Women's Rugby

The World Rugby Women's Sevens Series Qualifying kicked-off on Thursday in Hong Kong with Japan, Belgium and South Africa topping the respective pools.

Twickenham hosted the 2017 BUCS Womens Rugby Championship Final, where the University of Edinburgh were outright winners 48 - 5 against last years finalists Northumbria University.

Hat-tricks from Rhona Lloyd and Megan Gaffney helped Edinburgh clinch the Women’s BUCS Championship after a convincing 48-5 victory over Northumbria.

Ahead of the BUCS Women’s Championship trophy final on Thursday at Twickenham, we profile and preview Edinburgh and Northumbria

Northumbria and Edinburgh will meet in next week’s BUCS Championship Women’s Final at Twickenham after victories over Cardiff Met and Durham in the last four.

England Women came up with a dominating second half performance as they sealed a 7-34 win over Ireland in the final encounter of the Women's Six Nations championship in Dublin to clinch a Grand Slam title.

England Women head coach Simon Middleton has made a solitary change to the line-up that will face Ireland in the final round of Women's Six Nations tournament.

BUCS Super Rugby Champions Hartpury College are through to the semi-finals of the BUCS Championships after a last gasp victory over Leeds Beckett.

Rugby Football Union has announced a 10-team Super Rugby women's competition that will begin from September this year.

England will miss the services of 2014 World Cup winning fly-half Katy Mclean for the remainder of Women's Six Nations campaign following her three-week suspension.

England Women came up with a dominant 11-try performance as they blanked Wales Women by 0-63 in their Women's Six Nations clash at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday.

Durham recovered from a 17-point deficit at half-time to snatch victory over Exeter who now cannot win the BUCS Super Rugby League title.

Emily Scarratt kicked 16 points as England Women made a stunning comeback to win the Women's Six Nations opening game against the defending champions France by 23-16 on Saturday.

Jenny Murphy scored the decisive try in the extra minutes as Ireland started their Six Nations Women's campaign with a thrilling 15-22 win over Scotland at Broadwood Stadium on Friday.

England Women head coach Simon Middleton has named an experienced line-up for the upcoming Women's Six Nations opener against France at Twickenham on Saturday.

A superb first-half performance was enough for Hartpury College to maintain their stay at the top of the BUCS Super Rugby table following a hard-fought win over Bath.

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Hartpury College returned to the top of the BUCS Super Rugby table after an impressive second-half performance against Leeds Beckett.

Loughborough ran in six tries as they overcame Leeds Beckett to move to the summit of BUCS Super Rugby heading into the Christmas break.

Cambridge clinched their first Varsity win in seven years as they beat Oxford at Twickenham while the Dark Blues' Women triumphed.