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It was England who emerged victorious, as they sealed another Grand Slam thanks to a show-stopping decider away in France on the final weekend of action. But it was not all just about the Red Roses, with some of the most dramatic finishes elsewhere and nations taking big steps forward to set up a mouth-watering Championship in 2023. Before that…

The Women's Six Nations returns today, reverting back to its normal round-robin format following a truncated 2021 edition because of the pandemic. In a World Cup year for the women's game, this year's championship takes on added significance, with video-sharing app TikTok coming on board as its first title sponsor. Below you can read our…

The Red Roses continue their campaign for World Cup glory against South Africa on Sunday in their final pool game. England have already bagged their quarter-final spot but they will be looking to extend their perfect run on results with 27 wins on the bounce. Their toughest match for a long time came last weekend when they faced France and narrowly…

England were handed a chance to snatch victory in the dying minutes but two lineout drives were repelled New Zealand put their "struggles" behind them to win the women's Rugby World Cup with a thrilling 34-31 victory over England in front of a record 40000 crowd in Auckland on Saturday. The Black Ferns retained their title in a spectacular end to a…

New Zealand's running game trumped England's power to win a thrilling final of the women's Rugby World Cup 34-31 in Auckland on Saturday and retain their title in front of a record 40000 crowd. It was a spectacular end to a tournament that has broken records for attendances and came after England played three-quarters of the game with 14…

England coach Simon Middleton says England have created "something special" ahead of their meeting with New Zealand in the final of the delayed 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup in Auckland on Saturday. The showdown is a repeat of the 2017 final, which New Zealand won 41-32 in Belfast to seal their fifth title. "There can be no bigger challenge in sport…

AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- After six weeks of exciting, high-octane, entertaining rugby, the Rugby World Cup 2021 Final is finally upon us, with tournament favourites England set to face off against hosts New Zealand in a match that will determine who is the world's best women's rugby team. It's been dubbed the battle of the northern hemisphere vs.…

Rarely, if ever, has a side gone into a World Cup in any sport such overwhelming favourites as England's Red Roses in New Zealand. Below, we look at why that is ahead of the tournament starting this weekend... England may not be defending world champions, having suffered a 41-32 defeat to the Black Ferns in the 2017 World Cup final in Belfast, but…

OPINION: The English team (known affectionately back home as the Red Roses) are heading into the Rugby World Cup on a 25-match winning streak. They have only failed to reach the final on one occasion and have lifted the trophy twice. So, what makes the world's top-ranked team so good? The level of investment from the country's Rugby Football Union…

While a new era has begun to dawn for women's rugby in this country, the acute disappointment of missing out on the World Cup is likely to be revisited by all those associated with the Irish team when the competition, put back a year, takes place in New Zealand over the next five weekends. That heartbreaking 20-18 defeat by Scotland in the final…

arah Hunter's England open their World Cup campaign in the early hours of tomorrow morning as one of the hottest favourites to leave these shores in British sporting history. But the tournament is being played in New Zealand, where they take their rugby seriously - and the hosts are taking this global gathering very seriously indeed. The Red Roses…

The stage is set for the England women's team to lift the World Cup for the third time as they enter the tournament hosted by New Zealand as odds-on favourites. Here, the PA news agency examines a campaign that begins against Fiji in Auckland on Saturday. Are they really that good? Yes. Their grip on women's rugby is best illustrated through a…

Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Red Roses head coach Simon Middleton has admitted: 'We have to win World Cup' in New Zealand England head coach Simon Middleton admitted "we've got to win it" after announcing what he views as the best prepared World Cup squad in the nation's history. Veteran scrum-half Mo Hunt is the…