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BBC increases its Women’s Premiership rugby coverage

In another big step for the profile of women’s rugby in England, the BBC has announced a deal to broadcast Premiership Women’s Rugby matches in the 2025-26 and 2025-27 seasons. One live match per week, plus one of the semi-finals and the final itself. will be streamed live on the BBC Sport...

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Live draw for Physical Rugby League World Cup

Following the announcement that there is to be a Physical Disability Rugby League (PDRL) World Cup showcase event, Rugby League World Cup 2021 is pleased to confirm that the draw for the group stages will be held live on Channel 4’s ‘The Last Leg’ tonight (July 29).

The Rugby League World Cup is the pinnacle major event of rugby league, globally contested every four years. RLWC2021...

What do rugby fans actually think about rugby stadiums?

Experts at Liverugbytickets.co.uk have discovered the rugby stadiums around the world fans are most – and least – satisfied with. To do this, they created an index taking into consideration four factors: atmosphere, cleanliness, affordability and food.

The study involved content analysis of over 15,000 TripAdvisor reviews for 40 of the biggest rugby stadiums by capacity. Stadiums...

September internationals scheduled for Red Roses

England’s Red Roses will play two home internationals, taking on USA on September 3 and Wales on September 14.

The USA game will take place at Exeter’s Sandy Park and the Wales fixture at Ashton Gate in Bristol. Tickets are available here.

It will be a fourth visit to Sandy Park for the Red Roses and a particularly special occasion for the USA squad, who have a number of...

Rugby League World Cup can’t come soon enough

England took the next step in their preparations for a historic World Cup with a comfortable win over France.

Scoring seven tries in a 36-10 victory in Warrington, England demonstrated their potential to rival traditional favourites Australia and New Zealand in a Rugby League World Cup that will see the women’s, men’s and wheelchair tournaments all held at the same time.

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Red Roses set to inspire the next generation of female rugby players

England’s Red Roses will take on New Zealand’s Black Ferns at Exeter’s Sandy Park at the end of the month in a fixture that could “inspire the next generation of female rugby players.”

England Women take on New Zealand in the first of their autumn internationals at Sandy Park on Sunday 31 October - kick-off 2.30pm. Tickets have already gone on sale.

It’s the first of a...

Exeter Chiefs head coach Sue Appleby looks ahead to new Allianz Premier 15s season

EXETER CHIEFS’ emphatic introduction to the Allianz Premier 15s has sparked more players dreaming of Devon, says head coach Susie Appleby.

Chiefs finished sixth last year, their maiden top-flight season, tying fifth-placed Gloucester-Hartpury Women with 50 points apiece but missing out on the top half of the table on points difference.

It’s been a busy offseason for Appleby...

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Champions of England: Quins win Premier 15s title at last

Having lost two previous finals and then suffered the frustration of a cancelled campaign due to coronavirus, Harlequins finally won the Allianz Premier 15s title at the fourth attempt against old rivals Saracens.

Despite the emergence of far more competitive opponents than the early years of the competition, it was still the same two teams who qualified first and second - Sarries...

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Delayed Rugby World Cup 2021 dates confirmed

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...

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London Irish to launch elite women's team with aim to join Premier 15s

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...

Cleall calls for clarity on professional status of the Six Nations

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...

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