Women's Rugby Rundown

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for April 17-23. England and France will face off in the TikTok Six Nations Grand Slam while Wales and Scotland fight for third place AND automatic placement in WXV 1. In 7s news, South Africa won the first leg of the Sevens Challenger Series while Belgium placed second, China third and Poland fourth. The final leg is this coming weekend an...

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Apr 10-16. Round 3 of the TikTok Six Nations saw England maintain the top spot in the standings followed by France and Wales, and Portugal continues to lead the European Trophy with a win over Germany 20-5. In more XVs news, Round 1 of the WPL saw wins for Beantown, All Blues and the Gray Wolves, USA’s Club D1 saw no major changes while...

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for April 3-9. Round one of the Women’s Six Nations Festival saw wins for France and England, while New Zealand Rugby launched a 10-year strategy to support the growth and development of women’s rugby in the country. In XVs news, the Waratahs lead the Super W with Queensland and Fijiana Drua chasing while the Energia AIL Cup Finals are set...

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Mar 27 – Apr 2. England beat Italy 68-5 and continues to lead the TikTok Six Nations while Wales won a tight affair over Scotland 34-22 and France romped Ireland 53-3. The Black Ferns won their fifth HSBC 7s tournament in a row and Australia and USA joined them in qualifying for the 2024 Olympics. In more 7s news, the last auto qualifie...

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Mar 20-26. Round 1 of the Six Nations saw wins for Wales, England and France while in the Four Nations, USA defeated Spain and Canada beat South Africa. In more XVs news, the Six Nations U18 Festival will be April 7-15, Welsh Rugby Clubs voted for sweeping governance changes and sources from Spain indicate that they won’t be in World Ru...

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Mar 6 -12. Wales and France named their squads for the TikTok Six Nations and Siobhan Cattigan was finally honored by the Scottish Rugby Union. In domestic XVs news, Mwamba defended their Kenya Cup title as they defeated the Impala Saracens 21-20, Exeter and Gloucester-Hartpury have secured playoff spots in Allianz Premier, the Technica...

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Feb 27-Mar 5. Wales announced more professional player contracts, World Rugby shared details for the 2023 Pacific Four Series, and the Black Ferns won their fourth HSBC 7s Series stop. In more International XVs news, Portugal leads the European Trophy after defeating Czechia 51-0 while Germany defeated Belgium 14-10 and with the announc...

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Feb 20-26. Spain won their 10th European Championship over Sweden by a score of 90-5 while Spain, USA, South Africa and Canada are talking about a tournament in late March or early April. In more XVs news, USA Club D1 saw no changes from last week, D2 had two lead changes with San Antonio replacing Little Rock in Red River and Knoxville...

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Feb 13-19. Spain handily defeated Netherlands 70-0 and are on top of the table for the European Championships. They face Sweden next week who are winless so far and so it is expected that Spain will clinch the European Championship title. In more XVs news, Combined Provinces moved to three wins after defeating WRU Developmental 19-0 in...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Feb 6-12. Australia announced a $2 million injection that includes up to 35 players on central part-time contracts and Allan Bunting  replaces Wayne Smith as Black Ferns Director of Rugby. In more International XVs news, Netherlands won their opening match of the European Championships over Sweden 38-12 and The Thistles got their first...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Jan 30-Feb 5. Portugal tops the European Trophy standings after defeating Finland 39-0 while Wales and Ireland will look to improve gender representation on their committees by at least 40% by the end of the year. This of course is one of the responses after the recent scandal revelations in both Unions. In XVs news we are looking at al...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Jan 23-29. Steve Phillips finally resigned from the WRU and Nigel Walker was appointed acting CEO. In 7s news, Black Fern claimed gold for the third time this season cementing their place at the top of the World Rugby rankings and they edge ever closer to qualifying for the 2024 Olympics. Australia and USA are tied for second while Fran...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Jan 16-22. Welsh Rugby Union has been accused of sweeping their investigation into a toxic culture of sexism under the rug as revealed by the BBC and Munster retained the Vodafone Ireland Interprovincial title over the weekend. In more XVs news, Gloucester-Hartpury continues their incredible unbeaten streak in Allianz Premier, Bordeaux...

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for January 9-15. France has announced they offered contracts to 32 players that go through June 2024 and Australia picked up recently fired Eddie Jones for Wallabies and he will also oversee the Wallaroos program. In more XVs news, Gloucester-Hartpury continues to lead the Allianz Premier, Bordeaux overtook Montpellier for first place in F...

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Jan 2-8. The year began with coaching changes by USA, Fiji, and Sweden while Japan extended their coach into 2024. In domestic XVs news, Gloucester-Hartpury continues to lead Allianz Premier, Munster and Leinster won in the opening weekend of Ireland’s Interprovincial Championships, and Montpellier is on top of France’s Elite 1. In 7s n...

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Dec 12-18. Hong Kong swept their series against Kazakhstan and Scotland announced professional contracts for 28 players. In more XVs news, France and South Africa announce head coach departures after the Rugby World Cup and Italy is hosting a training camp ahead of the 2023 TikTok Six Nations. In domestic XVs news, Blackrock won their f...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Dec 4-11. New Zealand swept Cape Town 7s winning the final over Australia while USA took home back-to-back bronze medals over Ireland. The next HSBC 7s Series stop will be January 21-22 in Hamilton, New Zealand followed the next weekend by a stop in Sydney, Australia on January 27-29. In XVs news, Hong Kong defeated Kazakhstan 31-7 and...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Nov 28-Dec 3. Australia won Dubai 7s after defeating New Zealand 26-19 while USA took third over France 21-19.  In more 7s news, the next stop for HSBC 7s is this weekend in Cape Town, South Africa. Australia leads Pool A along with Ireland, Spain and South Africa. Pool B includes New Zealand, Fiji, Great Britain and Brazil while Pool C...

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Nov 21-27. China conquered the Asia 7s Series and Papua New Guinea won Oceania 7s…both sides have qualified for the World Rugby Challenger Series next year. In XVs news, Sweden barely beat Portugal 7-5 in a warmup match over the weekend. This is fascinating result because Sweden was last year’s Europe Trophy winner gaining promotion to...

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Nov 14-20. We learned the winners of the World Rugby Awards and we look ahead to the first stop of the HSBC 7s Series in Dubai kicking off next week. New Zealand swept the World Rugby Awards with Ruahei Demant winning the XVs player of the year, Wayne Smith as coach of the year, Ruby Tui as XVs breakthrough player of the year and Dr. Fa...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Nov 7-13. We're back with our weekly recap after a hiatus where we covered every single match of the 2021 Rugby World Cup. This update will be longer than 60 seconds as we get everyone caught up so stick with us. Speaking of the RWC, hosts New Zealand became the first host nation to win a Women’s Rugby World Cup after they defeated Engl...

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Sep 19-25. We learned the last squads ahead of the 2021 Rugby World Cup with announcements from South Africa, Italy, Wales and England. Also, the Black Ferns beat Japan 95-12 while Canada defeated Fiji 24-7. This closes out all of the warmup matches and the RWC begins October 7 with South Africa versus France, Fiji versus England and th...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Sep 12-18. England defeated Wales 73-7 and now has the longest international rugby winning streak in the world. Note we didn’t say women or men in that sentence because it is the longest regardless of gender. They are looking absolutely unstoppable ahead of the 2021 Rugby World Cup. Scotland, USA, and the Black Ferns are some of the las...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Sep 5-11. Australia has captured a Triple Crown after winning this past weekend's Rugby World Cup 7s, the 7s Series and the Commonwealth Games while Italy moved up to fifth place in the World Rugby Rankings after defeating France 26-19. In more 7s news, France won the bronze medal after defeating USA 29-7 and Japan beat Poland 17-12 to...

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Aug 29-Sep 4. France and England recorded wins over the weekend defeating Italy and USA respectively. The RFU and IRFU transgender bans are under further scrutiny as England received a pre-action protocol letter from Julie Curtiss one of seven registered transgender players and leading lawyers and academics indicate that the exclusion o...