A lot going on!
1 March Francesca McGhie and Eva Donaldson (Scotland) now on full-time contracts; Shona Campbell, Rhona Lloyd and Lisa Thomson (GB7s) on dual contracts
1 March Planeta Rugby (Italy) reports Azzurre have not been paid in Jan or Feb
1 March Sioned Harries (Wales) announces her retirement after 78 caps across 14 years
1 March Women in Rugby Leadership Programme; new applications welcome
1 March Belgium Rugby will play Trailfinders Women on 13 April as follow up to…
2 March Germany 36 Belgium 17 (Aachen)
2 March Sandy Park Exeter announced as venue for PWR final 22 June
2 March Aupiki: Matatu 17 (Champions) Blues 24; PWR: Glos-Pury remain unbeaten.
2 March Valsugana beat Villorba 20-5
2-3 March All four PWR matches shown live; BBC iPlayer a late addition
3 March Ireland U18 14 England U18 29 at IRFU development centre Blanchardstown, Dublin
3 March The Celtic Challenge completed: Clovers 12 Edinburgh 12; Brython beat Gwalia 30-5
3 March Honey Hireme-Smiler (ex-Fern) says Super Aupiki and Super W should merge next year
3 March Sioned Harries scores try and drop-goal (!) in last ever match
4 March Hurricanes Poua introduced political comment into their new haka
4 March England training squad of 34 announced
4 March Black Ferns win Los Angeles SVNS
5 March NZR announces draw for Farah Palmer Cup
5 March Energia All-Ireland League final to be held at the Aviva Stadium for first time
5 March Gallagher High Performance Academy to be extended
6-7 March 18 French forwards train in Toulouse
7 March Joy Neville joins World Rugby as the Elite Women’s 15s Match Officials Head Coach
7-10 March The extended Italy squad trains for Six Nations in Parma
8 March Poppy Cleall banned for two games, including England v Italy, for foul language
8 March Claudia MacDonald misses the 6N because of a neck injury, not the same as her neck trouble two years ago
8 March France unveil squad of 32 for first two Six Nations matches
8-10 March HSBC SVNS Challenge, Montevideo; final: China 38 Argentina 7
8 March Linde Van Der Velden (NL and Exeter) given 3-match ban for high tackle; misses test v Colombia
9 March Chiefs Manawa the only unbeaten team sfter two rounds of Super Aupiki
9 March Portugal 27 Sweden 0, Lisbon
10 March Bristol Bears dismantle Saracens 35-10
11 March John Mitchell unveils his first Red Roses squad
11 March Manae Feleu reappointed captain of France
11 March South Afrca start training at Peffermill, Edinburgh
12 March Six Nations launch in London
12 March RFU appoints Alex Teasdale Executive Director, Women’s Rugby
12 March Innovations for 6N: bunker system, instrumented mouthguards, the shot clock, names on shirts, etc
13 March Laura Keates (England and Worcester) signs for L’boro Lightning
14 March Continental Tyres Schools finals played at Twickenham
15 March Another England prop, Sasha Acheson, comes out of retirement to join Chiefs
15 March in Irish AIL Railway Union win 7th consecutive game
15 March 30 schools and 400 girls joined RFU’s under-12s Love Rugby Showcase Festival at HQ
15 March First round of Super W in Australia
16 March Netherlands 33 Colombia 11, Amsterdam; NL qualify for WXV3
16 March Training match, Wales v South Africa
18 March Red Roses acquire own social media site: @redrosesrugby
19 March Saltire Energy Rugby Schools Week, Shawlands Academy, Glasgow
19 March Aer Lingus announces partnerships with Dorothy Wall, Linda Djougang, Sam Monaghan and Neve Jones
20 March Emily Chancellor (Australia and Waratahs) suffers an ACL rupture
21 March Uganda win African Games Sevens, finishing unbeaten, Accra
23 March Spain 13 South Africa 15, Valladolid
23 March England U20 v Army, Havant
23-24 March 1st round Six Nations: France 38 Ireland 17; Wales 18 Scotland 20
23-24 March Finals of French U16 and U18 7s, Clermont-Ferrand
24 March Italy 0 England 48
25 March Over 17,000 tickets sold for England-Wales on 30 March, Bristol
25 March UL Bohemian are still unbeaten in the AIL after 14 rounds
25 March 68 players in the Celtic Challenge took past in Round One of the 6N
25 March Stirling County v Heriot’s Blues postponed; Scottish Rugby had forgotten to provide match officials
25 March Scotland rise to highest ever 6th place in world rankings
26 March All seats on shuttle buses to the England-Wales game taken
26 March Michela Sillari suffered a fractured leg in the red-card incident with Sarah Beckett; Giulia Cavina out too with a dislocated shoulder
28 March World Rugby’s “Coaching Women and Girls” module receives deserved opprobrium
29 March First day of U18 Six Nations Festival at Stadiwm CSM, Colwyn Bay
30 March USA Eagles 38 South Africa 12, Ealing London
30 March Spain 24 Portugal 0, Sitges
30 March Scotland 5 France 15; England 46 Wales 10 (over 19,000 present)
31 March Ireland 21 Italy 27
31 March After five rounds Chiefs Manawa lead Super Aupiki, one point ahead of Blues
