This new position is intended to be held by former players of significant standing who can bring their experience, credibility and profile to the RPA’s work. Danny and Sue’s advice to the RPA team will inform its leadership and decision making, as well as reinforcing its connection to retired players. They will both advise the
John Mitchell has selected a 40-player squad to kick-start the Red Roses’ WXV Global Series preparations. The group – which contains 22 forwards and 18 backs – will assemble at the University of Nottingham on Monday 3 August for the start of pre-season training. They will spend the first three weeks of pre-season in Nottingham
World Rugby has confirmed the Emirates Match Official appointments for six women’s internationals from August to October, starting with the Fiji v South Africa test in Suva this weekend. Jess Ling (Australia) and Amber McLachlan (Australia) will referee the two-test series between Fiji and South Africa in Suva and Lautoka on 8 and 15 August
Thirty-two Red Roses will be contracted for the 2026/27 season, with a further six players awarded transition contracts. The 32 contracted players include 30 Rugby World Cup winners and have accumulated a combined 1,475 international caps. Among the transition contracts, three players made their Red Roses debuts during the 2026 Guinness Women’s Six Nations. Lock
Harlequins Women have confirmed Aoife Wafer as the Women’s Club Captain ahead of the start of the 206/27 season. The back-row takes over from the recently retired Jade Konkel and becomes the third captain of the elite era and the 18th captain of Harlequins Women. Wafer made a huge impact in her first season in
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
Social Networks