TikTok Women's Six Nations Top Picks: Round One
The TikTok Women’s Six Nations was back with a bang this weekend and rugby fans enjoyed all the unmissable action, from Sarah Hunter’s final game for England, to Wales’ convincing win over Ireland, and France battling their way to victory in Italy.
We have selected some of the best moments on TikTok from the weekend, in collaboration with the tournament sponsors. Here are are the ‘Top Picks’ from Round One of the Championship.
The TikTok community marks Sarah Hunter’s retirement from international rugby:
England legend Sarah Hunter hung up her international rugby boots this weekend and it was emotional as fans and players paid tribute to an incredible player and career spanning 16 years. There was a tearful moment between Sarah and Head Coach Simon Middleton during the post-match press conference, captured by TikTok creator @stellamills__
@stellamills__ Sarah Hunter will be hanging up her boots this weekend #rugby #sixnationsrugby
Nichola Fryday’s surprise:
Wholesome content from TikTok creator Amy Humphries (@rugbywithamy), who captured the moment Ireland captain Nichola Fryday realised her sister had made a surprise trip from Canada to watch Ireland’s game against Wales.
@rugbywithamy This gets me @womenssixnations @irishrugby #SixNationsRugby #womensrugby #rugbytok #tiktokw6n #tiktoksixnations
Scotland trivia:
Scotland’s Rachel McLachlan hosts a tense round of ‘Scotland trivia’ on the team bus en route to Kingston Park. For every wrongly answered question, her teammates were dealt a spray of water to the face!
@scottishrugby Scotland trivia with host, @Rachel McLachlan ? #AsOne #SixNationsRugby #TikTokW6N
Behind-the-scenes at Cardiff Arms Park:
Welsh TikTok creator Laura Orgill, gave us an inside look at her matchday experience as she cheered on Wales, including presenting the coin toss, delivering the match ball and giving out the Player of the Match award.
@lauraorgill AD Come with me to Cardiff Arms Park to present the coin toss, deliver the match ball and hand over the Player of the match award! ??????? #LauraOrgill #TikTokW6N #SixNationsRugby #OurCharge
Carla Arbez scores on her debut:
France celebrated a debut try for Carla Arbez with this fun TikTok edit, which captured the try from different angles.
@francerugby 1ère sélection et 1er essai pour Carla Arbez? ? #TikTokW6N #SixNationsRugby #SportsTikTok #Rugby
England’s matchday TikTok:
England shared an entertaining matchday vlog-style video, complete with the team’s arrival in Newcastle, all the best tries, selfies, and pouring an ice bucket over Sarah Hunter!
@englandrugby Thank you Newcastle ?#englandrugby #rugby #sixnationsrugby #tiktokw6n
Spin the ball challenge:
Wales challenged a variety of fans to see how well they could spin a rugby ball on their fingers, and it’s much harder than it looks!
@welshrugbyunion It’s harder than it looks!! #SixNationsRugby | #TikTokW6N
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Comments on RugbyPass
We’re building a bridge but can't agree where the river is.
2 Go to commentsfirst no arms shoulder or helmet tackle into his rib cage is going to be so very painful even to watch. go back to RU mate.
1 Go to commentsBulls by 5. Plus another 50.
3 Go to commentsJohan Goosen avatar. Cute. Surely someone at RP knows how to do a google image search?
3 Go to commentsCan’t these games play a little earlier? Asking for a friend.
3 Go to commentsIt’s impressive that we can see huge stadiums with attendance in the 40 000 to 50 000 region. It shows how popular this competition is becoming. What is even more impressive is the massive growth in broadcast viewership. The URC is one of the two best leagues in the World, the other being the Top14.
7 Go to commentsChristie is not Sottish, like the majority of the Scotland team.
2 Go to commentsHold the phone, decline over-rated. Is it a one game, dead cat bounce or the real thing? Has the Penney dropped? Stay tuned.
45 Go to commentsTotally deserved win for the Crusaders Far smarter than the Chiefs who seem to be avoiding the basics when it matters Hotham showed them what was missing and Hannah seems a real find - a tad light but that can be fixed over time
8 Go to commentsGreat insight into the performance culture with Sarries and I predict Christie will be a fixture in the Scotland team now for some time to come. However, he is slightly missing his own point around Scotland “being soft” when he cites physicality examples in defence of that slight. The issue is much closer to the example he referenced around feeling off before a game but being told “it doesn’t matter, you can still play well” by Farrell. Until Scotland can get their psyche in that square, they will carry on folding under extreme pressure…
2 Go to comments> We are having to adapt, evolve and innovate more than when we were in Super Rugby where there was only really one style that everybody had to play to gain the most success. Have = able to? Interesting what that one style might be? I thought SA sides still had bad tours now, or at least bad schedule, months away? Those extra few hours flights have to be a killer though, no surprise to see their sides doing so badly at the start of the season each year. I wouldn’t enjoy that unfairness as a supporter.
7 Go to commentsThe problem for NZ, and Aus, is they ripped up the SR model and lost a massive chunk of revenue that hasn’t been replaced. Don’t forget SA clubs went North because they were left with no choice, Argy unceremoniously binned and Japan cast adrift. Now SR wasn’t perfect, far from it, but they’ve jumped into something without an effective plan, so far, to replace what they’ve lost. The biggest revenue potential now lies in Japan but it won’t be easy or quick to unlock, they are incredibly insular in culture as a nation. In the meantime, there is a serious time bomb sitting under SH rugby and if it happens then the current financial challenges will look like a picnic. IF the Boks follow their provincial teams and head north then it’s revenue meltdown. Not guaranteed to happen but the status quo is a very odd hybrid, with the Boks pointing one way and the clubs pointing the other way. And for as long as that remains then the threat is real.
45 Go to commentsI think Etene has had some good tuition, likely while at the Warriors to be a professional that helped his rugby jump, but he was certainly thrown in the deep end way too early. Should have arguably 20 less SR caps, and therefor a way better record that he does at his age, but his development would have been fast tracked by the need to satiate his signing away from league. Again, credit to him and others that he has done it so well. Easy to fall over under that pressure in the big leagues like that but he kept at it when I myself wasn’t sure he was good enough.
1 Go to commentsAwesome story. I wonder what a bigger American (SA) scene might have mean for Brex.
1 Go to comments“Johnny McNicholl and the Crusaders” save a Penney. Who has been in camp this week and showed them how to play?
8 Go to commentsSo, reports of the Crusaders’ demise / terminal decline are perhaps just - slightly - premature/exaggerated…? 🤔 Will we see a deep-dive into that by the estimable Rugbypass scribes, and maybe one or two mea culpas? Thought not.
8 Go to comments1. The Chiefs are rudderless without DMac, which enhances his AB chances 2. Chiefs pack are powderpuffs. The hard men arent there anymore 3. They had their golden title chance last yr and wont threaten this yr. Gone in second round of playoffs.
8 Go to commentsHonestly, why did you have to publish such a foolish article the day they play us? 😂
45 Go to comments> They are not standalone entities. They are linked to an amateur association which holds the FFR licence that allows the professional side to compete in the league. That’s a great rule. This looks like the chicken or egg professional scenario. How long is it going to be before the club can break even (if that is even a thing in French rugby)? If the locals aren’t into well it would be good to se them drop to amateur level (is it that far?). Hope they can reset from this level and be more practical, there will be a time when they can rebuild (if France has there setup right).
1 Go to commentsWhat about changing the ball? To something heavier and more pointed that bounces unpredictably. Not this almost round football used these days.
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