Loughborough Lightning have announced a Development Group that will bolster the squad during preseason and the JAECOO PWR Next Gen Cup 2026/27 period. The 11-strong group of current Loughborough University players will gain vital senior rugby experience in the early months of the season, during a period when Lightning have a large number of senior
2degrees announced as a partner of New Zealand Rugby, supporting women’s programmes like Under 18s and the Black Ferns 2degrees and New Zealand Rugby (NZR) have today announced a new three-year partnership that will see 2degrees become the Official Telecommunications Partner of New Zealand Rugby, and specifically support a wide range of women’s professional teams
The 2027 Series will once again visit Dubai, Cape Town, Singapore, Perth, Vancouver and New York before culminating in the HSBC SVNS World Championship across Hong Kong, Valladolid and Bordeaux. The announcement follows a landmark 2026 competition which saw New Zealand’s women and South Africa’s men claim the HSBC SVNS Series titles in New York, before Australia’s women and South Africa’s men
Impact Beyond, the long-term legacy programme underpinning Men’s Rugby World Cup 2027 and Women’s Rugby World Cup 2029, has been launched today by The Hon Anika Wells MP, the Australian Federal Minister for Sport, with AUD$30 million investment from the Australian Government to harness the transformative power of Australia’s hosting of back-to-back Rugby World Cups,
Expanded agreement builds on the momentum of Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025, with enhanced support for the WXV Global Series and Challenger running from 2026 into 2028. World Rugby and Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. have extended their successful global partnership, with Mitsubishi Electric strengthening its commitment to the women’s game through support for the WXV
Rugby legends, elite athletes, social media personalities and community rugby players came together this weekend to showcase T1 Rugby, the fast growing and fun non-contact rugby union format. The exhibition match took place on Saturday 25 July at Festival of Sport on Packington Estate in Warwickshire, bringing together household names from rugby and beyond, alongside
The Blues are the 2026 Sky Super Rugby Aupiki champions, claiming a dramatic 28 – 21 victory over Matatū with a match-winning try in the 80th minute at One New Zealand Stadium in Christchurch. Played in front of over 10,000 fans, the Grand Final was an arm wrestle from start to finish, with neither side
Loughborough Lightning can today confirm that 12 Loughborough University players will step up from BUCS Super Rugby into the senior Lightning environment for the 2026/27 season. These agreements will see Ashton Adcock, Ella Barnes, Alice Bennett, Izzy Clist, Emily Heaps, Lilly Hickey, Aoibhe Kelly, Freya MacColl, Imogen Mockford, Alice Redfern, Sasha Roberts, and Harli Stanton
Jorja Miller has re-committed to the Black Ferns Sevens and New Zealand Rugby through to the end of 2029. The reigning back-to-back World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year and 2024 Kel Tremain Memorial New Zealand Rugby Player of the Year said she was as motivated now as when she signed her first contract as
Loughborough Lightning have today confirmed that Emily Scarratt is leaving the club ahead of the 2026/27 season to take up a full-time position with the Red Roses. The two-time World Cup winner held a player-coach role with Lightning prior to her playing retirement last October, before becoming a full-time assistant coach ahead of the 2025/26
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