Next week the Japanese women's team will be making a short tour to England with all of their games taking place in London. Japan are one of the oldest international rugby teams. They played in three of the first four World Cups and in London they will face Premiership clubs Richmond and Saracens.

Kazakhstan women's rugby captain Nastya Khamova tells us how her side are preparing for the World Cup. The Kazakhs are Asia's representative in the 12-team competition and they are underdogs in their pool at the competition where they will face Ireland, England and the USA.

China confirmed its status as the powerhouse in Asian Women’s Rugby 7s with the successful defence of its title yesterday. China took home the Asian Women’s 7s title with a clean sweep of victories, defeating Kazakkstan 26-10 in the final on home soil. There were thirteen teams competing at the event.

Up to 14 international rugby teams will compete this weekend at the Asian Women's 7s tournament in Guangzhou, China. The hosts will be joined by top Asian nations such as Thailand, India, Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore at the competition where they will be among the favourites.

In a hectic weekend of international women's rugby, Moldova and Ukraine were crowned FIRA European 7s champions in their respective leagues while in other 15 aside games Kenya beat Uganda 8-0 in a friendly game and Japan beat Hong Kong 17-0.