World Rugby launches ‘ A Blueprint for Growth – Women’s Rugby’ – the most comprehensive fan, data and commercial analysis ever undertaken in the women’s game World Rugby has unveiled the most comprehensive study to date on the rise, relevance, and reach of women’s rugby, offering a strategic roadmap to help the game unlock the
World Rugby and Gallagher have announced the latest cohort of 14 female coaches selected for the Gallagher High Performance Academy, who will take up coaching roles as part of the management teams of their respective national sides during Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025. Fourteen female coaches from 14 nations join Gallagher High Performance Academy’s latest
Harlequins Women and the University of Surrey are excited to confirm an exciting new partnership ahead of the 2025/26 season. With the official launch of this new partnership, both Harlequins Women and the University of Surrey aim to develop one of the best university pathway programmes in the country, attracting world-class athletes to study and
Leading research and support charity Breast Cancer Now has teamed up with Premiership Women’s Rugby to kick off an exciting new charity partnership – a first for PWR – for the 2025/26 season. With over 400 elite players from across the globe, a devoted team of England’s elite female rugby professionals and an ever-growing fanbase,
Team Bath Netball’s Alanna Pullen and University of Bath sporting scholar Sophie Kelly have been named in the England U21 squad for the 2025 Netball World Youth Cup, taking place in Gibraltar from 19-28 September. Trendell Sporting Scholar Jayda Pechova is a non-travelling reserve for the tournament, which features the top 20 teams in the
Springbok Women’s Flyhalf Eloise Webb – ‘We’re Going to the Rugby World Cup to Compete’ Though her role at flyhalf is a fairly new one for the Springbok women, Eloise Webb has been meticulous in her preparation for the upcoming Rugby World Cup (RWC) starting in England next week. South Africa open their Group D
England Rugby’s women’s team, the Red Roses, today announces a partnership with Mattel Inc.’s Barbie® brand ahead of a huge summer for women’s sport in the UK. Marking Barbie UK’s first-ever partnership with a sports team, the collaboration aims to inspire the next generation of female rugby players through grassroots initiatives, funding, merchandise, and powerful
Following on from the publication of the Impact ’25 Year 3 Flash Report last week, and with only 8 days remaining until the Women’s Rugby World Cup kicks off in Sunderland, the RFU is proud to share the progress of the Impact ’25 International Development Strand. These results demonstrate how a significant number of players
England Rose, Eleanor Cardwell, has followed her heart and returned home from Australia, joining her former team Manchester Thunder Netball Last playing for Manchester Thunder in 2022, Cardwell was instrumental when Thunder went undefeated all season and winning their fourth championship title. Making the move overseas to join Adelaide Thunderbirds in Australia for the 2023
Harlequins and Premiership Women’s Rugby are delighted to announce that The Stoop will play host to the next Premiership Women’s Rugby Final, on Sunday 28th June 2026. The Stoop last hosted women’s domestic rugby’s elite final in 2016, and so this will mark only the second time that the crown jewel fixture of women’s domestic
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