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Scottish Rugby, IRFU & WRU to launch women’s Celtic Challenge pilot

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Scottish Rugby, IRFU & WRU to launch women’s Celtic Challenge pilot

Scottish Rugby, IRFU and WRU have created a pilot Celtic Challenge competition. It will be a six-week long tournament to prepare for the 2023 TikTok Six Nations Championship. The aim is to launch a full, six team tournament in 2024. Scottish Rugby will play in the pilot. The Thistles will represent them. IRU will have a Combined Provinces XV. They will take part in home and away fixtures. Their home ground is the Kingspan Stadium in Belfast. WRu will use a development team led by Mike Hill. Its coaching set-up will include players from the Scottish Futures programme and Tennent's Premiership.

Scottish Rugby, IRFU & WRU to launch women’s Celtic Challenge pilot. Celtic challenge fixtures are: Welsh Development XV v. Combined Provinces XV, The Thistles v Combined Province XV and Kingspan Stadium v The Tinkles.

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