Women's Rugby Rundown

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Aug 15-21. Ireland, South Africa and New Zealand had wins over the weekend which saw Ireland move up to 6th place in the World Rugby rankings while the Springboks matched their previous high of 11th place. In more XVs news, Scotland's Tennents Lager Premiership returned with opening wins by Corstorphine, Watsonia and Stirling County whi...

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Aug 8-14. Ireland has joined England in banning transgender women from playing. Exclusionary bans like this are a continuation of a long history of excluding women from competitive sport. The category of women’s sport only came after male athletes were threatened by women competing. For those banging the drum to “protect women’s sports”...

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Aug 1-7. This week we look at three different organizations and individuals who are calling on their Unions and World Rugby to take action around brain injuries. This is what their focus should be on instead of eliminating transgender athletes. In International XVs news, Gillian McDarby has been appointed as Ireland’s Head of Women’s Pe...

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Jul 25-31! The RFU voted to ban transgender women from playing rugby. Exclusionary policies like this only harm women’s sport and worse take the focus away from real problems around rugby safety. The game has a rampant problem with concussions and early onset dementia that is largely being ignored. In International XVs news, South Afric...

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Jul 18-24. England will hold a vote on a gender policy tomorrow which includes banning transgender athletes. We stand with our trans sisters and maintain that trans women are women. We support the IOC guidelines of inclusion of trans athletes and that rugby truly is for EVERYONE. In International XVs news, Canada defeated Italy while Ja...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Jul 11-17. Fijiana won the Oceania Championship and Spain, England, Poland and Ireland have qualified for the 2022 7s Rugby World Cup. In more XVs news, South Africa announced additional tests against Spain in August and Japan confirmed their matches against South Africa and Ireland in July and August. In domestic XVs news, the Farah Pa...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Jul 4-10. Wales announced that they have awarded 17 new full-time contracts which brings them to 29 full-time and 2 part-time players. The opening round of the Oceania Championships saw lots of points with Fiji defeating Papua New Guinea 152-0 while Samoa defeated Tonga 25-17. In 7s news, the Loggerheads took the win for the first stop...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Jun 13-19. The Black Ferns have won the Pacific Fours tournament and Scotland announced they will offer full-time professional contracts following the World Cup as part of their newly revealed 2022-26 Women & Girls’ Strategy. In more XVs news, Zimbabwe and South Africa won in the Africa Cup, South Africa and Ireland announced summer...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for May 23-Jun 5. We were out on vacation last week so we're doubling up your news! Canada and New Zealand recorded wins in the Pacific Four Series, Finland defeated Switzerland in the Europe Trophy while Saracens won Allianz Premier and Stade Toulousain won France's Elite 1. In more XVs news, DHL Western secured the top spot in the South A...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for May 16-22. The Black Ferns took home the last HSBC 7s Series title at Toulouse 7s while NOVA and Providence won USA's Club National Division 1 and Division 2 Championships. In more XVs news, Exeter and Saracens will face off for the Allianz Premier title on June 3, Life West and New York continue to lead USA's WPL while Border Ladies ov...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for May 9-15. The next decade of Rugby World Cup hosts have been announced with England taking the reins in 2025 (women's), Australia in 2027 (men's) and 2029 (women's) and USA in 2031 (men's) and 2033 (women's). This exciting news is only made better since we have a World Cup this year in New Zealand (women’s) and France is hosting in 2023...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for May 2-8. We learned who won the TikTok Six Nations Player of the Championship award, the Langford 7s dream team was named and the pools for Toulouse 7s have been revealed. In XVs news, Australia played Fiji early in the week, taking home a close win but lost to Japan in their second match while USA, Spain, Wales, and Canada all announce...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Apr 25-May 1. We saw England take home the 2022 TikTok Six Nations Grand Slam, their 13th overall and fourth in a row while Australia won Langford 7s and clinched the 2022 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title. In more XVs news, Japan defeated Fiji in their first match of three in Australia, Portugal defeated Germany in the Europe Trophy...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Apr 18-24. Round 4 of the TikTok Six Nations saw wins for France, Italy and England. The final round is this weekend with England at the top of the table. They will face France for the Grand Slam. In more XVs news, the Black Ferns coaching structure was confirmed with Wayne Smith, Wesley Clarke and Whitney Hansen taking the reins until...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Apr 11-17. Monday morning saw the release of the Black Ferns Cultural Environmental review. Most of us were shocked when head coach Glenn Moore remained because the report pointed to an utter failure of leadership among other key points. By Saturday Moore had resigned and we’re expecting an announcement around a new coaching appointment...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for April 4-10. We look at round three of the TikTok Six Nations and the winners of the 1991 and 1994 Rugby World Cup (USA and England) will have their names finally etched into the Rugby World Cup trophy. More tickets have been released for the 2021 Rugby World Cup, another encouraging sign that we might actually be able to attend! Also, J...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Mar 28 - Apr 3. England, France and Wales lead the TikTok Six Nations after two rounds and future Rugby World Cups are coming into focus: England will host in 2025, Australia in 2029 and USA in 2033. Premier Rugby Sevens announced they will be hosting a three city tournament starting in San Jose, CA on July 9, Washington, D.C. on July 1...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Mar 21-27. We’re starting with Six Nations spoilers, so scroll away if you don’t want to hear them. The highly anticipated opening weekend of the 2022 TikTok Six Nations did not disappoint! England handled Scotland 57-5, France had a slow start but won 39-6 over Italy and newly semi-professional Wales upset Ireland 27-19. England and Fr...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Mar 14-20. We're previewing the 2022 TikTok Women's Six Nations Tournament which kicks off this weekend. Will England defend their 2021 title and 12th overall? In more XVs news, Canada announces a temporary head coaching change, Railway clinched the Energia AIL Cup title while Blackrock took home the Plate Final, Chiefs Manawa are the f...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Mar 7-13. The qualification pathways for July’s Commonwealth Games and September’s Rugby World Cup 7s have been confirmed. We also learned more about Russia’s suspension including their removal from the remaining HSBC Sevens Series stops and from Rugby World Cup 7s qualification. In more XVs news, Sweden took home the Rugby Europe Troph...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Feb 28-Mar 6. World Rugby has suspended the memberships of Russia and Belarus and affirmed their support of Ukraine. TikTok has revealed its new Championship brand and visual identity ahead of the Six Nations tournament. The United States Congressional Rugby Caucus introduced a resolution in support of bids to host future Men and Women'...

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Feb 21-27. Scotland has qualified for the 2021 Rugby World Cup after defeating Colombia 59-3, Spain was crowned the European Champion for the ninth time this past weekend and Railway Union won the overall title of Energia AIL while Suttonians topped the Conference. Scotland has returned to the big show after 12 long years! They join New...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Feb 14-20. Colombia secured their place in the Rugby World Cup Final Qualification Tournament after defeating Kazakhstan 18-10 and will face Scotland on Friday, February 25! In other big news, the U.S. Women’s Rugby Foundation kicked off a year-long campaign to celebrate the 50th anniversary of women’s rugby in the United States! In mor...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Feb 7-13! We're inching closer to know who the 12th team will be at the 2021 Rugby World Cup. Kazakhstan and Colombia play this weekend and the winner will play Scotland next weekend. Also, 29 Black Ferns received new contracting models with a range of benefits...all just in time to host the big show starting in October. In domestic XVs...

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Jan 31-Feb 6. This week is dedicated to Kandis and Kathy. Let’s start by taking a closer look at the upcoming Final Qualification Tournament in Dubai. First on February 19 we will see Kazakhstan play Colombia. The victor of that match will then face Scotland on February 25. The overall winner qualifies for the 2021 Rugby World Cup and w...