Olympics, here we come!
1 June Hong Kong China 22 Kazakhstan 0
1 June Elisa Riffonneau (Stade Rennais and France) leaves Trailfinders at the end of her course at Brunel University
1 June Madrid 7s: Canada 26 New Zealand 16
2 June Madrid 7s; Australia beat France 26-7 to claim HSBC Championship trophy
2 June China are in and South Africa out of the next SVNS series
2 June Tonga 39 Papua New Guinea 5; Samoa 13 Fiji 27 (both Brisbane); Fiji qualify for RWC 2025; at least PNG managed to arrive after visa problems
3 June Australia win HSBC SVNS series
3 June Stade Bordelais and ASM Romagnat (Trémoulière 17 points) win through to Elite 1 final
5 June Georgie Perris-Redding (USA and Sale Sharks) has ruptured her ACL
6 June Sian Jones (Wales and Sale Sharks) signs for Gloucester-Hartpury
7 June Loughborough Lightning sign Alev Kelter (USA) for next season
8 June Stade Bordelais beat Romagnat 32-17 to win their second national championship running
9 June Canada ‘A’ 27 Spain 12, first of two training matches, Elche
9 June Moldova win Rugby Europe Sevens Conference 1 in Magarska, Croatia
9 June PWR semi-finals: Gloucester-Hartpury 50 Exeter Chiefs 19; Saracens 21 Bristol Bears 29
10 June Start of FISU World University Championship Rugby Sevens in Aix-en-Provence
11 June Sisters Emily and Flo Robinson, leave Quins for Exeter Chiefs
11 June USA Falcons tour Brazil for two matches; Brazil 19 Falcons 12 in Match One
13 June Alicia Maude (England and GB Sevens) signs for Loughborough Lightning
14 June Fiji 15 Japan 24 (Match One)
15 June Brazil 21 USA Falcons 12 (Match Two)
15 June Spain 26 Canada ‘A’ 27, second of two training matches, Villajoyosa
14 June Transatlantic Quad Series involving Canada, England, USA and Wales, confirmed for 19-24 July at U19 level
16 June Colombia 96 Trinidad & Tobago 0
17 June Cyprus win Rugby Europe Sevens Conference 2
17 June Sweden win Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy, Zagreb
18 June The 2024-25 PWR season to be abbreviated to allow for RWC 2025
18 June Harriet Millar-Mills and Lizzie Hanlon (both Exeter Chiefs and England) sign for Quins
20 June Fiji 24 Japan 15 (Match Two)
20 June Stefania Evans (Canada) moves from Leicester Tigers to Exeter Chiefs
20 June RFU announcement: ‘From 2024-25 all adult players at all levels of the game will register themselves to play rugby’
21 June Clàudia Peña (Spain and Barcelona) has signed for Quins
21-23 June World Rugby Sevens Repechage
23 June China claims last available place in Paris Olympics 7s, Monaco
23 June Three pools announced for Paris Olympics 7s
22 June PWR final: Gloucester-Hartpury 36 Bristol Bears 24 at Exeter; G-H retain title
23 June China qualify for the Olympics 7s
24 June Zimbabwe beat Zambia 25-24
25 June Both RWC semi-finals to take place at Ashton Gate, Bristol
25 June Elis Martin and Anne Young (both Scotland) sign for sign for Loughborough Lightning
25 June WRU’s chief executive Abi Tierney unveils a 5-year strategy for men’s and women’s game; but precise details in October
25 June PWR Player of the Season is Meg Jones (Leicester Tigers, who finished bottom)
26 June England’s 3 home-match venues reveaed: Sunderland, Northampton, Brighton
26 June England Pathway squad of 30 named
27-30 June Gibraltar 7s
28 June Sean Lynn becomes the PWR Coach of the Season
28 June European 7s Championship – Hamburg, first day
28 June Niamh Briggs announces her Irish U20 squad for the 6N, Parma
28 June USA announces two international tours at U18s (Wales Festival) and U20s (Transatlantic Quad Series, both Cardiff)
29 June Wales 52 Spain 20 (Cardiff) to decide who qualifies for WXV2 and gains RWC place
29 June Colombia 13 Brazil 34, Asunción, Paraguy; Brazil qualify for first ever RWC
30 June Jo Yapp lists 30 Wallaroos for their July tests against Fiji and NZ
30 June Allan Bunting announces the names of 30 Black Ferns to form the squad to play the Wallaroos
30 June France win European 7s Championship (Hamburg)
30 June Wales plan friendlies against Scotland and Australia in August
