Women's Rugby Rundown – Details, episodes & analysis

Welcome to Women's Rugby Rundown 168 for August 19-25. Kingspan Stadium is set to host the Vodafone Women’s Interprovincial Championship finals on August 31, with Munster and Leinster securing the top spots. The BBC has been appointed as the UK rights holder for Rugby World Cup 2025, promising extensive free-to-air coverage and digital programming. Morocco is reviving their XVs program, and Turkey, traditionally a 7s rugby nation, has begun training for XVs for the first time ever. And we round up all the global Premier and Club competitions worldwide.

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Welcome to Women's Rugby Rundown 167 for August 12-18. The HSBC SVNS announced the first five events of the 2024-2025 Series, with stops in Dubai, Cape Town, Perth, Vancouver, and Hong Kong. Japan's Women’s Sevens team has a new head coach, Yuka Kanematsu. The USA edged Japan in the final match of the 2024 Japan Challenger Series. Munster leads the 2024 Irish Interpros after two rounds. Fiji is set for historic first-ever matches against Scotland and the Netherlands. And we round up all the global Premier and Club competitions worldwide.

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Welcome to WRR 158 for June 17-23. China went undefeated at the World Rugby Sevens Repechage Tournament in Monaco, securing the final spot for the Paris 2024 Olympics. With the teams now set, we know the pools for the upcoming games. Fiji achieved their first-ever win over Japan’s Sakura in the second match of their series, Japan announced they will host the USA for a two-test tour while Zimbabwe edged out Zambia with a last-second try. World Rugby will begin initial closed trials of TMO modifications at competitions in July, and we round up all the global Premier and Club competitions worldwide.

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Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for May 23-Jun 5. We were out on vacation last week so we're doubling up your news! Canada and New Zealand recorded wins in the Pacific Four Series, Finland defeated Switzerland in the Europe Trophy while Saracens won Allianz Premier and Stade Toulousain won France's Elite 1. In more XVs news, DHL Western secured the top spot in the South Africa's Premier Division and will host Border Ladies next weekend in the final. New Zealand’s Farah Palmer Cup announced matches will kick off August 5, and Scotland revealed an updated women's player pathway and that their Tennent League will return. In 7s news, the 2023 HSBC Sevens Series was announced and we will see stops in Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, France and London. We close out the week with 25 features and 16 media. Read more at https://scrumhalfconnection.com/2022/06/07/womens-rugby-in-60-secs-may-23-jun-5/ and become a supporter of our site at https://www.patreon.com/yscrugby. tl;dr: Women's Rugby in 60 secs for May 23-Jun 5 saw Canada and New Zealand win in the opening weekend of Pacific Four Series, Finland defeated Switzerland in the Europe Trophy while the Saracens won Allianz Premier and Stade Toulousain won France's Elite 1.

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for May 16-22. The Black Ferns took home the last HSBC 7s Series title at Toulouse 7s while NOVA and Providence won USA's Club National Division 1 and Division 2 Championships. In more XVs news, Exeter and Saracens will face off for the Allianz Premier title on June 3, Life West and New York continue to lead USA's WPL while Border Ladies overtook the Blue Bulls at the top of the table for South Africa's Premier Division. In 7s news, the Black Ferns may have taken home the last series stop of the year but Australia claimed the overall HSBC Series title. France took second, Fiji third and notably Ireland moved their way up to fourth in the overall standings. Teams now look forward to Rugby World Cup 2022 in South Africa from September 9-11. We close out the week with 16 features and 11 media. Read everything at https://scrumhalfconnection.com/2022/05/25/womens-rugby-in-60-secs-may-10-22/ and become a supporter of our site at https://www.patreon.com/yscrugby. tl;dr: Women's Rugby in 60 secs for May 16-22 saw the Black Ferns win Toulouse 7s while NOVA and Providence won USA's Club Division 1 and 2 Championships.

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for May 9-15. The next decade of Rugby World Cup hosts have been announced with England taking the reins in 2025 (women's), Australia in 2027 (men's) and 2029 (women's) and USA in 2031 (men's) and 2033 (women's). This exciting news is only made better since we have a World Cup this year in New Zealand (women’s) and France is hosting in 2023 (men’s). Coupling all of this with the debut of a new global women’s competition WXV in 2023 and the expansion of the 2025 RWC to 16 teams, rugby’s growth is about to explode. In domestic XVs news, the Allianz Premier and France’s Elite 1 semi-finals are set for May 22 and 28th respectively. Life West and Colorado lead the USA's WPL and DHL Western continues to lead South Africa's Premier Division. We close out the week with 15 features and 4 media. Read everything at https://scrumhalfconnection.com/2022/05/16/womens-rugby-in-60-secs-may-9-15/ and become a supporter of our site at https://www.patreon.com/yscrugby. tl;dr: Women's Rugby in 60 secs for May 9-15 saw World Rugby announce the next 5 hosts of the Rugby World Cup. England in 2025, Australia in 2027 and 2029 and the United States in 2031 and 2033.

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for May 2-8. We learned who won the TikTok Six Nations Player of the Championship award, the Langford 7s dream team was named and the pools for Toulouse 7s have been revealed. In XVs news, Australia played Fiji early in the week, taking home a close win but lost to Japan in their second match while USA, Spain, Wales, and Canada all announced Rugby World Cup warmup matches in the coming weeks In domestic XVs news, the Allianz Premier semi-finals are coming into shape, DHL Western is still leading South Africa’s Premier Division but are chased by Border Ladies and Blue Bulls, we know the quarterfinals for French's Elite 1, Berkeley and New York continue to lead USA's WPL and we recap USA’s Club Super Regionals. We close out the week with 10 features and 6 media. Read everything at https://scrumhalfconnection.com/2022/05/11/womens-rugby-in-60-secs-may-2-8/ and become a supporter on Patreon. tl;dr: Women's Rugby in 60 secs for May 2-8 saw the 2022 TikTok Six Nations Player of the Championship named as well as the Langford 7s Dream Team and the pools for Toulouse 7s.

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Apr 25-May 1. We saw England take home the 2022 TikTok Six Nations Grand Slam, their 13th overall and fourth in a row while Australia won Langford 7s and clinched the 2022 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title. In more XVs news, Japan defeated Fiji in their first match of three in Australia, Portugal defeated Germany in the Europe Trophy competition, and New Zealand will host the 2022 Pacific Four Series between themselves, Australia, Canada and USA from May 3-10. In domestic XVs news, DHL Western leads South Africa's Premier Division after two weeks, Berkeley and Colorado lead their conferences in USA's WPL, and we have all the updates on USA's Club Super Regionals. In more 7s news, South Africa and Madagascar have qualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup 7s, and Zack Test joins the USA Eagles as an assistant coach. We close out the week with 14 features and 9 media. Read everything at https://scrumhalfconnection.com/2022/05/04/womens-rugby-in-60-secs-apr-25-may-1/ and become a supporter on Patreon. tl;dr: Women's Rugby in 60 secs for Apr 25-May 1 saw England take home the 2022 TikTok Six Nations Grand Slam, their 13th overall and Australia have won Langford 7s and the 2022 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Apr 18-24. Round 4 of the TikTok Six Nations saw wins for France, Italy and England. The final round is this weekend with England at the top of the table. They will face France for the Grand Slam. In more XVs news, the Black Ferns coaching structure was confirmed with Wayne Smith, Wesley Clarke and Whitney Hansen taking the reins until after the World Cup while Spain promoted assistant coach Juan González Marruecos to head coach. In domestic XVs news, Fijiana Drua have won the Buildcorp Super W Championship. A quick reminder that this is their first year in the competition, they went undefeated and they did it with only six players ever having played internationally for Fiji. If we were excited about the World Cup later this year before...now we're full of anticipation. Exeter took home the inaugural Allianz Premier 15s Cup over Harlequins and Bristol narrowly defeated Worcester for third. South Africa's Premier Division kicked off with wins by the DHL Western, Blue Bulls, and EP Queens. In 7s news, Canada qualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup 7s after they took home the title at RAN 7s and Emilie Cherry Barton joined Australia's coaching staff. We close out the week with 14 features and 9 media. Read everything at https://scrumhalfconnection.com/2022/04/28/womens-rugby-in-60-secs-apr-18-24/ and become a supporter of our site at https://www.patreon.com/yscrugby. tl;dr: Women's Rugby in 60 secs for Apr 18-23 saw England remain on the top of the TikTok Six Nations table as well as coaching announcements for New Zealand and Spain.

Welcome to the top women's rugby news in under 60 seconds for Apr 11-17. Monday morning saw the release of the Black Ferns Cultural Environmental review. Most of us were shocked when head coach Glenn Moore remained because the report pointed to an utter failure of leadership among other key points. By Saturday Moore had resigned and we’re expecting an announcement around a new coaching appointment this week. In more XVs news, Italy announced centralized contracts for 25 athletes, Japan announced their squad ahead of their three matches in Australia, and Ireland has moved up to 7th in the World Rugby Rankings while Italy fell to 8th. In domestic XVs news, Waratahs booked their place in the Super W final which will be a rematch against Fijiana Drua on April 23 and Harlequins and Exeter will face off in the Allianz Premier 15s Cup on April 23 and round 2 of USA's WPL saw wins by Life West, Berkeley, San Diego and New York. We close out the week with 7s news, 2 articles in our "Other News" category, 15 features and 7 media. Read everything at https://scrumhalfconnection.com/2022/04/19/womens-rugby-in-60-secs-apr-11-17/ and become a supporter of our site at https://www.patreon.com/yscrugby. tl;dr: Women's Rugby in 60 secs for Apr 11-17 saw Glenn Moore resign after the Black Ferns Cultural Environmental review was released and Italy announced 25 centralized contracts.