women's rugby

The Rugby Football Union has confirmed the new Premier 15s season will start on Saturday 10 October after also announcing a new headline sponsor for the women's elite league.

The competition will be called the Allianz Premier 15s and the insurance company will also provide funding to grow girls and women's rugby in England.

Exeter Chiefs will make their debut away at...

The Rugby Football Union has been forced to admit it is cutting funding for the 10 Premier 15s teams by 25 percent.

The reduction from £75,000 to £56,250 per side will put further financial pressure on clubs as they prepare for a new season which is still due to start in early October despite the fact fixtures are yet to be announced.

It was understood schedule details for...

With the new Premier 15s season edging ever closer, Exeter Chiefs Women’s Head Coach, Susie Appleby, is continuing her squad strengthening with four more new recruits added to the mix.

Welsh quartet Meg Davies, Ffion Lewis, Abbie Fleming and Niamh Terry are the latest recruits Appleby has added to her squad.

Lewis, Fleming and Terry have all previously represented Wales...

Community rugby will remain in limbo for at least another three months after the Rugby Football Union confirmed competitive fixtures cannot take place until the new year at the earliest.

Clubs and schools are still allowed to have contact training and can play the approved Ready4Rugby non-contact version of the sport within their own groups.

"The decision has been made so we...

Ireland and Italy will kick-off the remaining fixtures in this season's Six Nations championship after dates and kick-off times were finally confirmed. However, organisers have been criticised for placing matches too close together, forcing armchair fans to choose between games.

Italy's trip to Donnybrook will start at 1pm on Sunday 25 October, with Scotland entertaining France at...

With one year to go, plans are already in place for teams to isolate ahead of the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Eleven sides plus the hosts will take part in the tournament, the first time the women's World Cup has left the northern hemisphere, beginning on 18 September.

Although exact details are yet to be finalised, organisers are expected to follow the template for teams...

Susie Appleby’s squad plans for the new Exeter Chiefs Women’s side are continuing apace after she today confirmed the arrival of three more international names.

USA Women’s players Gabby Cantorna, Jennine Duncan and Kate Zackary have all accepted one-year contracts with the Chiefs and will arrive – pending visa approval – within the next few weeks to join the Devon club ahead of...

Wales sevens coach Darren Edwards will take charge of Wales Women's rearranged Six Nations fixture against Scotland at the end of October.

Edwards has been named as interim women's head coach, replacing Rowland Phillips who stepped down in March.

The Welsh Rugby Union has struggled to find a permanent appointment to lead Wales into the 2021 Rugby World Cup and the...

England Women will play against France at Twickenham ahead of the men's match against Ireland on Saturday 21 November, the Rugby Football Union has confirmed.

It will be the second leg of a double header against the French, with the first match played at a venue to be confirmed on Saturday 14 November.

Red Roses head coach Simon Middleton said: “We’re looking forward to a...

England's Red Rose stars have welcomed the opportunity to be part of Umbro's kit launch for the national side following the controversy over Ireland's kit launch last month.

The Ireland kit supplier Canterbury was criticised for getting players to wear the men's kit in publicity shots but using models for the women's kit instead.

No such issues for England, where the likes...