World Rugby has agreed to pay for an extra female coach for every team taking part in the 2021 Rugby World Cup as part of a commitment to increase the number of elite women coaches.
The governing body has set a target of 40 percent of head coaches at the 2025 World Cup being women as opposed to just eight percent (one out of 12) in 2017. In comparison, 38 percent of coaches at the...
The 10 Premier 15s clubs and England Red Roses have been given permission to move to stage two of the elite sport framework as the elite women's game moves closer to a return.
Full contact training can resume although there will be several measures in place to reduce face-to-face contact.
England's women will return to action in October as they look to complete their Six...
The Rugby Football Union wants to bring the women's Rugby World Cup to England in 2025.
According to The Times, the RFU has committed to making a bid for the event, having successfully hosted the men's World Cup in 2015. The 2021 Rugby World Cup will be held in New Zealand in September and October.
World Rugby has announced a decision on the destination for the next two men'...
The government has approved Rugby Football Union plans to reintroduce the sport at community level, initially in a non-contact format.
As reported by Women's Sport Daily , the RFU asked for permission for clubs to play an amended 10-a-side form of the game with no scrums, rucks, mauls or tackling.
The format has been branded as 'Ready4Rugby' by the RFU and clubs are allowed...
The 2020 Women's Six Nations Championship will finish on 5 December, more than 10 months since the campaign started in early February.
Five of the six remaining fixtures will be played in October but Italy's match against Scotland has been scheduled for the final weekend of the extended international window in December.
Scotland will face France and Ireland take on Italy on...
Women and girl's recreational rugby will look very different for the time being after details were revealed of the Rugby Football Union's plan for returning to play.
All community rugby will be 10-a-side with no scrums and a 'two touch' rule instead of tackling. According to The Times, the RFU has submitted a plan to the government which is expected to be approved this week once it...
Giada Franco is leaving Harlequins Women after just one season with the club. The Italy back row is returning to her previous club Rugby Colorno to concentrate on her studies and playing for the national team.
Quins were in second place in the Premier 15s table when the season was declared null and void in March. Franco was hoping to help the side to a third straight Grand Final,...
The Premier 15s clubs were given permission to return to training by the Rugby Football Union but no date has been announced for when the new season will start.
The 2019-20 campaign was cancelled in March but whilst the men's Premiership is set for a mid-August resumption there will be frustration over the lack of a timetable for the women's game.
The Rugby Football Union has admitted it would consider allowing teams from Scotland and Wales to join the English Premier 15s.
Women's Sport Daily has previously reported on the desire of the Welsh Rugby Union to develop two "super clubs" as part of a plan to turn the women's game professional in the principality.
The RFU hopes expanding the league to the Welsh and Scots...
England's women and men's sevens squads face the prospect of losing their funding after the Rugby Football Union admitted players might not have their contracts renewed when they expire this summer.
Players were warned they will need to look for other work. Whilst the RFU is exploring ways of keeping a presence on the World Sevens Series circuit, it cannot 'sustain the team in its...
