Women's Rugby

The long journey to Aylesford saw Worcester Ladies collecting their first win-ning bonus point of the season with a hard earned 5-43 victory.

Worcester took the game straight to Wasps and after only 8 minutes, Sam Bree’s pace took her past the Wasps defence over the whitewash for the first try of the game. Megan Goddard con-verted to give Worcester the full 7 nil lead.

Playing on the Sixways Stadium Pitch following the Warriors v Moseley encounter, the women’s midland rivals dished up a real feast of rugby for the 1000 fans who stayed to watch.

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

Reflecting on a busy summer of action and looking ahead to upcoming events, Rugby Football Union chief executive Ian Ritchie discusses women's rugby, the World Cup and Twickenham.

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.

England's triumph at the Women's Rugby World Cup can prove the catalyst for a move into professionalism, according to head coach Gary Street.

England won the Women's World Cup after centre Emily Scarratt inspired a 21-9 victory over Canada at Stade Jean-Bouin in Paris.

England will play Canada in the final of the women's World Cup on Sunday.

Out of the frying pan and into the fire – England women’s rugby team, although avoiding a clash with New Zealand, believes their historic elimination from the World Cup signifies the growing strength of women’s rugby.

The semi finalists are known, the New Zealand team have not made it and the Canadians looked mighty impressive against the English. TRU gives its lowdown on the the Women's Rugby World Cup 2014.

England and Ireland will face each other in the Semi-FInals of the Women's Rugby World Cup 2014 in France on the 17th August after finishing top of their respective pools.

The mid-week matches get underway with a huge with for Ireland against the World Champions, the Black Ferns.

The Women's Rugby World Cup 2014 got underway yesterday, and it didn't disappoint, with the host nation France off to a roaring start against the Welsh.

Flanker Maggie 'The Machine' Alphonsi hopes to play a major role in England's bid for Women's Rugby World Cup glory.

Southland women's rugby player April Miller who was playing rugby in the Southland Presidents Men's Grade has been banned from playing because she is a woman. Scott Donaldson investigates.

Six Worcester Ladies Payers have been selected to represent England at the forthcoming Women’s World Cup, to held in France during August, and one, Sian Williams, will be playing for Wales - a remarkable achievement having battled with serious knee injury for over a year.

Head coach Gary Street hopes England's women rugby team can lift the nation's spirits again at their World Cup in France next month.

With the eyes of the sporting world firmly fixed on the football World Cup in Brazil, you could be forgiven for not realising that there is another major international tournament just around the corner – the Women’s Rugby World Cup.