Tag Archives: Women’s Rugby

Brazil Record Historic Win Over Portugal

Brazil made history on Tuesday. As Yaras recorded a historic win over Portugal. Brazil were 10-07 at SESI Guarulhos in Greater São Paulo. The match marked the beginning of international Women’s competition between Brazil and Portugal. The match was also the first time in which As Yaras took to the …

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Sione Fukofuka named new Head Coach of USA Women

Sione Fukofuka is the new Head Coach of the Women’s Eagles. He makes the move from Australia, having just held an Assistant Coach role with the Wallaroos in their WXV campaign. Fukofuka is the permanent replacement for Rob Cain, with Rich Ashfield and more recently Milton Haig assuming interim Head …

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Canada defeats France to finish 2nd in WXV

Canada capped their inaugural WXV campaign with an impressive 29-20 victory over France in Auckland on Saturday. The result, combined with New Zealand’s heavy defeat to England, means the Maple Leafs will finish in 2nd place in the top division. Les Bleuets came out firing from the kickoff. Morgane Bourgeois …

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Up and Under

Up and Under is an Americas Rugby News exclusive. It identifies the best and the worst involving the Americas from the past seven days.   UP Rugby World Cup 2023 – Top Americas Players Americas Rugby News crunched the data to confirm the Top Americas Players at Rugby World Cup …

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Eagles end WXV with loss to Italy

The USA closed out their inaugural WXV campaign with a heavy loss to Italy in Cape Town on Saturday. Despite the 30-8 scoreline, however, the Azzurre were left disappointed as they missed out on the second division title by just two points in scoring differential to Scotland. It was a …

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England crash through Canada in WXV

For a third time in the span of a month, Canada have been beaten by England in decisive fashion. This time the match was at the neutral venue of Dunedin, but the result was similar with the Red Roses securing a 45-12 victory in their WXV second round collision on …

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Ireland coast to WXV win over Colombia

Ireland had no trouble putting Colombia away 64-3 in their WXV encounter at Dubai on Saturday. By halftime the Six Nations side had run up a 38-nil score and finished the game with 10 tries against only a single penalty goal for the South Americans. The speed and width of …

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