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
Now we know the pools and the match schedules for next year’s World Cup. First the pools: The 2025 RWC will be the first to include 16 nations since 2002. Regrettably the likely outcomes remain the same. Delightful as that is for the favoured nations, a competition that has thrown up only three winners across
First tickets for the biggest and most accessible Women’s Rugby World Cup ever to go on sale in September Unprecedented demand expected for England 2025’s opening match and final with fans encouraged to sign-up for presale access More than 400,000 tickets available for Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 Wide and inclusive range of prices from
The RFU has confirmed the venues for the 2025 RWC. They stretch from Sunderland in the north-east to Exeter in the south-west. Attempts have been made to cover every region; the fact that they don’t (East Anglia, West Midlands?) only proves what a gigantically large country England is. Pause for guffaws. Three of the venues
A strictly limited number of additional tickets to the Rugby World Cup 2021 finals will go on sale from 1800 NZT Tuesday 8 November at tickets2021.rugbyworldcup.com Previous capacity at Eden Park was sold out just hours following the Black Ferns’ thrilling semi-final victory, prompting a review of operational space within the stadium to ensure every
Wales v Australia World Cup, Round Three Wales lost a tight game against the Wallaroos, to leave them hoping against hope that the Sunday results go their way. It’s a tightrope walk at present. Result Australia 14 Wales 7 Player of the Match: Grace Hamilton The bare stats of the game tell their own story:
World Rugby has to report the latest unwanted adjustment to its plans for the 2021 World Cup. Neither Hong Kong nor Samoa find themselves able to make the trip to Dubai to compete for the last qualifying place. That leaves Colombia and Kazakhstan as the two nations left standing. They will compete on 19 February
This week Covid-19 has brought disturbing news on several fronts to the world of women’s sport. It took on a sharp form at the Madrid 7s at the weekend. When the French squad announced a positive Covid test and withdrew, the USA squad decided to withdraw as well. When the tests proved negative, it was
It’s four months since 18 September marked a year from the opening of RWC 2021. Since then we have received three nuggety pieces of information from the Organising Committee: the opening match would take place at Eden Park; the draw was made; and the number of entrants would be raised to 16… in 2025. Further
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