While the regular season might be finished for Premiership Women’s Rugby, with Gloucester-Hartpury sat atop the table, the biggest prize is still up for grabs and the tempo is about to get even faster as we head into the playoffs.
While the regular season might be finished for Premiership Women’s Rugby, with Gloucester-Hartpury sat atop the table, the biggest prize is still up for grabs and the tempo is about to get even faster as we head into the playoffs.
Does living in a community, and a rugby community at that, work? Can it help overcome hardship and all the negative experiences that one encounters in their daily routine? According to four of those 10, yes, and it should be made possible for every club.
The destination of the WXV 2 2024 title will be decided at the end of the third and final round this weekend. Get all the team news here as and when it drops.
WXV 2 2024 moves inland this weekend as the action shifts to Athlone Sports Stadium and the race for the title intensifies. Get all the team news here.
Italy will be without the prolific Alyssa D’Inca as they attempt to go one better than last year and win WXV 2 in South Africa.
Just as is the case with the PWR - test match women’s rugby has never been in ruder health, but it’s certainly not perfect yet. Let’s be honest: it won’t ever be. We’ll never reach the Platonic ideal of the global game, but we can definitely hope that the year ends having seen hard-fought, lovingly-covered, and widely-enjoyed contests.
“I've learned a lot,” Turani said. “The intensity, the physicality that you have to face every week is outstanding. “And also, I think I've learnt how to manage nerves better because every game there is as organised and as planned as a Six Nations game. It’s a big thing every game with lots of crowd, thousands of people coming to every game of the season, which is really cool.
“I've learned a lot,” Turani said. “The intensity, the physicality that you have to face every week is outstanding. “And also, I think I've learnt how to manage nerves better because every game there is as organised and as planned as a Six Nations game. It’s a big thing every game with lots of crowd, thousands of people coming to every game of the season, which is really cool.
One more regular round to go. Exeter Chiefs are looking to secure home advantage in the Premier 15s play-offs, after all, it’s hard to snatch victory from the jaws of a title-defending wolfpack with the StoneX crowd behind them.