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  • Roses only bloom from well-tended roots. If you’ve ever seen a rose blooming in grass, you’ve witnessed something a bit special. These are the strongest type. I want to put an example of grassroots rugby life on here, for those who may not have any experience in that field (pun intended 😂) An age grade,…

  • It’s here. After so much build up, all the hype, the niggling worries, the building buzz. The Rugby World Cup 2025 is here, it’s happening and it’s everything we wanted and more. There are so many things that are worthy of discussion I’m going to have to make a list I think. Love me a…

  • On the eve of the Rugby World Cup 2025, let’s address some top barriers to girls getting involved in rugby and how smash to them like Botterman going into a ruck. Reasons girls hesitate to join their local rugby club: 🤔I don’t know the rules.All girls start off new to contact rugby, every single one…

  • 📺 SCRUM QUEENS 📺 📍 BBC 1 and iPlayer📆 Thursday 21st August⏰ 10:40pm then on demand The story behind the first Women’s Workd Cup tournament, the one that on paper should never have been possible. Four women took charge, stood strong and made it happen. The names that launched the tournament we’re all celebrating today:…

  • I was recently asked “who do you look up to in the world of rugby?” My answer seemed to perplex a few so I wanted to explain my reasoning, or show my working to steal a phrase from my previous life as an educator. Elma Smit. If you google Elma, you won’t get a club…

  • She’s got a bloody wall planner…

    Rugby World Cup 2025? Fully invested, all in. 8 days from now, in the north east of England, the Rugby World Cup kicks off. I’ve never been particularly invested in the big sporting events, apart from the possibility of a Bank Holiday thrown about each time England threaten to get to a final. I did…

  • What women’s and girls rugby means to me. I don’t play rugby. I have no desire to play rugby. All those rules, keeping track of which way you’re supposed to be running…running in general. No thank you.But I spend a good majority of my time promoting women’s and girls rugby in Cornwall. Which may seem…

  • A place for a non-rugby player to discuss all things rugby! Please bear with me, it will hopefully be funny at least!