Women's Rugby

Scotland Women’s head coach Shade Munro has challenged the new faces in his squad to perform well this weekend against Italy in order to give him a selection headache ahead of the Six Nations.

Hartpury University lead the way in BUCS Super Rugby after ending Durham’s unbeaten start to the season.

It is not every day that an international head coach pops along to your training ground on a wet and windy midweek evening to pass on their knowledge.

Durham University continued their fine start to the BUCS Super Rugby season as they picked up a third successive victory on Wednesday.

England Women head coach Simon Middleton has named seven uncapped players in the squad for the Quilter autumn internationals.

Scotland Sevens international Evie Gallagher joined the University of Edinburgh over the summer and she is excited to begin the BUCS campaign.

This week, a new global study found that over 80 per cent of general sports fans are interested in women’s sport.

TRU's Scotland correspondent Gary Heatly spoke to Lisa Martin and Helen Nelson after their recent moves across the Channel.

England Women's rugby have received a major boost as the Rugby Football Union is set to introduce full-time contracts for 15-a-side players.

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.