This week our women’s rugby news is focused on round two of the Six Nations, HSBC Kitakyushu Sevens and the Tokyo 2020 Qualifiers. Read on to see what else we’re covering this week! England’s new Sports Minister calls for more women’s sport on television Nigeria is moving closer to competing internationally again A feature on Liz Strohecker, … Read more
This week we’re wrapping up our women’s rugby coverage of Sydney 7s and the first round of the Six Nations. Plus we always mix in a few other stories to keep things interesting: World Rugby gives us a behind the scenes look at their HSBC 7s referees Marlie Packer weathers a tough 2018 Sydney 7s … Read more
This week we are covering Hamilton 7s in New Zealand, Sydney 7s in Australia and the first weekend of the Six Nations. Plus we always mix in a few other stories to keep things interesting: New Zealand easily wins Hamilton 7s and goes unscathed to also win Sydney 7s A fantastic podcast by NIRAWRugby about … Read more
The stars of sevens will resume the race for Olympic Games qualification at the HSBC Sydney Sevens on January 31-3 February, the third round of the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series 2019. Hosted for the first time at Spotless Stadium in Sydney Olympic Park, the HSBC Sydney Sevens features the 11 series core teams … Read more
Like last week, our women’s rugby news is focused on wrapping up the Fast Four Hamilton 7s, upcoming Sydney 7s and the start of the Six Nations Tournament. Plus a few other stories to keep the flavor fun: New Zealand beat France in the Fast Four final, dominating their home tournament Official Six Nations kick-off … Read more
January is halfway over, can you believe it? The women’s rugby news this week has shifted towards the upcoming Hamilton 7s, Sydney 7s and much anticipated Six Nations: Schedule and Pools announced for Sydney 7s Shannon Parry has been battling a injury but wants to make her debut at Sydney 7s Black Ferns release a … Read more
We’re fully into 2019 and women’s rugby news continues to fly from all corners of the world. The news we’re featuring this week includes: USA Rugby and NSCRO renew their strategic partnership Tributes to Frances Margerison, one of the most influential figures in the early days of women’s rugby in Wales, have been pouring in … Read more
The 2019 Six Nations begins in a few weeks and will once again see England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales international rugby union teams competing. The tournament includes five thrilling rugby-packed weekends of fixtures. It all begins Friday, February 1 with France and Wales getting the first match underway at the Stade de France … Read more
Has it sunk in that it’s 2019 yet? Crazy. This week we cover the rest of December and the first women’s rugby stories of 2019. The news we’re featuring this week includes: The Oceania Rugby Women’s XVs Championship has named a Dream Team More #RugbyJobs this week, a posting for a head coach for Queens … Read more
First, we take a look at the six most read stories on YSCRugby.com over the past 12 months. Interestingly enough, four articles are from 2018. The other two are from 2012 and 2011 respectively. Next, we’ll look at the top posts on Twitter and Instagram. Facebook doesn’t have analytics that go back far enough, so … Read more
