Women's Rugby

Wales Women managed to edge out their Scotland counterpart while Ireland and England registered comfortable wins over France and Italy respectively in the opening round of the Women's Six Nations tournament.

Northumbria University have gone top of BUCS Super Rugby after a bonus-point win over Bath.

A clinical performance from Australia saw them blank New Zealand 31-0 in the final to win the Sydney leg of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

Cardiff Met suffered a setback in their pursuit of league leaders Exeter following a defeat at home to Hartpury.

Striders registered their maiden Crest Na Iri Women’s Championship after they went on to defeat Hong Kong 19-12 in the final at Lawaqa Park.

Exeter kept in control of the BUCS Super Rugby title race with a hard-fought win over Durham to begin 2018.

?World Cup winning England Women's captain Katy Daley-Mclean is hoping to inspire more female players to take up the game through the recruitment drive which is already in its third year.

Will Muir scored a late hat-trick as Northumbria stole victory away from league leaders Exeter in a thrilling BUCS Super Rugby clash.

Hooker George Gosling scored a hat-trick as Exeter extended their lead at the top of BUCS Super Rugby with an impressive win over Nottingham Trent.

Exeter returned to the top of BUCS Super Rugby following a narrow in over Loughborough at Epinal Way.

Will Muir ran in two of four Northumbria tries as the BUCS Super Rugby league leaders edged Durham to extend their advantage at the top of the division.

Three first-half tries from Tom Ffitch, Tom Bitrim and Alex Glashan proved vital as Loughborough beat Durham to secure their third victory of the BUCS Super Rugby campaign.

Northumbria produced a second half comeback against Hartpury College to stay top of BUCS Super Rugby.

Exeter had to come from behind against reigning BUCS Super Rugby champions Hartpury College before claiming their fourth consecutive victory of the season.

Bath missed the chance to clinch their first win of the BUCS Super Rugby season as they were beaten by Loughborough at the Rec.

Josh Pieterse scored a hat-trick of tries as Exeter beat Durham in Rosslyn Park despite a late comeback by the northeast outfit

The Rugby Football Union has handed a two-week ban to Firwood Waterloo Ladies back row Danielle Wiseman following an incident in the recently concluded Tyrrells Premier 15s League encounter against Loughborough Lightning last weekend.

As the round four of the Tyrrells Premier 15s League came to a conclusion last weekend, Harlequins climbed to the top of the table and are closely followed by Saracens as both the teams maintained their winning streak in the tournament.

BUCS Super Rugby and Champions Trophy winners Hartpury College suffered an opening day defeat as they were beaten by Loughborough in the Midlands.

As the third round of Tyrrells Premier 15s came to a conclusion last weekend, Gloucester, Harlequins and Saracens maintained their winning streak as they strengthened their hold in the top three.