Pool A: England, USA, Australia, Samoa England: red-hot favourites, but could they be oppressed by thoughts of another failure, when they possess all the trump cards? USA: they are desperate to make their mark again (last win 1991). Americans prefer winners. World Rugby needs them to prosper to advance the spread of the global game.
Back in the days when ScrumQueens was our bible, the admirable John Birch pointed out severe shortcomings in World Rugby’s rankings table. Without his ongoing assistance, I have to take it at face value. Fortunately very little has changed over the past weeks, since the sixteen qualified nations have devoted themselves largely to training. South
World Rugby and O2 have announced that global pop superstar, Anne-Marie, will play the Opening Show presented by O2 during the first match of Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025, at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light on Friday 22 August, where England will take on USA. Fans are set for an unforgettable opening match at Women’s Rugby
Sir Keir Starmer has backed the England Women’s Rugby team to excel when the tournament kicks off on August 22 in Sunderland. Striking new murals unveiled in Bristol and Northampton featuring Red Roses stars Sarah Bern and Sadia Kabeya alongside local girls from grassroots rugby, celebrating the heroes of today and tomorrow with more to
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
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