Women’s Rugby Rundown for Nov 6-12

Women’s Rugby Rundown News

XVs

International

• The World Rugby Council has granted conditional reinstatement to Sri Lanka as a full member of the international federation [link]
• Kenya defeated Uganda 87-3 in the Elgon Cup [link]
• Sione Fukofuka appointed as next USA Women’s Eagles Head Coach [link]

Premier & Club

• UL Bohemian continues their unbeaten streak in the Energia AIL but Blackrock, Old Belvedere and Railway Union are climbing the table [link]
• Llandaff North is unbeaten in the Welsh Premiership with Seven Sisters, Pontyclun and Caereinion Obra in the hunt [link]
• Watsonian FC remains perfect in Scotland’s Premiership with Stirling County, Heriot’s Blues and Corstorphine chasing [link]
• The Nan Fung Group | Sewit Hong Kong Premiership has two unbeaten teams in DAC Kowloon and Societe Generale Valley after four rounds [link]
• USA’s Club D1 and D2 saw changes [link]:
  • D1: Midwest Premiership semi-finals saw Columbus and Metropolis moving on to the Championship and PNW Premiership saw Tacoma climb the rankings
  • D2 : Midwest semi-finals saw winners Grand Rapids and Wisconsin moving on to the Championship while the Carolinas saw changes in the standings
• Spain’s Iberdrola began last week and CRAT, AVRFCB, Poz Olympic, and El Salvador all saw wins [link]
• Italy’s Series A Elite began last weekend as well with wins by Valsugana and Cus Milano [link]
• The WPL All Stars defeated visiting Te Tai Tokerau Natives 29-17 [link]
• Two more leagues are kicking off next week!
  • Allianz PWR
  • France’s Elite 1

7s

International

• Australia dominated the Oceania Championship, but Fiji’s 54-0 win against Papua New Guinea in the women’s final secured their spot in the Olympics Paris 2024, with Papua New Guinea and Samoa also earning places in the Final Qualification Tournament as the second and third highest-ranked non-qualified nations [link]
• The pools have been named for the first stop of the HSBC SVNS in Dubai [link]

Women’s Rugby Rundown Features

• Harlequins fullback Jade Mullen on what wearing the poppy means to her [link]
• Former Canadian International Jen Kish will donate her brain to the Canadian Concussion Center to further research on TBI’s [link]
• Scrum Queens weighs in on the first ever WXV Tournament [link]
• Everything you need to know ahead of the new PWR season [link]
• Loughborough’s Nathan Smith is relishing selection dilemmas as WXV stars return ahead of the PWR kicking off [link]
• Claire Thomas shares her thoughts of the WXV Final between England and the Black Ferns [link]

Women’s Rugby Rundown Media

• The Good, The Scaz And The Rugby chats with Nick Heath and Natasha Hunt about the WXV Championship [link]
• Every Mastercard Player of the Match from:
  • WXV 1
  • WXV 2
  • WXV 3
• Italy profiles Sara Seye and Simone Ferrari for their commitment, strength and resistance to becoming a prop [link]
• Scotland’s Rachel Malcolm shares her exclusive insight into her role as Captain [link]
• Wallaroos 2023 review: Cohesion helps team to on-field success as off-field struggles are being addressed [link]
• Jessica Hayden’s book ‘The Red Roses’ is now available to pre-order on Amazon! [link]
• England’s Emily Scarratt has gone under the knife in an effort to keep playing but also to ensure quality of life after rugby [link]

Rugby Jobs

• World Rugby is looking to fill various positions with the WXV and for 2025 Rugby World Cup [link]
• USA Rugby opens a search for CEO [link]
• Scotland is searching for someone to join their Comms department [link]