The pool draws for the seventh and final regular season round of HSBC SVNS 2024, to be played at Singapore National Stadium on 3-5 May, have been announced.

World Rugby Chairman Sir Bill Beaumont has paid tribute to Ireland’s Joy Neville ahead of her final test as a referee in Paris this weekend.

With 500 days to go until Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 kicks off at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light, World Rugby and the RFU today celebrated Impact ’25, a transformational domestic legacy programme creating more opportunities for women and girls to get involved in rugby in England and the home unions.

Australia’s Siokapesi Palu attended an independent Disciplinary Committee hearing for an offence contrary to Law 9.13 (dangerous tackle) in Australia’s WXV 1 match against Wales on 3 November. The player was suspended for two matches subject to the successful completion of the Coaching Intervention Programme.

Australia’s Siokapesi Palu will appear before an independent Judicial Committee having received a red card in Australia’s WXV 1 match against Wales in Auckland on Friday, 3 November.

New Zealand's Sam Cane has been suspended for three matches (reduced to two matches subject to completion of the Coaching Intervention Programme) following an independent Disciplinary Committee hearing on 6 November.