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The African women’s rugby calendar is heating up as we head into a massive month of May. With the dust finally settling on the 2025 World Cup cycle, the continent’s top nations are descending upon Nairobi, Kenya to kick off a brand new era. This year’s Rugby Africa Women’s Cup (May 23 through 31) promises ...

Catch up on past WRR episodes and subscribe anywhere you listen to your podcasts or on social media. Welcome to WRR 245 for May 4–10. Japan secured a seventh consecutive Asia Rugby Championship title, while the Vancouver Thunderbirds solidified their own dynasty with a fifth-straight Premier League crown. We also saw an emotional breakthrough in ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University women’s rugby senior Tiahna Padilla has won the prestigious MA Sorensen Award, given each year to the top collegiate woman rugby player in the USA, becoming the first student-athlete in program history to win the award. The MA Sorensen Award honors MaryAnn (MA) Sorensen, a trailblazing player, coach, and physician who ...

On the back of her highly anticipated new album, Toy With Me, Trainor expands her impact beyond music with a strategic investment in women’s rugby. April 30, 2026 — Women’s Elite Rugby (WER), the premier professional women’s rugby league in the United States, today announced that GRAMMY Award-winning artist Meghan Trainor has joined the league as its ...

The 2026 USA Club Rugby XVs National Championships are heading to the Chicago area this May 15–17. The Chicago Blaze Rugby Complex in Lemont, Illinois, will host three full days of action as the top clubs in the country battle for the biggest prize in the game. This tournament carries a massive legacy that started ...