Transgender Player’s Impact In Women’s Rugby Sparks Complex Debate In Canada
A seasoned female rugby player from the Stoney Creek Camels senior women’s team has spoken out against trans players competing in the rugby women’s division after experiencing a tackle from a trans player during a match in Fergus, Ontario (Canada) in July. “We are women,” a female player who was on the receiving end of the tackle told the Toronto …
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Become A Vodafone Mascot At The Vodafone Women’s Interprovincial Championship!
We’re calling ALL rugby fans aged 9-12 to enter below and get the chance to take centre stage at this year’s Vodafone Women’s Interprovincial Championship final’s day!
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WXV3 Fixtures Confirmed For October
Photo by Paul Devlin/Sportsfile World Rugby has unveiled the bumper match schedule for WXV, the new women’s international 15s competition designed to increase the competitiveness, reach and impact of elite women’s rugby, on Monday, August 14. Ireland will kick off their WXV3 challenge under new coach Scott Bemand against Kazakhstan on October 13th in Dubai. The three-level tournament, which begins …
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MU Barnhall Buffaloes’ September Blitz
The MU Barnhall Buffaloes is an inclusive tag rugby team that was established at the MU Barnhall Rugby Club in May of 2015, for adults with intellectual disabilities. The team, based in Leixlip, is a pan-impairment team, meaning members of all different intellectual disabilities are on the team and encouraged to join. The team began with six members, but has …
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Vodafone Women’s Rugby Inter Pro’s Confirmed for Three August Saturday’s
The IRFU has confirmed the fixtures for the 2023 Vodafone Women’s Interprovincial Championship, which will take place this August and September as part of a new season plan designed to provide our leading players with consistent access to high-level game time. The four-Round series gets underway on Saturday, 12th August, as defending champions Munster get their 2023 campaign underway against …
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Thirty-Two English Rugby Senior Women Will Receive New Three-Year Contracts
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) and the Rugby Players Association (RPA) released the names of 32 English senior women players that will receive new three-year contracts – an increase from the 30 contracts offered than last season. The contracts were announced in early June and will span over three seasons up to 2026. They will also cover the 2025 Rugby …
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Ireland Will Head To Dubai For The World XV Tournament In November
World Rugby has officially announced that the upcoming Tier 3 matches of the newly established WXV competition will be held in Dubai this November. Ireland is set to face off against Fiji, Kazakhstan, Kenya, and the winner of the play-off between Brazil and Colombia, which is scheduled to take place next month as part of the tournament. The renowned Sevens …
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Deborah Griffin Set to Make History As The First Female President Of RFU
Deborah Griffen is set to make history in 2025 by becoming the Rugby Football Union (RFU) first-ever female president. Griffin’s landmark appointment in 2025 will hopefully pave the way for the growth of women’s rugby and encourage additional females globally to participate. As the founder of the Women’s Rugby Football Union in 1983, Chair for the first women’s Rugby World …
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Smart Ball Technology To Aid Rugby Refs At U20 World Championship
World Rugby is to introduce ‘smart ball’ technology at this summer’s U20 World Championship. Collaborating with Sportable and Gilbert this will be the world’s first trial of smart ball technology in a live match officiating capacity. It could transform the way in which the sport is officiated. The motivation is to explore how the emergence of new technology and artificial …
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World Rugby Secures Major New Partner For Women’s Game
World Rugby and Gallagher, a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services company, have announced a multi-year global partnership establishing Gallagher as an Official Partner of Women’s Rugby and Rugby World Cup 2025. As part of the partnership agreement, Gallagher will be an Official Partner of World Rugby WXV 2023 & 2024 – the new, three-tier annual global women’s …
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