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28 September 2022

The Rugby World Cup: In Her Own Words - 2002

The 2002 women's Rugby World Cup was held in Barcelona, and this time New Zealand travelled as clear favourites...

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28 September 2022

The Rugby World Cup: In Her Own Words - 2002

The 2002 women's Rugby World Cup was held in Barcelona, and this time New Zealand travelled as clear favourites...

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26 September 2022

The Rugby World Cup: In Her Own Words - 1998

1998 saw the first IRB sanctioned Rugby World Cup, with the event held in the Netherlands after the late cancellation 4 years earlier...

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22 September 2022

The Rugby World Cup: In Her Own Words - 1994

The 1994 World Cup was initially due to be played in the Netherlands, but the Dutch pulled out of hosting duties just weeks before the event was due to start when it became clear the the IRB would not officially endorse it...

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20 September 2022

The Rugby World Cup: In Her Own Words - 1991

The inaugural Women’s Rugby World Cup took place in Wales over nine days in April 1991. The 12 teams that took part all had to pay their own way to get there and participate, with the entire competition run on a shoestring budget...

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27 June 2022

Recent Acquisition: Magor Maidens jersey

The World Rugby Museum recently welcomed Jackie Dyer, RFU Council Member for Nottingham, Lincolnshire, and Derbyshire, as she donated a Magor Maidens jersey, one of the twelve founding teams of the Women’s Rugby Football Union (WRFU)...

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02 May 2022

Player Profile - Maxine Edwards

Following the nail-biting finish to the 2022 Tik Tok Women’s Six Nations at the sold-out Jean Dauger stadium in Bayonne between England and France on Saturday 30th April 2022, we wanted to take a look back at a memorable figure from past England-France games. One incredible player stood out -Maxine Edwards...

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22 April 2022

The greatest upset in Rugby World Cup history..?

Was a shock result in a pool match of the 2014 women’s Rugby World Cup the greatest upset in Rugby World Cup history?

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12 April 2022

The Rise of the Black Ferns

The New Zealand women’s national team, the Black Ferns, are uncontestably one of the best international rugby teams in the world, but what is the history behind their meteoric rise?

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04 April 2022

How Scotland Saved the 1994 Rugby World Cup

In January 1994 the Netherlands unexpectedly cancelled the second instalment of the women’s Rugby World Cup, but with just 90 days to go Scotland stepped in as hosts and rescued the tournament. Renamed the Women’s Rugby World Championship, the event proved to be a significant turning point in the history of the women’s game...

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27 March 2022

1991 pioneers, players, and perseverance: The first women’s Rugby World Cup

The inaugural women’s Rugby World Cup took place in Wales over a two-week period in April, 1991. Twelve teams competed in venues around Cardiff in Wales, ultimately vying to take home an antique silver trophy...

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21 March 2022

Lost and Found: The History of the Original Women’s Rugby World Cup

Of all the meticulous planning that went into the organisation of the first women’s Rugby World Cup in 1991, the trophy itself was something of an afterthought...

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08 November 2021

RFU at 150: The Red Roses

More than 100 years after the foundation of the Rugby Football Union, another pioneering group of individuals sparked a revolution that would permanently change the face of rugby union in Britain…

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