Welcome to the top women’s rugby news for Nov 15-21. England retained the top spot in the rankings as they defeated USA 89-0, France handed New Zealand their fourth loss, 29-7, Canada defeated Wales 24-7 and Ireland narrowly beat Japan 15-12. In more XVs news, the IRFU will not publish the findings of the two … Read more
10 women’s teams come together in the Middle East this weekend for the opening tournament of what promises to be a blockbusting year of rugby sevens. While some teams recently took part in the truncated, two-tournament 2021 series in Canada in September, for others this is a new opportunity to lay down a marker and … Read more
Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Nov 8-14. We begin and end with Ireland. Anthony Eddy, the IRFU’s Director of Rugby held an interview where he spoke about the women’s failure to qualify for the 2021 Rugby World Cup. He pinned the fault directly on the players and he … Read more
Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Nov 1-7. We begin with all the scores from the Autumn International matches over the weekend and Wales in a surprise announcement is investing more than $2.5 million dollars in contracting up to 25 players. 10 players will become “professional” and the rest … Read more
Welcome to the top women’s rugby news for Oct 25-31. The next World Rugby Hall of Fame Class has been announced with two female inductees among four males and Sweden continues to rule the European Trophy with a chance for Switzerland to spoil. In more XVs news, England remains the top squad in the world … Read more
Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Oct 18-24. Japan has qualified for the 2021 Rugby World Cup after a revision to the Asia pathway. USA announced their interest in hosting the 2027, 2029 or 2031 Rugby World Cup while England also expressed interest in hosting in 2025. This week … Read more
Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Oct 11-17*. Tunisia has won the 2021 Africa Cup, Sweden is undefeated so far in the European Trophy & Ireland announced two Autumn International matches against USA and Japan in November. We’re also looking at Canada’s announced roster as they prepare for matches … Read more
It’s a weird year because of COVID but there is still some rugby happening. We’ll track all the 2021 women’s rugby Internationals here. Check back often for updates! When we can, we will live tweet on Twitter. Schedule & Results Date Time (CST) Team Score Team Score Competition 9/13/21 Scotland 13 Italy 38 2021 Rugby … Read more
Welcome to the top women’s rugby news for Oct 4-10. New Zealand, Wales and England released their squads for the Autumn Internationals and World Rugby announced the 2020 HSBC 7s Series. In more XVs news, Senegal defeated Ivory Coast in the Rugby Africa Cup, Europe’s second level XVs Trophy tournament is back with six teams, … Read more
Premier Rugby Sevens (PR7s) is the newest sports league in the USA. Memphis will host the The PR7s Inaugural Championship at AutoZone Park on Saturday, Oct. 9 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. CDT. “For our inaugural event, we wanted a market that would appeal as an exciting destination for American rugby fans with a … Read more