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News | October 29, 2014 | news
Week 5 in French Top 8 saw leaders Lille extend their lead at the top, while La Valette begin to lose touch at the bottom – but elsewhere unpredictability was the order of the day.
News | October 28, 2014 | news
The gap at the top between Saracens and Richmond remains just a point as the English Women’s Premiership contest heats up. Lichfield are up to third.
England women will take their 6 Nations campaign to the north of the country next year as they have announced The Northern Echo Arena in Darlington as one of their host venues during the 6 Nations.
News | October 26, 2014 | news
Every four years Rugby Europe organise a special international tournament for European teams who did not take part in the World Cup. Belgium are the hosts this time, with Russia, Netherlands and Switzerland, who are taking part in the first ever Rugby Europe XVs tournament.
News | October 22, 2014 | news
A big away win for Lille sees them extend their lead at the top of French championship (“Top 8”), while Rennes win a vital all-northern encounter with Cannes.
Funding from the Irish Sports Council has allowed Ireland to contract 19 players to train fulltime as professional sevens players.
News | October 21, 2014 | news
Sweden's national team celebrated its 30th anniversary by inviting Holland to match on Lindängens IP in Malmö. The teams first met in a competitive match in 1984 are two of the world's oldest women's international teams.
News | October 20, 2014 | news
Saracens and Richmond are joint top of the English Women's Premiership though the latter remain ahead on points difference thanks in part to a massive win over Aylesford at the weekend. Saracens edged out Worcester. Elsewhere DMP Sharks picked up their first win of the season over Wasps and Lichfield took out a narrow win over Bristol.
Report from John Preece, Edinburgh Reporter Scotland’s women completed a successful day on the back pitches at BT Murrayfield on Saturday with a comprehensive 49-0 win over Ireland Exiles in a match of three halves. While the Irish squad had limited practice in the run-up to the match, a good number of the Scotland team were fairly new to the squad, so things were evened things out a touch.
News | October 19, 2014 | news
China completed a unique Asian Sevens double last weekend, winning the Asian Championship in the same year as gold in the Asian Games. However, Asia’s WSWS core team did not have it all their own way.
News | October 18, 2014 | news
In a surprise move, the New Zealand RFU have introduced new eligibility rules for January’s National Sevens tournament which will allow Provinces to select only players who are eligible to represent the Black Ferns
News | October 17, 2014 | news
In 1984 Sweden became only the third country to play women’s test rugby (two years after the first women's test), and tomorrow (18th October) they celebrate 30 years as an international team when they meet the same opponents, the Netherlands, on the same ground, Lindängens IP in Malmö (3pm local time).
