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WXV is an annual women's rugby union competition between national teams. Launched in 2023, [1] the competition consists of three tiers (WXV 1, WXV 2, and WXV 3), each comprising six teams divided into two pools in a split pool format, where teams only face teams from the other pool.
A free kick in rugby union is usually awarded to a team for a technical offence committed by the opposing side. Free kicks are awarded for technical offences such as playing too many players in a line-out or time wasting at a scrum. A free kick is also awarded for making a mark. Once awarded a free kick the team must decide how they wish to ...
Women's Elite Rugby (WER) is an annual semi-professional women's rugby union club competition to supersede the amateur Women's Premier League at the top level of the United States rugby union system. Commencing in March 2025, it is to be contested by six clubs run by investor-operators, with all front office staff to be paid on a full-time ...
A line-out or lineout is a means by which, in rugby union, play is restarted after the ball has gone into touch. When the ball goes out of the field of play, the opposing team is normally awarded a line-out; the exception is after the ball is kicked into touch from a penalty kick, when the team that was awarded the penalty throws into the line-out.
2016 Women's European Championship: Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid, Spain 1170-1171: 2016-10-22 to 2016-10-26: 2016 Laurie O'Reilly Cup: Eden Park and QBE Stadium, Auckland 1172: 2016-11-05 to 2016-11-05: 2016 Oceania Rugby Women's Championship, World Cup qualifier (Oceania) Suva 1175, 1182: 2016-11-18 to 2016-11-26: World Cup qualifier ...
The United States women's national rugby union team has played 38 matches at the Women's Rugby World Cup, from the inaugural tournament in 1991 to 2017. [1] They have competed in every edition of the Rugby World Cup and have made it to the finals three times. [1] The Eagles won the inaugural competition in 1991 and were runners-up in 1994, and ...
Previous best performance World Rugby Rankings [2] 14 October 2024 [N 1] 18 August 2025 [N 2] D1 France: 1 Europe: Top 4 at 2021 RWC: 29 October 2022 10th 2021: Third place (1991, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2017, 2021) 4 C2 Italy: 2 Europe: 2024 WXV 2: 12 October 2024 6th 2021: Quarter final 8 D3 South Africa: 3 Africa: Africa 1: 12 May 2024 5th 2021
A goal from mark is a former scoring move in rugby football. It occurred when a player "marked" the ball by making a fair catch and shouting "mark". From this position, the player could not be tackled. The player then had the option of a free kick, which could be taken as a place-kick, drop-kick, punt, or tap kick. It was possible to score a ...