The Red Roses’ upcoming Test matches will be co-streamed on England Rugby YouTube and BBC iPlayer and website. John Mitchell’s side will prepare for the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup with a home fixture against Spain at Mattioli Woods Welford Road, Leicester, on Saturday 2nd August (KO 3pm BST) and an away encounter with France on Saturday 9th August
With anticipation building for Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 in England, Rugby Victoria with ChildFund Rugby hosted a Grassroots to Global Forum in Melbourne, Australia which brought 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
The squad to represent Brazil for the first time at a World Cup has just been announced. It is: ALINE MAYUMI ANA SANTANA BIANCA SILVA CAMILIA ISIS CAROLYNE PEREIRA DAYANA DAKAR EDNA SANTINI ESHYLL COIMBRA FERNANDA TENORIO FRANCIELE BARROS GIOVANA BARTH IRIS COLUNA ISABELA SACCOMANNO ISADORA LOPES JULIA LENI LARISSA CARVALHO LARISSA HENWOOD LELIA SILVA
These are the 32 players to represent Japan at the 2025 RWC: Forwards SACHIKO KATO WAKO KITANO HINATA KOMAKI NIJIHO NAGATA MIHARU MACHIDA MANAMI MINE ASUKA KUGE AYUMU KOKAJI KOTOMI TANIGUCHI AYANO SAKURAI YUNA SATO OTOKA YOSHIMURA MASAMI KAWAMURA SAKURAKO KORAI SEINA SAITO IROHA NAGATA (captain) JENNIFER NDUKA KYOKO HOSOKAWA (18) Backs MEGUMI ABE MOE
Now that England have won the Euros, it seems a good time to compare them with the two other leading sides in team sports, rugby and cricket. All three are in the news, though rugby’s Red Roses don’t get into action till 22 August when the World Cup starts in Sunderland. They are hot favourites
In the build-up to the World Cup matches are coming thick and fast. For fans in the British Isles two were of special interest: Australia v Wales and Italy v Scotland. First to Brisbane This was the first of two tests for Cymru. It could hardly hold more meaning for them after a long string
We are firmly into the selection season. Today it’s New Zealand’s privilege to announce their squad for the World Cup It’s now possible to compare the different approaches of the managements of the leading contenders. The NZ staff, consisting of four men, has opted, like Canada, for the wiser split of 19: 13 in favour of
Black Ferns coaches Allan Bunting, Tony Christie, Steve Jackson, Dan Cron and Riki Flutey have selected 33 players to defend their title at the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 in England next month. The squad was announced by former Black Fern Honey Hireme-Smiler tonight in front of invited guests and whānau at a special event
In my previous piece on the subject, I mentioned three attributes: quality, experience and versatility. Here I expand on my thoughts. Quality The Red Roses are now on a run of 25 games undefeated and hope to beat their own record of 30 this summer. Their one black mark has been at the World Cup.
Hot on the heels of the Red Roses to appear in next month’s RWC, Kevin Rouet has named his Maple Leaf squad, the second favourites to snatch the pot. (I’ll ignore the snorts coming from southern oceans). The Squad Forwards: Kassil, O’Donnell, Menin,Tuttosi, Crossley, Forteza, Senft, Boag, Paquin, Royer, Montiel, Nelson, DeMerchant, Buisa, R. Smith,
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