Mixed messages when financing women's rugby
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2025 1:58 pm
Rugby setting high expectations for 2029 Women’s World Cup in Australia
The 2029 Women’s World Cup in Australia “will be an incredible but distinct sort of success story around their culture, their community, the First Nations (and) the Pacific legacy program that we’re already building.”
Rugby Australia cuts budget ahead of World Cup despite Lions windfall
Sources have told The Roar that around $2m – or 25 per cent of the total budget – will be taken out of the budget set for women's rugby. More could be stripped out of the budget in 2026.
Lions and Royal London Announce £3million grant
The British & Irish Lions Women’s Team Founding Partner, Royal London has announced a £3 million ‘Levelling the Playing Field’ Pathways Funding grant with the Unions of Scotland, Wales, Ireland and England detailing how they will allocate funding received.
English rugby unveils plan to build on women’s glory: ‘The stakes have never been higher’
Strategy includes back-to-back World Cup triumphs. Other targets include 3 million fans and £60m in revenue
The 2029 Women’s World Cup in Australia “will be an incredible but distinct sort of success story around their culture, their community, the First Nations (and) the Pacific legacy program that we’re already building.”
Rugby Australia cuts budget ahead of World Cup despite Lions windfall
Sources have told The Roar that around $2m – or 25 per cent of the total budget – will be taken out of the budget set for women's rugby. More could be stripped out of the budget in 2026.
Lions and Royal London Announce £3million grant
The British & Irish Lions Women’s Team Founding Partner, Royal London has announced a £3 million ‘Levelling the Playing Field’ Pathways Funding grant with the Unions of Scotland, Wales, Ireland and England detailing how they will allocate funding received.
English rugby unveils plan to build on women’s glory: ‘The stakes have never been higher’
Strategy includes back-to-back World Cup triumphs. Other targets include 3 million fans and £60m in revenue