022
Ws for @BristolBearsW 🐻 @WorcsWarriorsW ⚔️ and @waspswomen 🐝 pic.twitter.com/ZUfqFzekej
2021-22 USA Women's WPL & Club Rugby Standings - USA https://t.co/tyzMjDVAbU pic.twitter.com/7rTjNhLySt
— YSCRugby - Women's Rugby 🏉🏳️⚧️✊ (@yscrugby) April 1, 2022
At the 11th hour tonight, the Munster Branch withdrew the motion to recognise women's AIL clubs and players as senior from its AGM agenda. Suggestion is it wasn't going to pass. Leinster, Connacht & Ulster all recognise Women's AIL clubs and players as senior https://t.co/3uItsOz1qv
— Rúaidhrí O'Connor (@RuaidhriOC) March 31, 2022
The road to Houston is set for Men's D1A, Women's D1 Elite and Women's D1.
— USA Rugby (@USARugby) April 1, 2022
7s
Join Us as We Make History in 2022
— Premier Rugby Sevens (@prsevens) March 31, 2022
8 Teams. 3 cities. Rugby sevens most exciting prize. 🏆
America's biggest stars are bringing rugby's greatest party nationwide.
Exclusive fan pre-sale starts today!https://t.co/k1fjHOsJoO pic.twitter.com/0uIvmdmr9g
8 Teams. 3 cities. @PRSevens bringing the rugby sevens party in 2022.
— USA Rugby (@USARugby) March 31, 2022
TICKETS ➡️ https://t.co/BMkczjhjsV pic.twitter.com/Nhhf9nmO3y
The best 12 teams in Women's Small College Rugby will compete for the 7s National Championship title at Founder's Field on April 30th and May 1st.
— National Collegiate Rugby (@ncrrugby) March 28, 2022
Who will come out on top? ⬇️
Read more about the competition here: https://t.co/3afMAmHabI pic.twitter.com/SKaz6D0BJq
The madness starts in April ⬇️
— National Collegiate Rugby (@ncrrugby) April 1, 2022
2⃣ Premier Cup qualifiers
8⃣ Division I Club automatic qualifiers
🗓 The first Premier Cup qualifier is happening THIS weekend at Boise State University.
🗓 This weekend also features the Great Lakes 7s & the Upstate New York 7s! pic.twitter.com/ZDSScJHTfn
This is embarrassing & frustrating but for me personally a great reminder why I give up a load (aka all) of my free time to advocate for & campaign for women's rugby & fairness across the sport. And memo to those clubs blocking progress - this won't hold.https://t.co/poTZZPtEkv
— Ali Donnelly (@AliDonnelly) April 1, 2022
A third of the Ireland Women's team play their rugby in England or France. If they were men, they wouldn't be picked but the dynamics are very different - as are the rewards on offer https://t.co/YZKwXAmEnz
— Rúaidhrí O'Connor (@RuaidhriOC) March 31, 2022
Linda Djougang left her job as a nurse & moved to France last Oct to play with ASM Romagnat.
— Sinéad Kissane (@sineadkissane) April 2, 2022
Linda doesn’t get paid by the club. She works part-time as a translator & is living off savings.
She’s just trying to become a better prop.
Spoke with Linda. https://t.co/RFqBFa1EzW
Another opportunity to run out in white🌹
— Rosie Galligan (@rosie_galligan) April 3, 2022
Let’s goooo… https://t.co/DBjomQiC0g
1991 Pioneers, Players and Perseverance: read the story of the inaugural women’s Rugby World Cup ➡️ https://t.co/84wY2kxcMt
— World Rugby Museum (@wrugbymuseum) March 28, 2022
📷 USA team ft. the Welsh Guards goat mascot 🐐 pic.twitter.com/3yzH8PyBWy
It was a dream start to the Women's Six Nations for Wales' @Alishabutchers1 and after experiencing a tough moment in her career 12 months ago, she is now rightly positive about the future.
— Talking Rugby Union (@TalkRugbyUnion) April 1, 2022
✍️ @G_HMedia
📸 @WelshRugbyUnion #TikTokW6N https://t.co/Y5BgZ53rwO pic.twitter.com/zH6x20L52K
In 1994 the Netherlands unexpectedly cancelled the 2nd women's Rugby World Cup, but with just 90 days to go Scotland stepped in as hosts and rescued the tournament!
— World Rugby Museum (@wrugbymuseum) April 4, 2022
Find out more in this week's blog ➡️ https://t.co/0j19Ga6rSi
📷 England v USA (Final), 24 April 1994, Edinburgh pic.twitter.com/hDkFwTMQry
🇲🇽 “I keep preparing myself so that I will be ready for anything that comes my way.”
— RugbyAmericasNorth (@RugbyAmericasN) March 28, 2022
Read the full Women in Leadership Directive profile of @Rugby_Mexico's Gaby Rojas 👇https://t.co/PNlxpJGUU1 pic.twitter.com/h8jNM2DvQc
"The coaches had not put any pressure on us, but individually as players we put pressure on ourselves to go out and perform, especially now 12 of us have full-time contracts." 🏉
— BBC Sport Wales (@BBCSportWales) March 31, 2022
They played their part in a fascinating match in front of a record crowd in Cardiff, but @Scotlandteam say they're eager to keep progressing this #TikTokW6N.
— TikTok Women's Six Nations (@Womens6Nations) April 4, 2022
We asked Red Roses @Hanbotts and @zoealdcroft_ to step in for Scaz on our recent episode of GS&R and they were pretty great 🔥
— The Good, The Scaz And The Rugby (@GoodScazRugby) March 29, 2022
Hannah revealed her love of Crocs and fancy dress and managed to land Zoe in it with her antics on a certain Harry Potter social ⚡️#GoodScazRugby pic.twitter.com/3kDlv8os2H
In part one of our MLR @usmlr Rugby Ref Series, The Gaaz @gasbarnut12 talks to up and coming USA referee Kat Roche about refereeing in the MLR, Six Nations, and her epic year ahead.
— Rugby Hive Podcast (@rugbyhive) March 29, 2022
📲 https://t.co/jhor8LIMiE @ScrumQueens @Rugbyworldmag @yscrugby @RugbyAmericasN pic.twitter.com/YwTmgmDCXC
Round 2 of the Women's #SixNations is just days away! 🔜@Sara_Orchard & @PhilipaTuttiett are on their travels at The Vale Resort in South Wales 🏉
— BBC 5 Live Sport (@5liveSport) March 31, 2022
They catch up with @joyce_jaz & @Alishabutchers1 🏴
Plus they chat to Emily Scarratt ahead of Italy v England🌹#bbcrugby
.@Fijiana_Drua's offload game is next level 🤤#DRUvWAR #SuperW 📺 @StanSportAU pic.twitter.com/sfFdv96oJh
— RUGBYcomau (@rugbycomau) April 1, 2022
Find out about #Emily #Natasha and #Victoria in the @Womens6Nations from @katymc10 and @RachaelBurf12 (AKA Scazzy, Mo and Fleto 😂 ) #RugbyUnionWeekly download now pic.twitter.com/uuR5SKzVAw
— Sara Orchard (@Sara_Orchard) April 3, 2022
Scotland lock @SarahAnn_Bonz reflects on the key moments that have had a big impact on her rugby career.#HereToInspire | @SPEnergyNetwork pic.twitter.com/ir1eWJgyfC
— Scottish Rugby (@Scotlandteam) March 29, 2022
🖐🎤 Episode 2.3 is here
— #BackTheGirls Podcast (@BackTheGirlsPod) March 30, 2022
It’s pretty much all about Wales 🏴 and that win over Ireland
We also talk a little about:
• Babies & nappies
• Dublin
• Bench & changes
• Consistency & momentum
• Kicking
• u20s & performance strategy
Tune in, join our chat and #BackTheGirls pic.twitter.com/mDKK0lxl5B
Wales full-back @KayleighPowel reflects on earning a pro-contract after recovering from four separate injuries! 🏉 pic.twitter.com/ylHJHCjbNM
— BBC Sport Wales (@BBCSportWales) March 31, 2022
From sharing a childminder, to sharing the international stage in green, Beibhinn Parsons and Aoibheann Reilly have been been together on every step of the journey.
— Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) April 2, 2022
Today, they run out together for Ireland in the #TikTokW6N. 🟢⬇️#NothingLikeIt | #FRAvIRE pic.twitter.com/QhaxgRw12s
📹HIGHLIGHTS | After fighting back from 19-7 down to beat Scotland 24-19, Wales aren't getting carried away.
— Welsh Rugby Union 🏉 (@WelshRugbyUnion) April 4, 2022
💬We are pleased with our progress, especially with our strong finish again, but we must make further improvements this week#HerStory pic.twitter.com/PShAzYKEG3
🏉 It was a successful Sunday for three #RedRoses who have guested on the current series of #QuestionofSport
— Question of Sport (@QuestionofSport) April 4, 2022
Captain ✅ @poppy_g_c
A first England try ✅ @ShaunaghBrown
A 50th international try ✅ @EmilyScarratt
Well done, @EnglandRugby 🌹
Catch up 👇https://t.co/kZEUwkmsJZ pic.twitter.com/4F80XwhILi
Tomorrow’s champions are inspired by today’s, just as today's champions were inspired by those that came before them 🏉🏆
— Sky Sport NZ (@skysportnz) March 29, 2022
The @BlackFerns' Michaela Blyde talks @Sgoss10, her Mum, and how these amazing wāhine helped her to see what was possible. #SeeThePossible pic.twitter.com/0jfYiWHkvv
We are back with @JohnnieHammond and @Sarah_Hunter8 as they are joined by two special guests Les Elder and @KeiraBevan14 on the Pod this week!
— Women’s Rugby Pod (@podwomensrugby) April 1, 2022
🏆 Six Nations
🏆 Super Rugby Aupiki
📰 World Rugby News
🎧 https://t.co/GpcyZynol6#WRP #womensrugby pic.twitter.com/NwCJoULcsO
'She's too good to be on the bench...' | 🏉@AlanQuinlan1 agrees that there is merit in keeping with continuity in selection, but wonders why Beibhinn Parsons has not started yet | ☘️@GilletteUK | #EffortlessFlow
— Off The Ball (@offtheball) April 1, 2022
Full chat ➡️ https://t.co/Zv2hUuSj8c pic.twitter.com/TX0tpumqKf
Meet our next #YouthUnstoppable, Kabita 👋
— World Rugby (@WorldRugby) April 4, 2022
A member of the Bangladesh U18s team, Kabita wants to encourage more girls to take up rugby 🏉
Head to the https://t.co/fRyJsoOKYd website to discover her inspiring story.
In partnership with @Mastercard | #WomenInRugby
And we’re live!
— TikTok Women's Six Nations (@Womens6Nations) April 4, 2022
The Nick & Mo Show is back to discuss all things from Round 2 of the TikTok Women’s Six Nations!
And a certain POTM award…. 💜 https://t.co/JhrClU1nD4