Welcome to Women’s Rugby Rundown 185 for January 6-12. The pools for the third HSBC SVNS stop in Perth are set, with Australia, New Zealand, and the USA leading their groups in a tournament that will see the women’s Cup Final headline the weekend for the first time. Round 4 of the Celtic Challenge brought pivotal wins for the Clovers, Wolfhounds, and Gwalia, with the Wolfhounds taking the top spot in the standings after Edinburgh’s first loss. The European Championship will return in March featuring defending champions Spain and rising Portugal, while Majadahonda secured their second consecutive Iberdrola Iberian Cup. And we round up all the global Premier and Club competitions worldwide.
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International
- The pools for the third HSBC SVNS stop in Perth are set, with 2024 SVNS champions Australia in women’s Pool C alongside France, China, and Spain, while Olympic champions New Zealand lead Pool A against Japan, Ireland, and Brazil, and silver and bronze medallists Canada and the USA face Great Britain and Fiji in Pool B [link]
- This tournament will mark the first time in the tournament’s history that the women’s Cup Final will be the last match played on the weekend [link]
- Unlike Cape Town, the next weekend returns to three pools of four teams as the tournament spans three days, a shift from the four-pool format initially introduced to shorten days in back-to-back tournaments
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International
- Round 4 of the Celtic Challenge saw wins by the Clovers, Wolfhounds, and Gwalia, as Edinburgh suffered their first loss of the weekend and ceded the top spot in the standings to the Wolfhounds[link]
- The 2025 Rugby Europe Championship will feature a round-robin format with defending champions Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Portugal, who joined last season and impressed by finishing third after earning promotion [link]
- Former Junior Springbok Women head coach Laurian Johannes-Haupt has joined South Africa in a full-time capacity as Springbok Women assistant coach, becoming the first full-time female rugby coach involved with a national team in the organization’s ranks [link]
Premier & Club
- Spain’s Majadahonda claimed their second consecutive Iberdrola Iberian Cup with a 25-17 victory over Portugal’s Benfica in Lisbon, tying the record for most titles in the tournament’s history [link]
- The 11th Japanese National Championship semifinals are set, with defending champions Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix, Yokohama TKM, Mie Pearls, and Kyushu-Nagato competing for the title in a historic doubleheader format alongside Japan Rugby League One matches on January 18-19, 2025 [link]
- We’ve searched the internet far and wide for more info about this league including fixtures & results or standings, if anyone has a lead that would be great
- Llandaff North moved to the top of the Welsh Premiership after just their fourth match in 15 weekends, highlighting the league’s ongoing struggles with postponements, as they remain undefeated despite the disruptions [link]
- The Energia AIL Round 10 saw the top five teams start the year strong, with Railway Union still leading the way, while Cooke and Suttonians earned bonus points in hard-fought matches [link]
- After 12 rounds of the PWR, Gloucester-Hartpury remains on top, while Bristol kept their finals hopes alive with a crucial win over Exeter [link]
- Round 9 of the Nan Fung Group | AIRSIDE Premiership saw wins by Societe Generale Valley, Kowloon, and Natixis Ice, with Societe Generale staying undefeated at the top [link]
- The Uganda Premiership returned with defending champions Black Pearls starting off strong and in first place, Thunderbirds and Nile Rapids also took home wins [link]
- South Africa’s Premier Division kicks off at the end of the month, with defending champions Bulls Daisies aiming for a three-peat [link]
- Australia’s Super W kicks off in early February, and squads are starting to trickle in [link]
Women’s Rugby Features
- An exclusive interview with Claudia MacDonald about her heroic return to the pitch, after months rehabbing a potentially career-ending injury [link]
- NRLW’s Appeal Draws Global Union Talent in Record Numbers [link]
- USA’s Olivia Ortiz on life in the PWR and her aims for RWC 2025 [link]
- Alice Soper: The Gentrification of Women’s Rugby [link]
- Money or the starter’s gun? AFL and NRL riches remain a lure for Olympic hopefuls [link]
- Scotland star Fran McGhie lauds Leicester move as ‘best decision’ [link]
2025 USA Women’s Pathways Talent ID Tour [link]
Women’s Rugby Media
- SGRYM: Spoke with Saracens’ Sydney Gregson about how she maintains her body’s physical health, highlighting the importance of nutrition and meal prep [link]
- The Womens Rugby Show: Episode 41: Must Win Terrority? [link]
- The Good, The Scaz & The Rugby: Giselle Mather: Care Connection & Communication [link]
- Squidge Rugby
- Erica Jarrell explains how your menstrual cycle affects training. Just one of the features this week on the Sale Sharks Side Show. Stream the full episode on Global YO [link]
Women’s Rugby Rundown Jobs
- USA Rugby: Head of Player Systems & Development [link]
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