Women's Rugby

The new head coach at the Memorial Ground is ready to get the 2018/19 Tyrrells Premier 15s season underway.

Rugby Australia will be making their bid to host the 2021 edition of Women's World Cup with the port of Newcastle and surrounding Hunter region being the proposed venue for the showpiece event.

The Rugby Football Union has unveiled the fixtures for the 2018/19 season of Tyrrells Premier 15s that will kick-start on 18th September.

The day one of the Women's Rugby World Cup sevens kicked-off in San Francisco on Friday with defending champions New Zealand, Australia, France and host USA progressing to the semi-finals.

Reported on BBC News last week, Northumbria University withdrew all seven of its national league sports teams amid cuts to elite sport.

France managed to resist Russia in the final with a 12-19 triumph as they went on to clinch the first leg of the 2018 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series in Marcoussis.

New Zealand dominated the final of the Paris Sevens with a 33-7 win in the final but it was Australia, who went on to clinch the Women's World Rugby Sevens Series 2018.

Ireland Women are set to face USA Eagles for the fourth time when the two teams meet each other in Dublin in November.

New Zealand Rugby on Wednesday announced the first-ever Black Ferns contracts for 15s side with 17 players included from the 2017 Women's World Cup winning side.

New Zealand produced a brilliant performance to beat Australia 0-46 in the final to clinch the Canada leg of the HSBC Women's Sevens Series.

England Women World Cup winner Danielle Waterman has announced her decision to retire from international rugby with immediate effect.

Hartpury bounced back from their XV-a-side defeat at Twickenham to clinch the BUCS Championship Sevens title as they beat 2017 winners the University of Edinburgh 22-17 at West Park Leeds Rugby Club.

England Women back-row forward Izzy Noel-Smith has confirmed her retirement from professional rugby with immediate effect.

The Rugby Football Union has confirmed the launch of the final of the inaugural edition of the Tyrrells Premier 15s on Monday.

England Women Sevens settled for a seventh-place finish in the Kitakyushu leg of the Women's World Rugby Sevens series after a 36-5 win over China on Sunday.

Team England Women Sevens made history at the Commonwealth Games by securing the bronze medal in the first time that women’s rugby sevens has been included at the Games.

The inaugural edition of the Tyrrells Premier 15s will see Saracens Women and Harlequins Ladies competing in the final following wins over Gloucester-Hartpury Women's RFC and Wasps FC Ladies respectively in the second leg of the semi-final on Saturday.

Team England Women Sevens will face New Zealand in the semi-final of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games after finishing second in pool B.

The University of Exeter clinched the Women’s BUCS Championship against Hartpury in extra time after a classic final at Twickenham.

Ahead of the BUCS Women’s Championship final on Wednesday at Twickenham, we profile and preview Exeter and Hartpury.