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Bishop announces Exeter Chiefs Women’s cup captains for 2026/27

Exeter Chiefs Women head coach Oli Bishop has named a captain and two vice-captains for the duration of the JAECOO Next Gen Cup.

Emily Robinson will lead the women through a second campaign while there are new vice-captains in place, centurion full-back Merryn Elworthy and Black Ferns...

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Lottery backing for local rugby

2022 has certainly been the year of women's sport in England. The Lionesses won the Euros, the women of Team England sparkled at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and now the Red Roses are red-hot favourites to win the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.

However, this success at elite level for women's sport is built on the strong foundations of grassroots projects up and down the...

A Review of the Women’s Rugby World Cup So Far

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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Red Roses in rampant Rugby World Cup start

The weekend has barely begun and there has already been some fantastic sport on display.

New Zealand is the only place to start, as the biggest ever Women’s Rugby World Cup got underway, and the tournament favourites are wearing the red rose of England.

After France cruised past South Africa in the opening match, England took on the flair of Fiji. Claudia MacDonald and Amy...

From 50 to 500 – RFU campaign aims to #INSPIRE women to take up refereeing

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...

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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Physical Disability Rugby League World Cup

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...

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