England Women's

After an 82-year absence, rugby – returned with aplomb to the Olympic Games as the pool stages of the Women’s Sevens tournament began at the Deodoro Stadium.

The Rugby Football Union is all set to introduce professional player contracts for women’s rugby in England with a total of 48 contracts to be offered in the next season.

England Women's bid for the Six Nations grand slam fell short on Friday night as they were beaten 17-12 by France at Stade de la Rabine.

England's women matched their male counterparts in making it four wins from four Six Nations games on Saturday.

England Women made it three Six Nations wins from as many matches as they beat Ireland 13-9 at Twickenham to top the table.

A Harriet Millar-Mills inspired performance saw England cruise to a 32-0 Women's Six Nations victory over Scotland in Cumbernauld.

‘The biggest and best series yet’ those are the words that accompanied the build up to the start of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series and with all roads leading to the Olympics in Rio they are spot on.

Ireland is to host the Women's Rugby World Cup in 2017.

The Women's Premiership Group are pleased to announce the launch of a new award recognising our player of the season.

Simon Middleton has been appointed as the new head coach of the England Women's side, the Rugby Football Union has announced.

The Championship Cup is contested by the Winners of Championship North and Championship South for the right to play the bottom Premiership Club and possibly replace them in the Women’s Premiership.

World Cup-winning head coach Gary Street has left his post in charge of the England Women's side by mutual consent, the Rugby Football Union has announced.

Saracens seal Premiership victory in pivotal year for women’s rugby.

Emily Scarratt has won the prestigious Rugby Union Writers' Club Pat Marshall Memorial Award as the sport's personality of the year for 2014.

Sarah Hunter and Rochelle Clark, two members of England's victorious women's rugby World Cup-winning team, received MBEs in the New Year Honours.

On Sunday evening, the England women’s rugby team were crowned Team of the Year at the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards, following a fine campaign that saw them lift the Women’s Rugby World Cup earlier this year.

Helen O'Reilly has become Ireland's first top-level female referee in a move that could eventually see her officiate in Guinness Pro12 and European Champions Cup action.

England Women's World Cup-winning trio Margaret Alphonsi, Joanna McGilchrist and Katherine Merchant have announced their retirements from international rugby.

The Rugby Football Union is introducing a new strategy aimed at increasing the number of women playing regular contact rugby by 10,000 to 25,000 within three years.

England's women rugby stars will be handed the chance to turn professional for the first time next month, the Rugby Football Union has announced.