women's rugby

Scotland, Ireland and Wales face the prospect of playing no further international rugby in 2020 after World Rugby confirmed the remaining fixtures in this year's Six Nations have been cancelled.

Meanwhile, the European qualifying tournament for the 2021 Rugby World Cup - which the Scots and Irish were due to play in - has also been postponed.

Although England have already...

When the Six Nations was originally due to finish in March, Abbie Ward was still halfway through an 11-month rehabilitation programme on an injured hip having given up any hope of playing in this year's competition.

Fast forward to a fog infused night in northern Italy and Ward is collecting her Player of the Match medal whilst her England teammates celebrate a second successive...

Scotland's trip to Wales in the Six Nations has been postponed after several players were told to isolate following positive tests for the French players they faced last weekend.

Another Scotland player has also tested positive, which gave organisers little choice but to postpone the match. France's fixture against Ireland had already been called off earlier in the week.

It...

Emily Scarratt will captain England against Italy in Parma on Sunday 1 November after Sarah Hunter was ruled out through injury.

The Red Roses have already won the Six Nations following France's draw with Scotland last weekend but will wrap up the Grand Slam with victory over the Azzuri.

Harlequins second row Abbie Ward and Marlie Packer of Saracens are both recalled...

Harlequins, Saracens and Loughborough Lightning all made it three wins out of three at the start of the new Allianz Premier 15s season, although only Quins and Sarries have maximum points following third straight bonus-point victories.

Prop Shaunagh Brown (pictured) led Harlequins out against Exeter Chiefs to mark her 50th appearance for the club and also scored a try in the 33-14...

England were handed the 2020 Women's Six Nations title despite not playing this weekend after Scotland ended France's hopes of taking the title with a late try to claim a 13-13 draw in Glasgow.

The Red Roses are on course for the Grand Slam, having won all four fixtures so far and their final match against Italy coming up on Sunday 1 November. France needed to win both their...

England have been confirmed in the top group of seeds alongside Canada and hosts New Zealand for next year's Rugby World Cup.

Seedings had to be based on the world rankings as they stood on 1 January due to the lack of international matches since the beginning of March.

Only the top seven sides from the last tournament in Ireland automatically qualified, the remaining five...

Harlequins, Saracens and Loughborough Lightning maintained their perfect starts to the Allianz Premier 15s season with bonus-point victories in the second round of matches.

Quins in particular seem to be adapting well to the new rules restricting the number of scrums, with front five forwards Shaunagh Brown, Amy Cockayne and Abbie Ward all scoring tries in an open 31-12 victory at...

The Rugby Football Union will allow transgender women to continue playing community rugby after asking for more scientific evidence before imposing a global ban.

World Rugby announced last week it would prevent transgender women from competing in elite rugby, stating "safety and fairness" could not be assured following a three-stage review.

However, the RFU wants to find a...

Most clubs would be happy with a positive points difference of 103 at the end of the season - Harlequins have that many points on the board after the opening weekend thanks to a three-figure mauling of DMP Durham Sharks at the Stoop.

The 2018 and 2019 runners-up looked sharp despite the late-notice start to a campaign, which included a number of rule changes including reducing the...