The destination of the WXV 2 2024 title will be decided at the end of the third and final round this weekend. Get all the team news here as and when it drops.
WXV 2 2024 moves inland this weekend as the action shifts to Athlone Sports Stadium and the race for the title intensifies. Get all the team news here.
Australia second row Kaitlan Leaney insists it will be “all serious” in Newport on Friday as she prepares to play against her housemate, Wales lock Abbie Fleming.
Italy will be without the prolific Alyssa D’Inca as they attempt to go one better than last year and win WXV 2 in South Africa.
Just as is the case with the PWR - test match women’s rugby has never been in ruder health, but it’s certainly not perfect yet. Let’s be honest: it won’t ever be. We’ll never reach the Platonic ideal of the global game, but we can definitely hope that the year ends having seen hard-fought, lovingly-covered, and widely-enjoyed contests.
With the Premiership Women’s Rugby season about to kick off, it’s time to review who has moved where. Every team has signed some new players and lost others.
WXV 2 treated fans to yet more exhilarating action as the teams moved from Stellenbosch to Cape Town for the second round of the inaugural competition.
WXV 2 kicked off in spectacular fashion in South Africa last Friday. Against Scotland, a bone-rattling tackle from Libbie Janse van Rensburg has done the rightful rounds on social media, and we were treated to some stunning tries across the competition.
“I've learned a lot,” Turani said. “The intensity, the physicality that you have to face every week is outstanding. “And also, I think I've learnt how to manage nerves better because every game there is as organised and as planned as a Six Nations game. It’s a big thing every game with lots of crowd, thousands of people coming to every game of the season, which is really cool.
One more regular round to go. Exeter Chiefs are looking to secure home advantage in the Premier 15s play-offs, after all, it’s hard to snatch victory from the jaws of a title-defending wolfpack with the StoneX crowd behind them.