Women's Rugby Rundown

Welcome to the top women's rugby news for April 26-May 2! We’re starting with the open letter that Scrum Queens penned about the vacancy on the powerful World Rugby Executive Committee. World Rugby has the opportunity to choose one of two highly qualified female candidates and they could go even further by choosing one that supports an emerging nation. Both are in short supply on the committee. In...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news for Apr 12-18! We’re picking up where we left off last week with the Wales Rugby Union receiving lots of online criticism due to their team’s performance in the Six Nations. They’ve responded by stating that they are “committed to developing the female game” but have indicated that the pandemic interrupted those plans. Is this true or is this another case of u...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news for Apr 5-11! We begin with celebrating the 30th anniversary of the inaugural Women's Rugby World Cup in 1991. We also look at Round 2 of the Six Nations where England ran past Italy 67-3 while Ireland blasted Wales 45-0. Wales has received a barrage of criticism online and the debate rages on about who is responsible for their poor performances. In other XVs...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news for Mar 29-Apr 4! We start with Canada winning the opening weekend of the Emirates Invitational 7s, while England and France ran riot over Scotland and Wales in the first matches of the postponed Six Nations. In more XVs news, Scrum Queens reports that New Zealand has proposed that the postponed 2021 Rugby World Cup take place in October and November to avoid...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news for March 22-28! We begin with the announcement of the Women's Six Nations fixtures and broadcast schedule finally being released. We're pleased to see no overlapping start times but it's difficult to build new fans and engagement with less than two weeks to go before the first kick-off. In XVs news, Allianz Premier 15s is getting closer to their semi-finals w...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news for Mar 15-21! We’re starting with the announcement from World Rugby of a new global women’s competition kicking off in 2023. The WXV competition will have sixteen teams in three tiers playing a minimum of six tests throughout the year. This is hugely important as some teams play one or two tests annually while others are playing more than twelve. On the heels...

Under the Posts - Women's Rugby News for Mar 8-14 begins with a look at the shortened women's Six Nations which is set to kick-off in two weeks. We’re still waiting on all the details of the event including kick-off times, broadcast, etc... The event was originally pushed back so there would be room for the RWC Qualifiers but we know that has now been moved. With new room in the calendar and since...

Welcome to the top women's rugby stories for Mar 1-7 beginning with the 2021 Rugby World Cup being pushed back a year due to the pandemic. It’s not all that surprising as we’ve been speculating for weeks this would occur. With the World Cup being pushed back it means there should be room for the Six Nations to move from 4-rounds back to the normal 5-round tournament. We hope that change will be ma...

Welcome to the top women's rugby stories for Feb 15-21! We begin with Russia winning the opening weekend of Madrid 7s. The tournament will repeat again this weekend with the same teams, will Russia take the top spot or will 2nd place France or 3rd place USA spoil? We also received an update around Team Great Britain and their struggles to assemble ahead of the Olympics. They have the funding but t...

Welcome to the top women's rugby stories for Feb 1-14, we’re covering two weeks and it begins with a revamped Six Nations kicking off in April. We also received final dates for the European Championships, and Asia Rugby has canceled their championship and qualifier due to COVID-19 travel & quarantine restrictions. So two steps forward and one step back for the 2021 Rugby Cup. In 7s news, Madri...

Welcome to the top women's rugby stories for Jan 25-31! We begin with the announcement of the 2021 Rugby World Cup schedule. Matches will begin September 18 and conclude on October 16. Scrum Queens spoke with Women's Rugby World Cup Tournament Director Michelle Hooper to ask all the questions we've been dying to know. New Zealand has indicated that they are keen to host the tournament and have lit...

Welcome to the top women's rugby stories for Jan 18-24! France and South Africa XVs are in camp this week preparing for the Six Nations and the 2021 Rugby World Cup. Fiji 7s is also in camp preparing for local 7s matches ahead of the delayed Olympics. We've updated our return to play for the USA, Spain's Iberdrola league enters week 2, Premier 15s will have COVID testing upon its return on January...

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 campaign online and we urge you to as well. Questions are beginning to surface arou...

Under the Posts - Women's Rugby News for Jan 4-10 starts with breaking news from Scrum Queens that the women's Six Nations could be postponed. This further further complicates scheduling for the remaining 2021 Rugby World Cup qualifiers and the 2021 Rugby World Cup event itself. England suspends all community rugby (again) excluding their elite divisions and Premier 15s will continue with their am...

Under the Posts – Women’s Rugby News for Dec 28-Jan 3 begins with Outsports labeling World Rugby as their ‘Asshole of the Year’. Hopefully WR finds this embarrassing and does something about the transgender ban. Scotland has elevated Bryan Easson from interim head coach to official head coach. Great Britain has secured funding for their 7s teams through The National Lottery. Scott Forrest remains...

Under the Posts - Dec 7-27 starts with bombshell articles about how England's Steve Thompson can't remember winning the 2003 World Cup, Wasps Nic Evans confesses that she's 'too scared to find out if she has dementia', and England's Kat Merchant has lower cognitive capacity due to multiple concussions. World Rugby has acknowledged that they received a solicitors letter but nothing else has come of...

Under the Posts - Nov 30-Dec 6 begins with the Women's Rugby World Cup returning to 16 teams in 2025, Hong Kong suspends rugby, USA Stars vs Stripes 7s, Spain XVs play in an All Star match, Round 7 of Allianz Premier 15s, 11 player features and 6 media. Read more: https://scrumhalfconnection.com/2020/12/10/under-the-posts-nov-30-dec-6/ . Every week we post an 'Under the Posts' roundup of #wrugby n...

Under the Posts – Nov 9-15 looks at the cancelled Six Nations and the Rugby Europe Championships, Samoa defeated Tonga 40-0 to advance to the final qualifications for the 2021 Rugby World Cup, South America hosts Valentin 7s, England defeats France, the Black Ferns beat the NZ Barbarians, Round 5 of Allianz Premier, USA announces Stars vs Stripes matches, Emily Scarratt speaks out about inequity,...

Under the Posts - Nov 2-8 begins with England's Emily Scarratt receiving the inaugural Women's Six Nations player award, France suspends most of their amateur competitions, Round 4 wrap of Allianz Premier 15s, Hong Kong competitions kick off, Rachael Burford & Simon Middleton call for more coverage of the women's game, RAN rugby announces their 'Unstoppables' campaign, 7 player features and 6...

Under the Posts – Oct 19-25 starts with Round 4 of the Six Nations, the Dr Farah Palmer Cup will be battled out between Canterbury and Waikato, Round 3 of Allianz Premier 15s, Italy kicks off their Series A competition, the 2021 Rugby World Cup draw will be November 20, 6 player features and 5 medias. Read more: https://scrumhalfconnection.com/2020/11/05/under-the-posts-oct-26-nov-1/ Every week we...

Under the Posts – Oct 19-25 starts with Round 4 of the Six Nations, the Dr Farah Palmer Cup will be battled out between Canterbury and Waikato, Round 3 of Allianz Premier 15s, Italy kicks off their Series A competition, the 2021 Rugby World Cup draw will be November 20, 6 player features and 5 medias. Read more: https://scrumhalfconnection.com/2020/10/30/under-the-posts-oct-19-25/ . Every week we...

Under the Posts - Oct 12-18 features England coming out against the transgender ban, Six Nations matches this weekend, the Rugby Europe Women's Championship matches are cancelled, the Semi-finals are set in the Dr Farah Palmer Cup, Round 2 of Allianz Premier 15s, the IRFU and Belgium suspend play, 6 player features and 5 medias. Every week we post an 'Under the Posts' roundup of #wrugby News on ou...

Every week we post an 'Under the Posts' roundup of #wrugby News on our website. We're also going to start doing a quick video that covers the top news of the week. Under the Posts - Oct 5-11 begins with World Rugby banning transgender women, Scrum Queens looks at the state of women's test rugby, Allianz is named the Premier 15s title sponsor, it's Awards season, updates from the top competitions,...

Under the Posts – Sep 21-27 begins with rescheduled Six Nation dates, France struggles to play during the pandemic, HSBC World Rugby 7s Series Awards, USA Rugby comes out against proposed trans ban, 7 player features and 10 medias Every week we post an 'Under the Posts' roundup of #wrugby news on our website. Here's the quick video recap or you can read the entire update: https://scrumhalfconnecti...

Every week we post an 'Under the Posts' roundup of #wrugby News on our website. Here's the quick 90 second version or you can read the entire update: https://scrumhalfconnection.com/2020/09/23/under-the-posts-sep-14-20/ . Under the Posts – Sep 14-20 kicks off one year until the 2021 Rugby World Cup, USA Rugby XVs is in camp, England 7s players are crowdfunding, 4 player features and 4 medias.