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Women's Rugby World Cup attracting huge TV and social media audiences

Ahead of the Women’s Rugby World Cup quarter finals weekend, the BBC revealed that the live TV audience for the group stages of the tournament reached 7.1 million.

While that is an impressive statistic, in an area of online channels, it’s just the tip of the iceberg. Numbers for...

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Breakthrough opportunity for women's rugby

The Red Roses of England Rugby will take another huge step forward whey play their first standalone fixture at Twickenham in next season’s Women’s Six Nations tournament.

England Women have played at Rugby HQ before but that was combined with a men’s game, and this fixture against France on April 29 will be a breakthrough moment.

The RFU has already stated its ambition fill...

England's World Cup warm-up squad

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...

Hunter seeks one last World Cup dream

Sarah Hunter says the prolonged pain of England’s 2017 World Cup final defeat is fuelling her quest for a revenge mission in New Zealand this autumn.

The North Shields-born star skippered the Red Roses when they were beaten by the Black Ferns in the final five years ago, having also been a part of the side that were crowned champions in France three years earlier.

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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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