A Sophie de Goede (Canada) is on the road to recovery from her ACL injury. It occurred as she was preparing for the last Olympics (Canada won silver in the 7s). To miss the 2025 RWC as well would be a double misfortune. She is now training harder than ever. The Maple Leafs are hoping
TNT has signed a contract to continue transmitting one PWR match per round for the next four years. Genevieve Shore, CE of the PWR is delighted, describing the new agreement as “a huge step forward”. It certainly is, in the sense that coverage will continue. The company has not got cold feet about its venture
TNT Sports in the UK and Ireland will continue to be the home of English domestic rugby after agreeing new long-term deals with Premiership Women’s Rugby and Premiership Rugby. The multi-year agreements will enable TNT Sports to continue utilising best-in-class production, unrivalled on-air expertise via some of the most respected voices in the sport as
Australia v New Zealand Pacific Four Series, Match Two The current standings stood 27-0 to the visitors. As a counter, the Wallaroos could boast a new record of four consecutive wins. But they couldn’t find a way of overturning history. Their best form came too rarely to match the power and accuracy of the Ferns.
Pacific Four Series The second match takes us to the southern hemisphere, where it will stay till the final round on 23 May. Jo Yapp and Allan Bunting have announced their squads (see below). Wallaroos With the successful Fiji test behind her, Jo Yapp’s first job was to peruse the injury list. Unfortunately it amounts
The Black Ferns coaching group have named their match-day 23 to play Australia in the Pacific Four Series (PAC4) at McDonald Jones Stadium on Saturday, May 10, 5.00pm NZT (3.00pm AEST). Teenage sensation Braxton Sorensen-McGee will start at fullback in her Black Ferns debut, while loosehead prop Awhina Tangen-Wainohu makes a return to the black
Opinions differ As public interest in women’s rugby increases, so the business of preparing for it attracts more attention. Every national union has to balance up a number of considerations: Rest and recuperation The expense involved (can we really afford staging more matches?) The wishes of the head coach The most sensible choice of opposition
The Red Roses will host Spain in a preparation match ahead of the Women’s Rugby World Cup. John Mitchell’s side will welcome Las Leonas to Mattioli Woods Welford Road on Saturday 2nd August, 3pm, before heading to Mont-de-Marsan a week later (09.08.2025) to take on France. Last autumn, Spain was crowned WXV 3 champions after
The Black Ferns XV will play two matches against the Springbok Women this year in South Africa in another boost to New Zealand Rugby’s (NZR) women’s high-performance programme. The two international fixtures, on 26 July and 2 August, will be part of an expanded programme for the Black Ferns XV, which will assemble for just
A first visit of the Wallaroos to Fiji was an important development in the history of Oceania rugby. The result, a 43-7 win for the Aussies, was expected (they now lead the series 4-0), but it gave Fijiana the rare chance to test themselves against strong competition at home. Their opponents at the World Cup
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