Welcome to WRR 260 for August 16-23. The Black Ferns retained the Laurie O’Reilly Cup in style. In 7s, Stade Toulousain captured the opening stage of the In Extenso SuperSevens in Biarritz, while Selangor produced a dominant shut-out victory over Sarawak to claim gold at the SUKMA Games. On the global stage, Canada’s Ottawa Wolves lifted the Amanda Mark Cup at the Bingham Cup in Brisbane. Off the pitch, USA Rugby faces critical legal exposure as a federal judge greenlit discovery in an ongoing discrimination lawsuit amidst parallel collegiate governance challenges, while a landmark 16-year study published in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living highlighted severe injury trends and time-loss risks across past Women’s Rugby World Cups.
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