RFU to build on strong foundations to capitalise on World Cup momentum Growing player numbers; fans and revenue key to maintaining momentum Action plan updated two years early in recognition of the dramatic change and success in the women’s and girls’ game since 2021 The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has today unveiled Every Rose: Our
We have a gap of less than a month to recover from the exhilaration of the RWC, before the start of the new 2025-26 version. How do things look? The good news TV/media coverage is increased. The BBC will stream one match per week, in addition to TNT’s pay-walled coverage. Overseas players keep streaming (back)
A continuous crescendo to the 27th 1 September. Tess Feury (USA) replaces Bulou Mataitoga (injured) 2. Jenni Scoble (Wales) out of the RWC; replaced by Abbey Constable 3. Laura Bayfield (NZ) avoids ban following a red card; a just verdict 4. Sophie de Goede becomes Canada’s highest points scorer with 262 4. England team to
The victorious England Women’s Rugby team, the Red Roses, step off the international stage for nationwide grassroots rugby celebration. Fresh from their Women’s Rugby World Cup final win, the Red Roses will be stepping off the international stage and into grassroots clubs across England as part of RugbyFest 3–6 October 2025, a nationwide celebration of
We now enter the awards season. Individual awards in the ultimate team game are always liable to cause controversy. My views can be no less subjective than anyone else’s, but here they are: 1. World Player of the Year – Sophie de Goede Quite correct! She tends to be the outstanding player of every game
Fresh from the euphoria of England’s triumph at the Women’s Rugby World Cup, Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR) has today unveiled its new campaign, “Home of Heroes”, celebrating the return of the world’s best domestic women’s rugby competition on October 24. With the eyes of the rugby world still on the Red Roses’ history-making performance, PWR
What a sight! Twickenham Stadium was already over 50,000 full for the bronze medal match; the top (third) tier well stocked for the first time ever in a women’s game. It was hard for both squads collecting themselves after the disappointments of the previous weekend. But there were medals to be won. The world was
England fulfilled a nation’s wishes by seeing off a determined effort by Canada to topple them. Once again the side destined to lose scored first. When Amy Cokayne missed her line-out target, Canada exploited the error so well that Asia Hogan-Rochester flew over the line once more. (0-5) Barely three minutes later Ellie Kildunne received
USA international and World Cup star Rachel Ehrecke has joined Loughborough Lightning ahead of the 2025/26 season. Ehrecke arrives at Lightning off the back of her first Rugby World Cup, where she featured from the bench in the defeat to England and the draw with Australia. The 23-times capped international back row joins from Denver
Only days out from refereeing the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 final, Scotland’s Hollie Davidson has been presented with the World Rugby Referee Award in partnership with Emirates at the Women’s Rugby Global Summit in London on Thursday. Davidson is the second Scottish official after Jim Fleming to receive the accolade, which recognises international men’s
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