Welcome to the top women’s rugby stories for Jan 11-17! We start with the announcement that the women’s Six Nations will be pushed and won’t take place this spring. The news was met with derision on social media (mostly from men) commenting “who cares” or “I don’t care”. We’ve joined Bristol Bear Stef Evans’ #icare … Read more
We’re all wondering when rugby can safely return. We decided to check in with all the Women’s Premier League (WPL), GUs, Associate GU’s and colleges to see where they are in returning to play. Generally we’ll be updating around league or structured play. We’re aware that some areas are allowing socials or friendlies but that … Read more
Under the Posts – Jul 6-12 covers the cancellation of the 2020 WPL season, the USWRF’s History Project, Fiji’s HP Academy, Sport NZ allocates $7.3 million for facility upgrades ahead of the 2021 WRWC, Australia’s Charlotte Caslick eyes a switch to Rugby League, more player features and plenty of media. Weekly News We start with … Read more
Under the Posts – June 22-28 includes articles from Maggie Alphonsi, Charity Williams, the Farah Palmer Cup, Glendale touts their partnership (backroom deal) with USA Rugby and we’ve got plenty of media for you this week! Featured News This week we’re looking at two articles featuring England’s Maggie Alphonsi and Canada’s Charity Williams. Alphonis is … Read more
Usually we start our women’s rugby digest with a featured video of the week. But the world as we know it changed (again) on May 25, 2020 with the brutal murder of George Floyd. Floyd isn’t the only victim of police brutality but his death reignited the BLM movement. After reflection and consultation with a … Read more
There seems to be something amiss in RugbyTown USA, AKA Glendale, Colorado. Glendale was pretty unknown to the rugby world until late 2006, “when city leaders developed a bold plan: The future of the city would be built around the sport of rugby” (About Us, Glendale Rugby). Part of the agreement of the city was … Read more
Under the Posts – Mar 30-Apr 5 brings back our weekly women’s rugby video and we feature two rugby unions who are making tough choices… In XVs news, Tyrrells Premier has declared the season null and void…which is lame, while Super W declared the Waratah the overall winners, their third Championship. 7s news covers four … Read more
The big women’s rugby stories this week include the upcoming South America Rugby (SAR7s), Sweden over Finland in the European Trophy, Spain defeated Wales and England took the first Rugby X tournament. We also cover the French Elite League, Glendale takes the 2019 WPL Championships, and we highlight the NIRA semi-finals as well as the … Read more
We realized last week that our ‘Under the Posts’ entries were spanning Sunday to Saturday and often splitting a weekend of rugby. So this week we’ll be transitioning to a Monday through Sunday week and that should give us better coverage! This week’s big stories include the busiest year of women’s test rugby ever, the … Read more
The 2019 Women’s Premier League Championship will kick off this weekend in Denver, CO on the Infinity Park Turf Fields. San Diego was the winner last year but won’t return to the top tier this year and so there will be a new champion crowned on Sunday. In the top tier, Life West faces New … Read more