World Rugby and Gallagher have announced the latest cohort of 14 female coaches selected for the Gallagher High Performance Academy, who will take up coaching roles as part of the management teams of their respective national sides during Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025. Fourteen female coaches from 14 nations join Gallagher High Performance Academy’s latest
France Les Bleues have everything to play for. Theirs is an unlikely story at the World Cup: they have been ever-present, ever a threat, yet in nine attempts they have finished third seven times. Only once, in 1988, have they failed to reach the semis. Their first opponents are old rivals Italy at Sandy Park;
From the start the organizing committee conceived this tenth RWC on a different scale from its predecessors. Size First, the increase from 12 to 16 participating nations. This isn’t the only time – the 1998 and 2002 versions were that size. But people soon realised the problems this larger number brought. The bigger the tournament,
Here are the answers to our quiz – please let us know how you got on. Answers in bold. Here a five taglines. Which nations use them? 1. Strength in bloom – Wales 2. Get into rugby – USA 3. All in for Gold – Australia 4. Rugby for all – Japan 5. We’re doing
Here a five taglines. Which nations use them? 1. Strength in bloom 2. Get into rugby 3. All in for Gold 4. Rugby for all 5. We’re doing it for the girls 6. Which nation has been training at Loughbrough? 7. Which nation has been training at Tignes? 8. Which team received a $1.5m grant
Springbok Women’s Flyhalf Eloise Webb – ‘We’re Going to the Rugby World Cup to Compete’ Though her role at flyhalf is a fairly new one for the Springbok women, Eloise Webb has been meticulous in her preparation for the upcoming Rugby World Cup (RWC) starting in England next week. South Africa open their Group D
The officials tend to be the people overlooked, until they stand accused of making an ‘obvious’ error. The fact is, they have been training assiduously, mostly at Faro in Portugal. The skills they need vary widely. Take for example what the onfield assessment involves: application of the laws; match control; fitness, agility, positioning and work-rate;
Following on from the publication of the Impact ’25 Year 3 Flash Report last week, and with only 8 days remaining until the Women’s Rugby World Cup kicks off in Sunderland, the RFU is proud to share the progress of the Impact ’25 International Development Strand. These results demonstrate how a significant number of players
As we wait for the curtain to rise, we can make sure our nibbles are in place, and look back at rugbypass’ attempt to order the top fifty players to look out for. What a ridiculous enterprise! For one thing, the list is out of date from the moment it is published. Erin King, who
It’s best not to think of certainties when predicting the 2025 RWC. But there are a few nobody can deny. This tenth version will be the best attended and the most widely followed ever. Coverage by all known media will be exhaustive. Let’s take a look at one or two features. Three of the leading
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