The Black Ferns began preparations at London Irish’s training ground in Shepperton with two adjusted games against England Under 20s and Wales. It was kind of New Zealand and Welsh information services to let us know about England’s participation. Two different Ferns teams won the games 83-3 and 53-7 respectively. This was a cunning plan
The gold-medal winning New Zealand Women’s sevens team has collected another piece of silverware, awarded the Best Female Team at the Tokyo Olympic Games at the ANOC Awards overnight. The ANOC (Association of National Olympic Committees) Awards recognise the best of the best, with the women’s sevens teams among the winners at the ceremony held
England Rugby have announced the return of rugby show – All In – talking all things Allianz Premier 15s. The first episode, featuring Gloucester-Hartpury and England scrum half Natasha Hunt and London Irish winger Topsy Ojo and hosted by Laura Winter will be broadcast exclusively on the new Allianz Premier 15s YouTube channel at 7.30pm
It’s a week to the start of the autumn international season. Here are some of the stops along the line USA The Eagles start their campaign suffering from the sad news of the death at 66 of Kathy Flores, one of the great founding figures of modern US rugby. She was in the team that
Ambition to be best attended Women’s RWC ever, hosting nationwide pool games and selling out the final at Twickenham to set a benchmark for future world cups while growing the women’s domestic and global game Grass roots legacy to modernise facilities in hundreds of clubs, attract 500 new female coaches 1,000 new match officials and
Ireland The IRFU has announced that Adam Griggs will step down from his post as Head Coach after the November internationals. His place will be taken by Greg McWIlliams, who was an assistant coach to Philip Doyle before moving on to appointments in the USA and with World Rugby in Dublin. The news comes as
School report: Good work and progress, but needs to take more care over its weaknesses. Still undecided about long-term career prospects. As we reach the first break in the 2021-22 programme, it’s a chance to assess how things are going. There has been some glorious rugby played, highlighted by the quality of the Tries of
World Rugby has confirmed a revision to the RWC 2021 Asia qualification pathway that delivers certainty for teams Japan, Hong Kong and Kazakhstan in light of ongoing travel and quarantine challenges as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic. As the highest ranked team in the region, Japan will automatically qualify for Rugby World Cup
Rugby is Boring This doubtful claim takes on a quite new meaning as Paris Metro Line 18 begins to take shape. The children of the suburb of Massy, through which the line will pass, have decided on the name to be given to the second tunnel boring machine (TBM) that will trace the line’s route.
Women’s rugby fans showed their excitement for Rugby World Cup 2021, playing in New Zealand in 2022 as the unique Mastercard RWC 2021 tournament pass offering sold out in just minutes. In response to the huge demand for tickets, New Zealand Rugby have confirmed that RWC 2021 Opening Match Day Passes will go on sale
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