The Maple Leafs face one of the more exotic run-ins to the World Cup. Kévin Rouet has named 38 players to train for a tour to South Africa; only 32 will fly out. The squad: Forwards Alysia Comtois, Brittany Kassil, Caroline Crossley, Cassandra Tuffnail, Courtney O’Donnell, DaLeaka Menin, Emily Tuttosi, Fabiola Forteza, Gabrielle Senft, Gillian
Fans in England challenged to create a sea of roses across the country in August Yarn art introduces youngsters across the nation to rugby via Red Roses’ love of crochet Access the downloadable crochet toolkits via RFU HERE Friday 13th June: England Rugby stars Abby Dow and Tatyana Heard have today called upon the nation
As a first step towards the World Cup teams, please find below the six Six Nations squads as originally published. Inevitably there will be additions and subtractions along the way. Their summer programmes differ widely: the dates of training sessions and warm-up matches adding to the unpredictability of future events. Even the number of players
Sean Lynn has named a squad of 45 (see below) to start training for a schedule which looks different from many of their fifteen rivals for the RWC trophy. They have the usual initial training sessions, but in July thirty of them will set off for a two-match tour of Australia. That number 30 is
The training season the the World Cup is getting into full swing. All over the world sixteen squads are starting the ritual of getting into the best form possible. The first step for head coaches is to announce a squad considerably larger than the 32 allowed at the main event. Then comes the uncomfortable business
Two training squads announced Within 24 hours both Bryan Easson and Scott Bemand have named their training squads for the coming 2025 RWC. The good news includes the names of much missed players returning to duty from injury. In particular, Emma Wassell for Scotland and Sam Monaghan and Beibhinn Parsons for Ireland. For Ireland Sarah
With less than 100 days to go until Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 kicks off in Sunderland on 22 August, the panel of 22 Emirates World Rugby Match Officials have been selected for the showpiece tournament. A total of 22 match officials (10 referees, six assistant referees and six Television Match Officials) representing 12 nations
14th May marks a large stepping-stone towards big events in England. Here are the fixtures awaiting them: England 1. USA 2. Samoa 3. Australia – Pool A Ireland 1. Japan 2. Spain 3. New Zealand – Pool C Scotland 1. Wales 2. Fiji 3. Canada – Pool B Wales 1. Scotland 2. Canada 3. Fiji
Government, host locations and teams celebrate 100 days to go to Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025’s opening match in Sunderland. New Women’s Rugby World Cup trophy introduced to mark an era-defining tournament that will feature representatives from all regional associations for the first time. Unstoppable momentum is building in England with a record 300,000 tickets
Seven Black Ferns Sevens players have made themselves available for selection in the Black Ferns for this year’s Rugby World Cup. Stacey Waaka, Theresa Setefano, Alena Saili, Dhys Faleafaga and Kelsey Teneti are all capped Black Ferns and along with Risi Pouri-Lane and Jorja Miller will vie for World Cup selection in 2025. Black Ferns
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