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Title: Women's Rugby World Cup 2025
Post by: Steve H on August 23, 2025, 07:08:54 AM

In general, I don't give a toss about sport, but we ought to have a thread for this.
Since when do the Yanks play rugby, as opposed to their bastardised parody, American "Football"?

Title: Re: Women's Rugby World Cup 2025
Post by: Nearly Sane on August 23, 2025, 12:15:46 PM

Quote from: Steve H on August 23, 2025, 07:08:54 AM

In general, I don't give a toss about sport, but we ought to have a thread for this.
Since when do the Yanks play rugby, as opposed to their bastardised parody, American "Football"?

  Be a big disappointment if England don't win this bastardised version  of harpastum.

Title: Re: Women's Rugby World Cup 2025
Post by: Nearly Sane on September 20, 2025, 07:56:05 AM

Not the surprise that the some of the rhetoric suggests, but well done Canada

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cp3qe2ywpwwo

Title: Re: Women's Rugby World Cup 2025
Post by: Nearly Sane on September 20, 2025, 05:31:45 PM

And England in the final again. Still favourites but maybe not played as convincingly as had been expected

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cx20p2kx9r6o

Title: Re: Women's Rugby World Cup 2025
Post by: Nearly Sane on September 24, 2025, 11:38:52 AM

Article on the 'underdogs', Canada


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c4gqzlql2y4o

Title: Re: Women's Rugby World Cup 2025
Post by: Nearly Sane on September 28, 2025, 01:31:46 PM

England win

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/czjvgj81y2mo