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
Job Title: Head Coach Location: San Antonio, Texas Start Date: January 3rd, 2022 Time Commitment: Per Week – 3 hours (2 – 1.5 hour practices on M &W) 2 hours (practice planning) Game Days – 3 hours + travel time Responsible to: Club Board Compensation: $1200 annually, to be paid in 2 installments—one in … 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
Position Title: Beantown Head Rugby Coach Location: Boston, MA Program Description: Beantown Rugby Football Club was founded in the Fall of 1976 and quickly established itself as one of the nation’s preeminent women’s rugby teams. After 6 National Championship titles, Beantown became a founding member of the Women’s Premier League (WPL). A few years later, … 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
From USWRF: With great sadness, we announce the death of beloved rugby legend Kathy Flores after losing her battle with colon cancer. Kathy’s rugby families at Brown University, Providence Women’s Rugby, Berkeley All Blues, Cal Berkeley Women’s Rugby Club, San Francisco Women’s Rugby, San Francisco Fog RFC, Pacific Coast All Star Rugby Team, Women’s Eagles, … Read more