Women’s Rugby News for Feb 20-26

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Feb 20-26. Spain won their 10th European Championship over Sweden by a score of 90-5 while Spain, USA, South Africa and Canada are talking about a tournament in late March or early April.

In more XVs news, USA Club D1 saw no changes from last week, D2 had two lead changes with San Antonio replacing Little Rock in Red River and Knoxville replacing Chattanooga in True South. Gloucester-Hartpury’s unbeaten streak came to an end after the Saracens toppled them 36-27 and Exeter took over as leader of Allianz Premier. Railway continues to lead Ireland’s Energia AIL Cup, Chiefs Manawa leads after week one of Super Rugby Aupiki, the Black Pearls remain undefeated in Uganda’s Central League, Bourdeaux continues to lead France’s Elite 1, and Natixis Ice won the Nan Fun Group | Sewitt Premiership in Hong Kong.

In 7s news, Vancouver hosts the next HSBC 7s Series stop this weekend, South Africa went undefeated and held all teams scoreless in Hermanus 7s and USA’s CRC 7s shares progress on qualifiers across the country.

We close out the week with 16 features and 4 media.

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tl;dr: Women’s Rugby in 60 secs for Feb 20-26 saw Spain win their 10th European Championship while Spain, USA, South Africa and Canada are in talks about a tournament in late March or early April.

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Your #wrugby News in under 60 seconds for Feb 20-26 saw Spain win their 10th European Championship while Spain, USA, South Africa and Canada are in talks about a four-team event in late March or early April. Watch our video & read the entire update using the link in our bio! #womensrugby #wrugby #rugbyunion #rugbytok

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Top Women’s Rugby Stories

XVs

International

• Spain has won their 10th European Championship over Sweden 90-5
• Combined Provinces finished the Celtic Challenge undefeated with another win 33-26 over The Thistles
• Spain, USA, South Africa and Canada are in advanced talks to host a four-team tournament in late March to early April

Domestic

• USA Club saw no changes in D1 as most teams don’t restart play until March and D2 saw two changes in Red River (San Antonio replaced Little Rock) and True South (Knoxville replaced Chattanooga)
• Gloucester-Hartpury’s unbeaten run came to an end after Saracens toppled them 36-27; Exeter leads Allianz Premier with 55 points
• Railway continues to lead Ireland’s Energia AIL Cup by points difference and is chased by UL Bohemian, Blackrock College and Wicklow
• Chiefs Manawa leads after week one of Super Rugby Aupiki where they defeated Hurricanes Poua while Matatū beat the Blues
• Black Pearls had a close match against the Avengers this weekend but remain on the top of the table and undefeated in Central Uganda’s competition
• Bourdeaux continues to lead France’s Elite 1 with Montpellier, Toulouse and Lons Section Paloise in pursuit
• Natixis Ice won the Nan Fung Group | SEWIT Premiership trophy
• Valsugana continues to lead Italy’s Excellence and is followed by Villorba, Color and Milan

7s

• Vancouver hosts the next HSBC 7s Series stop on March 3-5
• South Africa dominated their opponents at the Hermanus 7s, winning all six their matches without conceding a try
• The CRC 7s have moved to the Maryland SoccerPlex in the Washington D.C. metro area and qualifiers are already taking place across the USA

Women’s Rugby Features

• Scrum Queens has the match report for Spain’s 10th European Championship where they also qualified for the WXV
• Only 30 days remain until the 2023 TikTok Women’s Six Nations and they look at some of the players over 30 who will be representing their countries during the Championship
• Fiona Thomas shares the secrets behind Gloucester-Hartpury’s Premier 15s title charge
• Ireland scrum-half Kathryn Dane has revealed she suffered a brain hemorrhage at training before Christmas
• The Rugby Breakdown shares the details of the Gulf Coast Super Regionals and how Seattle is eligible for USA Rugby D1 Club Playoffs after years of playing in Canada
• IRFU Appoints Aoife Clarke As Director of Communications
• Rugby bosses admit growth of Super Rugby Aupiki ‘will take time’ despite success of Black Ferns
• Matt Merritt talked with Giselle Mather about starting over with Ealing Trailfinders
• University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) Adds Women’s Side
• Babalwa Latsha joined Harlequins for remainder of season
• Former Black Ferns captain Victoria Grant has left the henhouse to coach the Hurricanes Poua, an important first in Super Rugby Aupiki. And she brings her superpower to build team culture, Suzanne McFadden finds out
• Maddawg Women’s RFC Begins at Mississippi State
• Fiona Cooper sat down with Gary Heatly to speak of her rugby career to date and time currently at Wasps
• WPL Releases 2023 Schedule and Participating Teams as they continue to ‘Ignite the Change’
• Rugby Pass columnist Ali Donnelly explores why there are so little women coaching at the top level and the associated missed opportunity for the game
• Claire Thomas interviewed Emily Chancellor about joining the Harlequins

Women’s Rugby Media

• Catch up on all the key moments from a tightly contested match between The Thistles and The Combined Provinces at DAM Health Stadium
• Babalwa Latsha talks about signing with Harlequins
• Spain shares a video of their previous European Championship wins
• Watch Stephen Thompson’s documentary ‘Head On Rugby, Dementia and Me’