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In reviewing the World Champion Black Ferns rugby teams’ last match scorelines, you would find a ‘high range’. Scores of 40 or more are common, so when the France Women’s XV held them to a 0-14 score in Toulon, some fans wondered what had occurred? In reality, it is simply called competition. France are in fact […] READ MORE
After the final regulation season game was concluded on Sunday, New Zealand Domestic Rugby is building toward the major Semifinals for all men’s and women’s rugby competition. That is for the Mitre 10 Cup; both the Premiership and the Championship. The Heartland Championship; both for the Meads Cup and the Lochore Cup. Each of those competitions […] READ MORE
Ireland International Leah Lyons made the bold move to Harlequins Ladies at the beginning of August, just around the corner from the start of the Tyrrells Premiership 15s Championship. A move that she had been thinking about for a while, before it finally to come to fruition. An big opportunity, that she welcomes with open […] READ MORE
The inclusion of Taranaki boosts the 2018 Farah Palmer Cup competition by one to 12 teams this season, as NZR and Sky commit to increased coverage READ MORE
In news that continues the importance of the women's rugby movement, the Black Ferns 'past and present' players are to all be officially Capped in a series of ceremonies by New Zealand Rugby. This is to both celebrate the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup victory, but also timed for an reunion of the 1998 winning Black Ferns XV side READ MORE
There aren’t many rugby clubs – male or female – who have experienced a 42-player exodus before the start of a season. There are even fewer who could recruit another 67 as a result. Both happened to Lichfield Ladies RFC, in less than a year. The club – one of the early trailblazers of the women’s […] READ MORE
From it’s foundation, the women’s game of rugby is emerging from the shadow of the traditional viewpoint. Not an unnecessary distraction, not the realm of ‘tom boys’ and certainly not for the fainthearted. The Farah Palmer Cup women’s national provincial rugby competition is fierce, well contested and the perfect testing ground for new talent. Expanded […] READ MORE
The Women's Six Nations kicks off this Friday when Scotland take on two time winners Ireland. As the last major championship that these sides will face before the World Cup in the summer, who looks likely to shine for their country? READ MORE
This September will see the relaunch of ‘Inner Warrior’ camps – a nationwide campaign by England Rugby to encourage more girls and women to pick up a rugby ball and play the game. But this initiative is taking place against a controversial backdrop – the termination of England Women’s professional contracts, which has stirred growing demands […] READ MORE
Over three months have passed since the RFU officially unveiled the ten teams for the new Women’s Super Rugby Competition – the UK’s elite league for the women’s game which kicks off in September. The announcement generated a prominent social media backlash as to why Lichfield Ladies – the team who finished second in this year’s […] READ MORE
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