Rugby union, commonly known as just rugby, is a fast-paced and physical team sport. More girls and women in Canada and around the world are playing it now than ever before. As of 2021, women's rugby ...

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 14 (Reuters) - South Africa head to the Women’s Rugby World Cup in England this month without the same aura about them as the men’s team but with renewed belief having shown rapid ...

Back in 1991, Deborah Griffin and three friends organised the first Women’s Rugby World Cup. They did so with no budget and little support. On Saturday, Griffin stood in front of a sold-out Allianz ...

Abi Burton’s Women’s Rugby World Cup debut completed one of the most extraordinary comebacks in world sport. Three years after spending almost a month in a coma, she took to the field against Samoa ...

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It has been an incredible year for women’s rugby, with the World Cup breaking myriad records. As 2025 draws to a close, we take a closer look at the women’s rugby players who have shone.

Coverage: Every match involving England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland live on either BBC One or BBC Two, while every game will be live on the BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app, ...

Few outside the United States gave the team much of a chance. The U.S. is not a traditional rugby union nation and the squad had barely trained together ahead of the inaugural Women’s Rugby World Cup.

The Women’s Rugby World Cup has officially declared a sell-out with upwards of 80,000 people expected to attend Twickenham in a record audience for a women’s rugby game on 27 September. 375,000 ...

‘Four years ago, World Rugby made a commitment that any research they do on the men’s game, they will also do on the women’s game,’ World Rugby's medical manager Dr Lindsay Starling tells WH. ‘Any ...

The Women’s Rugby World Cup, which culminated with a 33-13 victory for England’s Red Roses over Canada, saw the debut of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) for real-time match analysis, ...