Dates for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup have been confirmed, with the tournament extended to avoid fixture clashes. All matches will now have a stand-alone time slot in a change to the original schedule which had some games kicking off at the same time during the pool stage.
The tournament in New Zealand will run from 8 October to 12 November 2022, extending the length of the...
The Vitality Roses have selected 24 players for the 2021-22 international season, building up to the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where the side will be defending their historic gold medal from the last Games.
Of the 24 players selected, 17 are UK–based athletes playing their domestic netball at Vitality Netball Superleague clubs. The remaining seven players currently play...
London Irish have declared their intention to launch a team to enter the top-flight of the women’s game. Preparations are underway with a view to formally applying for a place in the Allianz Premier 15’s for the next intake of teams, due in 2023.
The decision to add an elite tier of women’s rugby at the Club builds on and supports the vision for the women’s game at London Irish. With...
An emphatic 5-0 victory over Reading was enough for Chelsea to seal back-to-back Women's Super League titles for the first time, with the satisfaction of winning the league on the pitch following last season's point-per-game curtailment.
Although the fixture was too soon to see the return of fans inside Kingsmeadow, a large group gathered outside the ground to join in the...
With the title, relegation and (in theory, if not necessarily reality) the final Champions League qualifying position all to be decided, it was always going to be a dramatic final day of the Women's Super League season.
Manchester City's title hopes were extinguished by Chelsea's 5-0 demolition of Reading, although a 1-0 vitory against West Ham meant that City finished their campaign...
England star Poppy Cleall has called for an end to amateurism in elite women's rugby following another season of uneven results during the Six Nations.
The Player of the Tournament made the comments on Instagram after the Red Roses won the title for a third year in a row.
England, whose players are on full-time contracts, thrashed both Italy and Scotland during in the pool...
Chelsea recovered from defeat in the first leg against Bayern Munich to win 4-1 at Kingsmeadow in the second leg, 5-3 on aggregate, to secure a first-ever appearance in the Champions League final.
Only late goals from Pernille Harder and Fran Kirby prevented the tie from going to extra time, the Blues leading 2-1 after Kirby and Ji So-yun scoring either side of a superb strike from...
It was not the showcase for women's rugby organisers were hoping for. Just over an hour into the rematch between France and England following the Red Roses' success in the Six Nations final, the lights went out in Lille eventually leading to the abandonment of the match.
Although the players lingered on the pitch, hoping for the match to resume with England edging another tight...
