Brazil on the rampage The Yaras of Brazil continued their preparations for their first-ever appearance at a World Cup by taking on Colombia in São Paulo. Result: Brazil 58 Colombia 7, São Paulo How times change! Not long ago Brazil stood 23rd in world rankings. As the game kicked off in the second city, they
A Glance at Tigers and Sharks For the last few days I have been trying to assemble my thoughts on Leicester Tigers. Again and again I have had to start again; news keeps flooding in. Most of it is extremely worrying for the club that finished eighth out of nine last season in the English
Fans in England challenged to create a sea of roses across the country in August Yarn art introduces youngsters across the nation to rugby via Red Roses’ love of crochet Access the downloadable crochet toolkits via RFU HERE Friday 13th June: England Rugby stars Abby Dow and Tatyana Heard have today called upon the nation
Loughborough Lightning have announced that Alev Kelter has signed a contract extension heading into the 2025/26 Premiership Women’s Rugby season. Kelter made a try-scoring debut for Lightning against Leicester Tigers in November 2024 and would go on to cross the line seven times in 11 matches. She beat 62 defenders during the 2024/25 season, which
A long series of warm-up games for the World Cup means World Rugby’s referees’ committee has been hard at work. While you will see plenty of familiar names in the lists below, it’s fascinating to note how the committee grades its officials. Naturally enough, the bigger the game, the bigger the name. There are further
As excitement continues to build ahead of Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025, ChildFund Rugby staged a UK ‘Grassroots to Global’ forum bringing together female leaders from the local rugby community. ChildFund Rugby’s Grassroots to Global Series and the Gallagher High Performance Academy join forces, delivering two-day Forum and Masterclass for female rugby leaders Global programme
A It has happened! For the first time a Black Fern will grace PWR playing-fields. Once RWC 2025 is complete, the prop, Amy Rule, will join Exeter Chiefs. With only part of my tongue in my cheek, I recall commenting on the possibility of ‘disgruntled’ BFs joining PWR clubs. Rule will happily call herself ‘gruntled’;
USA forward Keia Mae Sagapolu Sanele has joined Loughborough Lightning from local rivals Leicester Tigers. The 25-year-old from Tacoma, Washington, made her senior international debut in March 2023 against Spain and has moved onto 18 caps during the recent Pacific Four Series. Sagapolu didn’t play rugby until the age of 18 before progressing her career
Twenty-two talented athletes, including sprinters, kickboxers, and rowers have been selected to attend the Next Ferns national combine, where they’ll be assessed by Black Ferns Director of Rugby Alan Bunting and Black Ferns Sevens coach Corey Sweeney. The inaugural Next Ferns programme was designed to unearth new-to-rugby talent ahead of the 2029 Rugby World Cup
We are pleased to confirm that back-rower Grace Moore has signed an extension with the club. Born in Croydon, Moore initially began her career as a winger before transitioning to the back row, where her powerful ball-carrying ability has made her a constant threat. Moore joined Trailfinders Women from Saracens ahead of last season bringing
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