Rugby

The sporting weekend kicked off in thrilling fashion with an extremely tense victory for England’s Red Roses over Canada in the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.

From the very beginning, the amateurs from Canada were outstanding, forcing England into some early errors but the Red Roses turned to their powerful forwards for the opening score, Marlie Packer driving...

Although a year later than it was originally billed, we’re now well into the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2022, and so far, the opening rounds have certainly done a lot to help put women’s rugby into the sporting limelight.

Here we’ve recapped the tournament so far and have given some insights into who is tipped for victory and how the competition is benefiting the women’s game.

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The RFU has launched a nationwide campaign to inspire 500 new female rugby referees to join the sport by the end of 2024.

The #INSPIRE campaign will celebrate a female referee every day in the build-up to the England v Japan Autumn international on November 12, at which 50 of England’s most inspiring female referees will take to the pitch at Twickenham.

The campaign launched...

Head coach Simon Middleton has named an updated 35-player England Women’s squad ahead of this weekend’s Test match against USA in Exeter. The Red Roses will play the Eagles at Sandy Park Stadium on Saturday, September 3 (KO 3pm) in their first of two Summer Nations Series matches. Middleton’s side have been training at Pennyhill Park throughout August and meet up in Exeter today to fine-tune...