FRANCE DEFEAT CANADA TO OPEN NOVEMBER TOUR

from Rugby Canada: France – Canada féminines : Le résumé by FFR Canada’s Women’s Fifteens Team opened their November Tour with a 27-19 loss to France on Saturday evening in Pontarlier. Canada, who flew to the France earlier in the week, were slow to get going and found themselves down 12-0 early in the first half after … Read more

2014 International Test Matches

Plenty of teams have announced their 2014 International Test Matches in the lead up to the 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup in Paris, France. Read on to see who has announced the details we know: Canada Canada to play Black Ferns and Australia: The down under tour announcement follows a successful summer for Canada’s Women’s … Read more

2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup Pools Drawn

The draw for the 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup took place earlier this morning and here is the results: Pool A – England, Canada, Spain, Samoa Pool B – New Zealand, USA, Ireland, Kazakhastan Pool C – Australia, France, Wales, South Africa Hosts France have been drawn in Pool C with Australia, Wales and South … Read more

WRWC Pool Draw to stream live from Paris TOMORROW!

from WSWS.IRB.com: The International Rugby Board has announced that the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2014 pool allocation draw will be streamed live from Paris, France, next week. The draw will take place at Hotel de Ville, Paris, on Wednesday, October 30, with the broadcast beginning at 11:30 (GMT +1). With less than a year until … Read more

Maggie “The Machine” Alphonsi has no regrets about choosing rugby

from RugbyWorldCup.com: As the countdown to Rugby World Cup 2015 continues, England Women’s star and ER 2015 Ambassador Maggie Alphonsi talks to us about what first attracted her to the sport, her Rugby World Cup memories, and why Canada will be her team to watch at the tournament. Getting into rugby Enticed by rugby’s unique … Read more

South Africa Rugby Set for First International Women’s Test between Namibia & Botswana

from AllAfrica.com: Namibia’s national women’s rugby team will play its first-ever international rugby test match against Botswana on Saturday. The game is set to commence at 16h00 at the Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium in the capital. Twenty-nine female rugby players have been selected to represent the country against their counterparts from neighbouring Botswana. This was … Read more

Women’s Eagles player pool announced for 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup

from USA Rugby: BOULDER, Colo. — Less than a year remains until the Women’s Eagles take to the field in Paris at the 2014 IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup. To focus the efforts of the team’s coaching staff until that time, Pete Steinberg has named a 55-player pool. The pool will serve in creating the … Read more

Help Support Kenya’s National Women’s Rugby Team – For the Love of the Game

HEY! My name is Madison Levy, I’m the vice president of the Kennesaw State Women’s Rugby Team. I’ve been playing rugby now for about 4 years with multiple different clubs and as I am sure you can understand, women’s rugby is kind of like a  “love at first sight.” It’s a sport of giving it … Read more

South Africa and Kazakhstan reach WRWC 2014

All of the 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup Qualifiers are in the books! South Africa and Kazakhstan overcame Uganda and Japan respectively on Saturday. In the Elgon Cup, South Africa defeated Uganda decisively 63-3 to return to the Women’s Rugby World Cup. The win by South Africa is the biggest win of their history and showed … Read more