The Rugby Players’ Association (RPA) today announced a new multi-year funding deal with its industry stakeholders, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Premiership Rugby Limited (PRL). The new 5-year deal will deliver a minimum of £7m into the RPA welfare, personal development and education programmes that supports the 650 current and over 350 former RPA
Nine months out from rugby sevens’ debut at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the pools and match schedule have been announced for the opening round of the new HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, for both men and women, in Dubai. With global excitement building ahead of sevens’ biggest season, the world’s top players representing 28
Team GB’s Rugby Women Sevens preparations have started in earnest with players from Wales, Scotland and England coming together for a three-month training programme in Guildford. The WRU and SRU have nominated two players each to join England’s training base at Surrey Sports Park to train full time. Laurie Harries and Jasmine Joyce from Wales
An England Women’s Under 18s Sevens squad will travel to Liege in Belgium this weekend to compete in the Rugby Europe Sevens Championship. A squad of 12 players will compete against Portugal, Germany and the Ukraine in the pool stages on Friday and Saturday. Also competing for European glory are the Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Wales,
Japan and Ireland will compete on next season’s HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series after qualifying in Dublin this weekend. Progression to the final of the tournament in UCD Bowl was enough for both sides to ensure they will be core teams on the prestigious series when it kicks off at the end of this year.
Results from pool games at Women’s Sevens Qualifier in Dublin China 29-7 Kenya Netherlands 33-0 Colombia Brazil 10-19 Japan Wales 33-12 Samoa South Africa 31-5 Hong Kong Ireland 64-0 Mexico Netherlands 22-7 Kenya China 26-0 Colombia Wales 14-17 Japan Brazil 42-5 Samoa Ireland 50-0 Hong Kong South Africa 38-0 Mexico Kenya 12-7 Colombia China 10-22
Twelve women’s sevens teams have arrived in Ireland ahead of this weekend’s sevens series qualifier in Dublin. The top two teams from the event will qualify as core teams on next season’s HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series circuit. Brazil, China, Colombia, Hong Kong, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, the Netherlands, Samoa, South Africa, Wales and hosts Ireland
With one year to go until the world’s best rugby sevens players make their Olympic debut at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, World Rugby President Bernard Lapasset is predicting a special and game-changing event that will take rugby to new audiences and inspire even more men, women and children to get into rugby. Rugby will
England players Victoria Fleetwood and Abbie Brown (pictured above) have been awarded central contracts from the Rugby Football Union for the forthcoming season. The duo join a squad of 17 players from last season who have had their contracts renewed. A 20th and final member of the squad will be confirmed shortly. Fleetwood and Brown
Source: TRFCThurrocks invitational ladies 7s outfit The Thunderbirds were in action again this weekend playing at the prestigious Find Rugby Now tournament at Wasps RFC. Sponsored locally by Wallis Teagan and World Freight and playing for BreakThroughBreastCancer they eventually came 3rd on a highly competitive day in West London. Having secured wins versus their old
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