This weekend’s PWR results included the 4th and 5th draws of the season (so far). Three of those draws included Exeter. By contrast, the previous eight seasons of Premier 15s rugby yielded only 11 draws total by my count.

Great tussle ongoing between Quins Women and Exeter. Very evenly-matched teams. Exeter a nose ahead at half time

Ooof great match. Well done Italy

Turner playing his way out of the Quins 23 at this rate

Sale Women once again highly competitive, yet coming away without points. Glospury just quality in every position, despite the mud-bath conditions

Absorbing game between Bristol and Trailfinders. Bristol excellent for the first 30 minutes, then the match increasingly became an arm wrestle which Trailfinders shaded. 26-all final score.

Niamh Gallagher with the clutch conversion!

Sale Sharks vs Gloucester-Hartpury. 29 players caked in mud, and Lizzie Duffy looking suspiciously clean

PWR YouTube in-match adverts doing their best to make ITV look good.

Another cricket post, this time to honour 14 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who has just massacred England's bowlers in the final of the U19 World Cup. He also has an IPL century to his name. An absolutely incredible talent. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

Grass Ceiling is growing thicker The stats are getting worse for women coaching rugby. alices-soapbox.ghost.io/grass-ceilin...

I've been running a "world ranking" of PWR clubs, ie using World Rugby's ranking system for the PWR instead and it's long overdue an update. So here's the position up to last weekend. Main points are - Glospury predominant - Bristol slumping badly this season - Sarries & Trailfinders much improved

Exeter have been a bit of a bogey club for Quins - Exeter's PWR record against them is P11 W8 D1 L1. But this year, with Quins looking stronger and playing with home advantage, Quins should get the win.

Ramos!

Fantastic match to conclude this year's WPL cricket. Outstanding innings by Smriti Mandhana, but for me the other big point of difference between the teams was Lauren Bell's economy rate of 4.75. If she conceded the average of the other nine bowlers (10.82) then that'd be an extra 24 runs to GC.

Predictions: 1 France (range GS-3) 2 England (GS-3) 3 Ireland (1-4) 4 Scotland (2-5) 5 Italy (3-6) 6 Wales (4-6) #Rugby #SixNations

The preds ahead of the 6N, as well as our tournament forecasts. It's a 3 horse race it would seem, but the 6N rarely plays out as easily as this ... For more on the 6N, and how to use these predictions at the bookies check out R4C below buff.ly/YcxELd8 #GuinnessM6N #FRAvIRE

Bruce Perkins at 4The Love of Sport is often an interesting read. Here, a review of who are the movers & shakers of English Women’s rugby (and how many of them are women…) 4theloveofsport.co.uk/2026/02/03/b...

Trailfinders v Quins living up to expectations! Abi Burton excelling with ball in hand, Cromack doing a lot of good things at 10 for Quins. A monster tackle just now by Sarah Parry. Oh, and Ellie Kildunne has somehow managed to get Rachel Malcolm involved in some niggle. 12-10 at half time.

PWR back at last! TraIlfinders/Quins should be a great match. For me, Trailfinders should have the edge in the forwards, with their three Black Ferns, and Quins should have the edge in the backs. Quins seemed to have deleveloped a winning knack in the first part of the season, so I think them by 5.

20 years! Extraordinary service to women’s rugby.

Not often that I get to boast about the theatre of footballing dreams that is Cambridge United. But here we go - 13 matches unbeaten and counting - the longest unbeaten run in the top 4 divisions of English football this season. Eat our shorts, Arsenal!

Have found tumblr user probablyday's #woosterposting series. In shock

The BBC Sport website is malfunctioning, right? This cannot be correct?

These semifinals are up on YouTube by the way: www.youtube.com/live/fnRxcNz... youtu.be/9njviF8cNww?...

Où on apprend que — Aoife Wafer a perdu de l'argent en signant aux Harlequins ; — des joueuses déclinent la sélection en Celtic Challenge pour jouer avec leur club.

Uncapped players called: Jasmine Adonri (Trailfinders) Steph Else (Glospury) Keevy Fitzpatrick (Loughborough) Haidee Head (T'finders) Hayley Jones (Trailfinders) Haineala Lutui (L'borough) Annabel Meta (T'finders) Nicole Wythe (Quins) Millie David (Bristol) Sophie Hopkins (Lyon) Sarah Parry (Quins)

Let's use this last day of the year to make a small #TestRugby wrapped. This year we had 112 tests. That's the biggest number ever and only the 3rd time there's more than 100. The other 2 years with more than a hundred test where 2022 and 2024 both with 101.

This is pretty extraordinary stuff. Asia Rugby in a huge mess.

Still need to donate something before the end of the year. Consider us! And help women and girls across Kosovo play rugby.

Our good friend LizaB, from the Bit of an Animal Podcast, has made us aware of a fundraiser for Lusanda’s family to try and help cover funeral costs. If you are able, please consider donating www.backabuddy.co.za/campaign/lus...

In September 2024, rugby fans woke up to the news that the Ireland had beaten New Zealand. Many were shocked to discover that this wasn't the first time the Irish women's team had achieved the feat. It's time to meet the Valentines. 🔗https://therugbyhistoryproject.com/2025/12/12/meet-the-valentines/

While Kildunne deserves recognition Hannah Botterman is absolutely robbed here. Apart from being England’s most influential player she also maxed out on personality during the World Cup. #Rugby

Some PWR stattery as we pass the quarter-way mark in the season. Distinguishing features for Saracens: - mean defence (lowest points and tries conceded per match, by a wide margin) - offload queens, with Poppy Cleall and Marlie Packer's 33 almost equal to the team total for Sale Sharks.

1/ The Prop Revolution is HERE, and the data proves it. Source: Exclusive analysis by Fiona Tomas, Women's Sport Reporter for The Telegraph. 🧵 A thread with 4 killer stats ⬇️ #WomensRugby #PWR #PropRevolution

My analysis of the draw is up. Read on to see who got the easiest or toughest draw, and why we might have a South Africa v England final. #RWC2027draw #RWC2027 open.substack.com/pub/dimitrip...

GB7s Women’s squad is almost entirely changed from last season. Practically all the players are U20s with only two experienced players. No Scots involved. Lambs to the slaughter, I’m afraid.

Once again a superb stats-driven thread by Sam!

France's 2026 Six Nations strip revealed early I see...

1/ World Rugby is pushing the size 4.5 ball trial into elite #HSBCSVNS. Claims of designing the game "in its own right" aren't enough. We demand the science! Is this an enhancement or a limit? Read our full demand & analysis: scrumhalfconnection.com/2025/11/26/s... #WomensRugby #DataNow

Obviously a huge shame to see Dow retire from an England point of view. (But from an engineer's point of view, great to see her returning to Mechanical Engineering). www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

Looks like Sunday’s Elite 1 match between Bordeaux and Blagnac will be broadcast by TV7. Seems to be accessible online at sudouest.fr/lachainetv7 without geo block or needing to open an account.

🍿 Watch live all the action from Harlequins 🆚 Scarlets ⤵️ 📺 www.quins.co.uk/video/live-harlequins-v-scarlets 📱 www.quins.co.uk/download-the-harlequins-app #COYQ | #HARvSCA

Off-the-charts drama between Netherlands and Belgium in the Rugby Europe U20 Championship. Late changes of lead, iffy refereeing decisions, Netherlands fighting back with only 13 players on the pitch and sudden death extra time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYbN...

Morgane Bourgeois has thoughts on why England Women are outperforming France. Among them: - 🌹experienced squad - 🌹number of players with previous 7s experience - 🌹winning mentality - in France poor pathway from junior to senior level Bourgeois also suggests France should have a development squad.

ALLEZ LES BELGES!

As soon as the new calendar dropped, I knew I wanted to talk to players caught up in the reshuffle. So here’s the story of three of them, on the new hand they’ve been dealt. A huge thank you to all of them for sharing their thoughts with me. alicesoapbox.substack.com/p/the-hand-t...

Trailfinders vs Bristol should be an absolute treat - two teams that love to run the ball and work on the basis of "whatever you score, we'll score more."

They’ve woken up a beast now