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Australia arrive in Singapore as the new team to beat after a clinical showing in Cape Town. Their victory over New Zealand confirms that the 2025/26 HSBC SVNS season is a heavyweight tug of war where momentum can shift in a single weekend. With the top tier reduced to just eight teams, the pressure to … Read more
Catch up on past WRR episodes and subscribe anywhere you listen to your podcasts or on social media. Welcome to WRR 229 for January 5-11. This week, we celebrate a historic sweep in Spain as El Salvador secures the Iberian Cup to complete their quartet of major titles. We also look at a massive financial … Read more
Catch up on past WRR episodes and subscribe anywhere you listen to your podcasts or on social media. Welcome to WRR 228 for December 8 to January 4. And we’re back! After taking a few weeks off for the holidays, we have a massive catch-up episode for you. This week, we recap a historic sweep … Read more
The road to the elite ranks begins January 17 and 18 at Dubai’s Sevens Stadium, where eight women’s sides will battle for just two available spots in the SVNS 2 circuit. This standalone event acts as a high-stakes crossroads for teams like South Africa and Poland, who enter as heavy favorites to dominate their pools. … Read more
The global conversation around World Rugby’s unproven size 4.5 ball trial can no longer be contained by secrecy. Today, we are launching a worldwide, independent survey to give every player, coach, and fan the opportunity to be heard directly. Our action is a direct response to World Rugby’s repeated refusal to share the biomechanical data … Read more
Catch up on past WRR episodes and subscribe anywhere you listen to your podcasts or on social media. Welcome to WRR 227 for December 1-7. This week, we saw Australia dominate rivals New Zealand to claim the HSBC SVNS Cape Town title, while World Rugby continued to face heat over the controversial Size 4.5 ball … Read more
Here we go again. The socials have been buzzing these past few days as World rugby rolled out the size 4.5+ ball for the women’s bracket at the HSBC7s in Dubai. The 4.5 was trialed earlier in Japan and France, and player feedback was solicited. There was positive feedback, but also a concern that being … Read more
The Black Ferns Sevens arrive in Cape Town as the team to beat, but their victory in Dubai only confirms that the 2025/26 HSBC SVNS season will be a true battle of attrition. The season’s high-stakes nature, driven by the radically reduced top tier and the recently finalized global SVNS structure, means every point earned … Read more
The roar of the crowd in Dubai (November 29-30, 2025) marked the start of the 2026 HSBC SVNS season, but the energy on the field will be charged with far more than just sporting ambition. The debut of World Rugby’s three tier format, which drastically reduced the top tier from 12 to 8 teams per … Read more
Catch up on past WRR episodes and subscribe anywhere you listen to your podcasts or on social media. Welcome to WRR 226 for November 24-30. This week was massive for 7s: the Black Ferns crushed Australia for gold in the Dubai SVNS opener, the LIT USA squad won the Women’s Elite title, and we locked … Read more
