Rugby World Cup-winning duo Jess Breach and Alex Matthews return to the starting XV as head John Mitchell makes nine changes for the first of three Test matches against Canada in the WXV Global Series. An ever-present in the 2025 Rugby World Cup, Breach is back on the wing while Matthews – a two-try hero
Holly Aitchison is set for her 50th international cap when the Red Roses run out against Australia for the start of their WXV Global Series. The Southport-born Sale Shark will achieve the milestone at the CorpAcq Stadium – less than 40 miles from her hometown club Firwood Waterloo RFC. Fly-half Aitchison began her Red Roses
Red Roses head coach John Mitchell has named his 36-player squad for the home leg of the WXV Global Series. Led by captain Megan Jones, the squad contains a combined 1,234 international caps and includes 25 players who featured in the 2025 Rugby World Cup triumph. England spent the first three weeks of pre-season based
We now have the first dribble of news from World Rugby about fixtures for their innovative new series (henceforward the WXVGS). We might wonder why the details are appearing piecemeal. The answer must be the massive size of the enterprise. The First Choices Even the three fixtures we now know about are open to question.
World Rugby and 18 national unions launch landmark WXV Global Series to harness the strength of women’s rugby, provide certainty of fixtures and a pathway to Women’s Rugby World Cup 2029. WXV Global Series set to transform the international calendar and fuel momentum from Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 towards 2029 and beyond Will feature
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