Kenya Wins Again, Wolfhounds Dominate & Six Nations Gears Up | WRR 191

Women’s Rugby 7s News

International

• Kenya goes back-to-back at the HSBC Sevens Challenger, with South Africa second, Colombia third, Czechia fourth, and the top eight teams [link]
  • Top eight women’s teams, Kenya, South Africa, Argentina, Colombia, Thailand, Czechia, Poland and Uganda, celebrated International Women’s Day by qualifying for the next round in Krakow
• Fiji Rugby Announces 2-time Olympian Richard Walker as New Fiji Airways Fijiana 7’s Head Coach [link]

Women’s Rugby XVs News

International

• The Irish Wolfhounds went back-to-back in the Celtic Challenge, dropping just one match in 10 rounds, while their sister team, the Clovers, finished second [link]
• Belgium held off a late German comeback to claim a 23-19 away win in the European Trophy, setting up a home clash with Finland in April for the season title [link]
• Calendar announced for remaining Rugby Europe 2025 events [link]
• The Guinness Women’s Six Nations kicks off on March 22, with the Red Roses aiming for their seventh straight title in a landmark year for the tournament [link]
  • Guinness Women’s Six Nations Fantasy Game returns [link]
• The British & Irish Lions is delighted to announce Carol Isherwood OBE as the very first chair of the new Lions Women’s Committee [link]
• A top-level itinerary and preparation for Spain’s return to the World Cup after 8 years [link]
• Family friendly afternoon kick off times confirmed for Wallaroos and Wallabies home Tests [link]

Premier & Club

• After 15 rounds, Société Générale and Natixis Ice have punched their tickets to the Nan Fung Group | AIRSIDE Premiership Grand Final on March 15 at King’s Park Sports Ground [link]
• The 2025 Premiership Women’s Rugby Final returns to London for the first time since 2017, with Gloucester-Hartpury chasing their third title as they face Saracens at StoneX Stadium on March 16, as the league continues to build momentum ahead of the 2025 Rugby World Cup [link]
• USA Club: Seattle dominates D1 PNW, Surfers lead SCRFU, and NOVA stays on top in Atlantic as play resumes. D2 sees Portland (PNW) and All Blues (NCRFU) take 1st, while Mid-America playoffs are set for April 12-13. In D3, Chattanooga and NOLA lead True South, with Red River, Capital, and EPRU returning soon. Full details here.
• The Bulls Daisies locked in home advantage for the South Africa Premier Division final on March 29 with their sixth straight win, while challengers Sanlam Boland Dames and DHL Western Province kept their title hopes alive with dominant victories [link]
• The Kenya Cup regular season wrapped with Mwamba on top, Kenya Harlequins making a statement in their debut season, and both securing home semifinals as the rest gear up for playoffs [link]
• Vancouver stays on top of the BC Premier with a win over Seattle, while Westshore sits second with four weekends to go [link]
• Railway Union kept their perfect record intact with a home win over Blackrock College, as all Energia AIL matches saw home sides claim bonus-point wins, with Railway Union and UL Bohemian locking in home semifinals [link]
• Bordeaux remains unstoppable in Elite 1 with a perfect 14-0 record, while Blagnac, Toulouse, and Romagnat round out the top four with four weekends remaining [link]
• With two draws in the penultimate round, the Serie A Elite finalists will be decided on April 6, as Villorba and Valsugana played to a 22-22 stalemate, Torino and Benetton finished 17-17, while Colorno stayed in the hunt with a win, and Milan closed their home season with a dominant victory [link]
• The Waratahs snatched a last-minute 26-21 win over the Force to stay in the title race, the Reds stunned Fijiana Drua 22-19 with a determined defensive stand, and the Brumbies powered past Penina Pasifika 36-17 as Super W action heats up [link]
• The Blues edged Chiefs Manawa in a dramatic Grand Final replay with a last-minute Portia Woodman-Wickliffe try, while Matatū stormed past Hurricanes Poua with a dominant first half to secure back-to-back wins in Super Rugby Aupiki [link]

• The Black Pearls keep rolling in the Uganda Premiership with seven straight wins, while Emilly ‘Ferrari’ Lekuru tears it up with 36 tries this season [link]

Women’s Rugby Features

• Wales’ new head coach Sean Lynn says he will give his players a “licence to inspire” in the upcoming Women’s Six Nations [link]
• Dual international Rights Mkhari will join the Springbok Women training squad at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport this week for their fourth alignment camp of the year [link]
• Ilona Maher and the myth of feminine fragility – how one rugby player is reshaping sport [link]
• The French coaching staff has revealed the list of 32 players selected to prepare for the 2025 W6N Tournament. Les Bleues will meet at INSEP from March 10 to 14, then at the National Rugby Center from March 15 before starting the competition on March 22 in Ireland [link]
• Taylor Price’s MSc thesis analyzes youth rugby match events, showing that while female players make 30% more tackles than males, injury outcomes remain the same [link]
• Callender to miss Wales’ Six Nations opener [link]
• adidas Confirm Long-Term Partnership with Global Rugby Star – Ilona Maher [link]
• Lisa Thomson on Trailfinders, and trials and tribulations of 7s and XVs [link]
• Former USA Rugby Eagle and NASA astronaut Anne McClain will command a crew featuring pilot Nichole Ayers, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov on a four-month science mission to the orbiting laboratory [link]
• Gallagher High Performance Academy extends global impact, as World Rugby and Gallagher unveil new cohort of female coaches [link]
• Scotland women and the 14 month journey – W6Ns build up: “Faster, fitter, stronger” Evie Wills keen to make up for lost time [link]
• Second Red Roses training squad of 2025 announced [link]
• New York Exiles set to bring women’s professional rugby to the Empire State [link]
• Karpani returns for Reds Women’s Opener in Fiji [link]

Women’s Rugby Media

• USA’s Kathryn Treder on the 2025 World Cup and playing two games at York [link]