The 32 Red Roses who have the honour of representing their country in the home 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup have been confirmed. Head coach John Mitchell’s squad comprises 18 forwards and 14 backs, averaging an age of 26 and totalling a combined 1,374 international caps. Twenty-four of the group have previously competed at a World
News that Aoife Wafer’s knee injury makes it unlikely she will recover in time for the World Cup is disastrous for her and her nation. Even the knock-out stages in eight weeks’ time make a full recovery highly unlikely. With this latest misfortune Ireland lose a third vital member of the back five. We already
Pool A: England, USA, Australia, Samoa England: red-hot favourites, but could they be oppressed by thoughts of another failure, when they possess all the trump cards? USA: they are desperate to make their mark again (last win 1991). Americans prefer winners. World Rugby needs them to prosper to advance the spread of the global game.
Back in the days when ScrumQueens was our bible, the admirable John Birch pointed out severe shortcomings in World Rugby’s rankings table. Without his ongoing assistance, I have to take it at face value. Fortunately very little has changed over the past weeks, since the sixteen qualified nations have devoted themselves largely to training. South
World Rugby and O2 have announced that global pop superstar, Anne-Marie, will play the Opening Show presented by O2 during the first match of Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025, at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light on Friday 22 August, where England will take on USA. Fans are set for an unforgettable opening match at Women’s Rugby
The International Cricket Council today announced the warm-up match schedule for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 which will see the eight competing teams prepare for the round-robin tournament with matches across four venues in Bengaluru and Colombo. In all, nine day-night matches will be played from 25-28 September at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,
Three elite cricket venues were today added to the list of grounds that will play their part in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 in England and Wales next year. Cardiff’s Sophia Gardens, Derby County Ground and Loughborough University – home of the ECB’s National Cricket Performance Centre – will play host to a
Sir Keir Starmer has backed the England Women’s Rugby team to excel when the tournament kicks off on August 22 in Sunderland. Striking new murals unveiled in Bristol and Northampton featuring Red Roses stars Sarah Bern and Sadia Kabeya alongside local girls from grassroots rugby, celebrating the heroes of today and tomorrow with more to
33 matches confirmed to be played across seven iconic venues between Friday 12 June and Sunday 5 July 2026 England v Sri Lanka set to kick off game-changing tournament at Edgbaston First wave of priority tickets for tournament final at Lord’s sold out in 24 hours; tickets now on sale across all fixtures for pre-registered
The Maple Leafs face one of the more exotic run-ins to the World Cup. Kévin Rouet has named 38 players to train for a tour to South Africa; only 32 will fly out. The squad: Forwards Alysia Comtois, Brittany Kassil, Caroline Crossley, Cassandra Tuffnail, Courtney O’Donnell, DaLeaka Menin, Emily Tuttosi, Fabiola Forteza, Gabrielle Senft, Gillian
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