Sarah Hunter: “There are more females involved in domestic rugby across the world; our next step is to try to get more of those females into that international space. That’s the big thing we need to do, we need to make it a place that women have the confidence to come”
Last Updated: 03/05/23 7:24pm
After a record breaking Rugby World Cup and Women’s Six Nations, World Rugby have signed a deal to bring more women into the sport
Rugby chiefs have sealed a multi-million partnership deal which will help to bring more women into the game on and off the pitch as they attempt to seize a potentially pivotal moment.
World Rugby has announced a three-year arrangement with global insurance brokerage Gallagher, the official title partner of Premiership Rugby.
Under the deal, Gallagher becomes an official partner of women’s rugby and Rugby World Cup 2025, WXV – the new, three-tier annual global women’s competition featuring 18 teams – in 2023 and 2024, and a founding partner of a new High Performance Academy aimed at increasing the prominence of females in coaching and other roles within the game.
The initiative comes days after a record crowd of 58,498 watched England beat France 38-33 to win a fifth consecutive Tik Tok S …