Four most experienced female officials appointed for quarter-finals Ian Tempest (England) to reach 50 tests as a Television Match Official Match official profiles are available in the World Rugby Media Zone. World Rugby has announced the Emirates Match Official appointments for the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 quarter-finals on 13-14 September. The four most-capped female
Here are the results of the Sunday matches: Japan 29 Spain 21 New Zealand 40 Ireland 0 Italy 64 Brazil 3 France 57 South Africa 10 There was only one tight finish, the Sakura overcoming Las Leonas in a dramatic tussle. But even there the losers couldn’t get close enough to gain a bonus point.
This was the pick of the day’s matches, a contest between the world champs and a nation ranked a proud fifth. It didn’t work out like that. Ireland started strongly, winning around 75% in the first ten minutes. But, like other losing sides on the day, they couldn’t maintain this dominance. For all the possession
Canada v Scotland Canada were made to work hard for their victory, in worthy contrast to other games played today. The result was a tribute to the Scots, who are unlikely ever to build a squad with a similar depth to their opponents’. Florence Symonds made an early break to which the pack added with
A huge crowd at a breezy Brighton watched England start their last group-stage match with a string of errors. Was it nerves, or over-confidence or wrong selections? Amy Cokayne failed to find her line-out target three times; Meg Jones threw two wild passes. As they regained possession in deep defence, they ran the ball out
Bo Westcombe-Evans is set to make her return from injury for Loughborough Lightning in this weekend’s PWR: The Cup Round 3 match against Saracens. The Red Roses winger ruptured an ACL knee ligament in October 2024, shortly after earning her first senior international caps in England’s successful WXV campaign. Westcombe-Evans wears the number 11 shirt
You can take your pick of the most emotionally charged fixture of the coming weekend, but here’s my choice, Ireland v New Zealand. Allan Bunting had paid the Irish the highest compliment: none of Amy Rule, Kennedy Tukuafu, Maria Joseph, Ayesha Leti-I’Iga or Theresa Setefano find a place in the starting XV. He has given
The Black Ferns are gearing up for their final pool match of the Women’s Rugby World Cup against Ireland at Brighton and Hove Stadium on Sunday, September 7, 2.45pm BST kick-off, (Monday, September 8, 1.45am NZT). The Black Ferns coaching group has selected their match-day 23 which includes winger Ayesha Leti-I’iga who returns from an
This is the 23 John Mitchell has summoned for the third and last round of the preliminaries: 15 KILDUNNE 14 DOW 13 JONES 12 HEARD 11 BREACH 10 HARRISON 9 HUNT 1 BOTTERMAN 2 COKAYNE 3 MUIR 4 GALLIGAN 5 WARD 6 TALLING 7 KABEYA 8 MATTHEWS (captain) 16 ATKIN-DAVIES 17 CLIFFORD 18 BERN 19
It’s a sad fact that alphabetical order once again reflects the standings of the four nations: E, I, S, W. Wales alone have failed to qualify for the quarters. With turmoil continuing in every corner of Welsh rugby, it’s hard to see light at the end of the tunnel. Wales Their last fixture is against
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