Welcome to the top women’s rugby news for July 12-18. World Rugby has announced new trial law amendments that will begin in August. These have a specific focus on the women’s game and this is important because there is little research around injury, recovery, concussion, menstruation, etc. In XVs news, Madagascar has moved up to … Read more
The Olympics are almost here! There is major anticipation but also anxiety around the continued pandemic and how it will affect the games. We’ve already had a few scares with the Kenya women’s rugby team seeing false positive tests and many athletes in the Olympic village testing positive. The women’s competition gets underway on July … Read more
Welcome to the top women’s rugby news for July 5-11. The Olympic rugby schedule and squads are out! France and Fiji will begin the women’s event on July 29 and the medals will be handed out on July 31. We also learned that the HSBC 7s Series has been adjusted to six men’s and four … Read more
Welcome to the top women’s rugby news for June 28 – July 4. We begin with the exciting news that the pools have been confirmed for the Olympics! Pool A includes New Zealand, Russia, Great Britain and Kenya, Pool B is Canada, France, Fiji and Brazil and Pool C includes Australia, USA, China and Japan. … Read more
Welcome to the top women’s rugby news for June 21-27. It was a huge week for 7s, the Black Ferns, USA, and Russia all took home trophies for Oceania 7s, Quest for Gold 7s and the Europe 7s Championships. In more 7s news, Kenya was replaced by Mexico for the USA event and instead entered … Read more
Welcome to the top women’s rugby news for June 14-20. France and Russia swept the last Olympic Qualifying event and have booked their tickets to the Olympics in Tokyo. In more 7s news, Czechia won the first leg of the Europe 7s Trophy Series, Fiji has entered their training bubble ahead of the inaugural PacificAus … Read more
Welcome to the top women’s rugby news for May 31-Jun 13. We were on vacation last week so we’re covering two weeks. We begin with more details around the Olympic 7s Repechage tournament where the last two teams will punch their tickets for Tokyo. France and Russia are the favorites but they will have to … Read more
The World Rugby 7s Repechage tournament is the final event to determine the final two women’s teams to qualify for the rugby sevens competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which will be played July 29-31, 2021. Participants Russia, Argentina, Mexico, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Kazakhstan, Jamaica, Tunisia, France, Hong Kong, Colombia and Madagascar will … Read more
Welcome to the top women’s rugby news for May 24-30. We start with two announcements from World Rugby. First, South Africa and France will open the Rugby World Cup 2021 tournament on October 8. Matches will then continue throughout October and end on November 12 with the Finals. Second, the 7s Repechage match schedule was … Read more
Welcome to the top women’s rugby news for May 17-23. We begin with the Allianz Premier 15s semi-finals where the Harlequins and Saracens defeated Wasps and Loughborough putting them in the Championship in Kingsholm on May 30th. We also look at Round three of South Africa’s Premier Division where Border Ladies and DHL Western are … Read more