women's rugby news

The Prime Minister’s head of news and official spokesperson for Number 10, Alison Donnelly, will join Sport England later this year. Donnelly has been appointed ... More

The RFU and Sport England will invest £10m to get 100,000 more women and girls playing rugby over the next four years, it has been ... More

Rugby’s global governing body will fire the starting gun on a broad consultation before launching an eight-year strategy to boost the women’s game. World Rugby ... More

Ten teams have been selected to compete in the new Women’s Super Rugby competition, as the game’s governing body steps up its efforts to improve ... More

Elite English female rugby players taking part in the 15-a-side game will be handed professional contracts for the first time as the Rugby Football Union ... More

As specialist sports pitch sub-contractors, Kestrel helped to construct pitches used recently at the Women's Rugby World Cup at the University of Surrey in Guildford, ... More

A Willmott Dixon project is in the spotlight as the Women's Rugby World Cup begins today at the recently-opened £30m Surrey Sports Park at the ... More

Britain will enter a "golden decade of sport" in 2009 according to culture secretary Andy Burnham, as the UK prepares to host a number of ... More