Source: New Zealand Rugby

Kelly Brazier to coach the Brave Louve

Accomplished Black Ferns Sevens playmaker Kelly Brazier will take a short-term sabbatical in Japan to coach the Brave Louve, in the Taiyo Seimei Women’s Sevens Series 2023. Like Black Ferns Sevens Captain Sarah Hirini, Brazier will complete the HSBC World Sevens Series in Toulouse before taking up her coaching contract as the Spot Coach for

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Source: World Rugby

World Rugby launches Accelerate

World Rugby has announced details of Accelerate, a new framework for growth and targeted investment that will supercharge the development of women’s rugby on and off the field. Women and girls at the heart of World Rugby’s growth plans, as the sport seeks to unlock new opportunities New targeted investment built around Accelerate, will see

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Super-heavyweight Title Bout – Round 2

The French squad announced Everyone who represented France in the last two rounds is picked for the clinching joust against England. Once more the selectors have named 37 players to ensure that all corners are covered. They are: ANNERY Julie (Stade Bordelais), ARBEZ Carla (Stade Bordelais), BANET Cyrielle (Montpellier), BERNADOU Rose (Montpellier), BERTHOUMIEU Axelle (Blagnac),

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Source: INPHO

Get your retaliation in first

France v Wales Six Nations, Round Four, Stade des Alpes, Grenoble Result: France 39 Wales 14 Player of the Match: Gaëlle Hermet Another stormer of a match on the edge of the Alps. France made sure they beat the current 6N attendance record before Twickenham could smother it six days later – 18 604 present.

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Source: World Rugby

South Africa women and Tonga men crowned champions

Challenger Series South Africa women defeat Belgium to take one step closer towards HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series core status Tonga men capture title in pulsating final against Germany to lead race towards qualifying for the four-team play-off at the HSBC London Sevens Challenger Series finale set for 28-30 April at Markötter Stadium in Stellenbosch

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Source: INPHO

Tears of Joy

Round Four, Six Nations – Scotland v Italy DAM Health Stadium, Edinburgh Result: Scotland 29 Italy 21 Player of the Match: Jade Konkel-Roberts It’s so nice to be wrong. Scotland stormed to a first victory of the championship and a first win in a long time. I suspect I wasn’t alone in thinking the Azzurre

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Source: INPHO

Ireland on the mend, slowly

Round Four, Six Nations – Ireland v England Musgrave Park, Cork Result: Ireland 0 England 48 Player of the Match: Sarah Beckett That scoreline doesn’t look positive for the Irish, but, remember, some pundits were forecasting a first-ever century in a Six Nations game. The Red Roses, for all their superiority, didn’t get halfway. The

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Source: World Rugby

Race to qualify for WXV gathers momentum

The first teams to confirm their places in the inaugural WXV competition could be known this weekend if England and France avoid defeat in their penultimate matches in the TikTok Women’s Six Nations 2023 against Ireland and Wales respectively. The first teams to confirm their places in the inaugural WXV competition could be known this

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