It’s one other busy week on RugbyPass TV, the place Girls’s Rugby World Cup 2025 qualification and HSBC SVNS 2024 glory shall be determined, and the Allianz Premiership Girls’s Rugby (PWR) common season attracts to an in depth.
The Oceania Rugby Girls’s Championship continues on Wednesday and concludes on Sunday with an anticipated shootout between defending champions Samoa and Fiji for a spot at England 2025.
Whoever finishes the event within the prime two will play WXV 3 rugby in Dubai this September and October, and that’s additionally the prize on supply for Hong Kong China and Kazakhstan this Saturday.
In the meantime, Loughborough Lightning welcome Saracens to Franklin’s Gardens on Sunday hoping to pop the perennial champions’ bubble because the north Londoners try to keep up their momentum forward of the PWR semi-finals.
All of that motion, and extra, shall be obtainable to stream dwell and free of charge on RugbyPass TV.
Can Lightning strike Sarries?
Saracens proceed their preparations for the PWR semi-finals and assist to deliver the curtain down on the common season, once they journey to Loughborough Lightning on Sunday.
Each groups head into the match figuring out they may end the day precisely the place they begin it however that doesn’t imply there may be nothing to play for at Franklin’s Gardens.
Saracens struck a doubtlessly sizeable psychological blow final Saturday as they edged a 64-point thriller in opposition to champions Gloucester-Hartpury.
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That victory secured a house semi-final for Alex Austerberry’s aspect and they are going to be eager to proceed their preparations for the play-offs with one other win this weekend.
Austerberry welcomed again the membership’s North American contingent for that win, Canada entrance row McKinley Hunt marking her return to England with a strive.
With Zoe Harrison hitting prime gear and the likes of Jess Breach, Georgia Evans and Marlie Packer all on kind, the addition of Hunt, Lotte Clapp, Sophie de Goede and Paige Farries should be a daunting prospect.
But, Lightning will wish to end their season on a excessive and have the chance to show they’re one of the best of the remaining.
Though fifth-placed Loughborough head into the ultimate weekend 15 factors adrift of Exeter Chiefs above them, they possess a number of thrilling gamers, Emily Scarratt, Sadia Kabeya and Chloe Rollie chief amongst them.
None of that trio will wish to take a backward step on their house turf, which ought to make Sunday’s assembly one to savour.
All of the motion is accessible to stream free of charge through RugbyPass TV besides the place there’s a native broadcast deal in place (UK, Eire, Canada and USA).
Sunday, 2 June
15:00 BST (GMT+1) – Loughborough Lightning v Saracens, Franklin’s Gardens – WATCH LIVE HERE
Samoa, Fiji vie for ticket to England
Japan grew to become the eighth workforce to verify their look at Girls’s Rugby World Cup 2025 this week, and they are going to be joined by a ninth come Sunday.
The Oceania Rugby Girls’s Championship 2024 is ready to proceed this Wednesday when Fiji tackle Papua New Guinea earlier than Samoa play Tonga in Brisbane.
Defending champions Samoa didn’t participate in spherical one following the cancellation of their match in opposition to Papua New Guinea.
It means there may be added significance to their encounter with Tonga, as they need to win to lengthen their Girls’s RWC 2025 hopes till their showdown with Fiji on Sunday.
The Pacific Island nations have solely met 5 instances beforehand, however Samoa have received every of these matches in opposition to Tonga and ran out 69-5 victors within the corresponding fixture final yr.
In the meantime, Fiji beat Papua New Guinea 77-0 12 months in the past and shall be anticipated to win once more at Sunnybank Rugby Membership on Wednesday.
Ought to these two matches go along with the shape ebook then the event finale between Samoa and Fiji will grow to be a winner-takes-all conflict, with the victor reserving their ticket to England 2025.
Whoever finishes the Girls’s Championship within the prime two will each play in WXV 3 this September and October.
In the meantime, the Asia Rugby Girls’s Championship 2024 will conclude on Saturday as hosts Hong Kong China tackle Kazakhstan for a spot in WXV 3.
Kazakhstan edged a good affair 27-23 in Almaty final yr, however Hong Kong will hope that house benefit proves decisive this weekend.
All of the motion from Brisbane and Hong Kong is accessible to stream dwell and free of charge worldwide on RugbyPass TV.
Wednesday, 29 Might
08:30 BST (GMT+1) – Fiji v Papua New Guinea, Sunnybank Rugby Membership – WATCH LIVE HERE
10:30 BST (GMT+1) – Samoa v Tonga, Sunnybank Rugby Membership – WATCH HERE LIVE
Saturday, 1 June
11:30 BST (GMT+1) – Hong Kong China v Kazakhstan, Hong Kong Soccer Membership – WATCH LIVE HERE
Sunday, 2 June
05:00 BST (GMT+1) – Tonga v Papua New Guinea, Sunnybank Rugby Membership – WATCH LIVE HERE
07:00 BST (GMT+1) – Samoa v Fiji, Sunnybank Rugby Membership – WATCH LIVE HERE
All eyes on SVNS Grand Last
Following seven tournaments and a worldwide tour that began in Dubai final December, HSBC SVNS 2024 will draw to an in depth in Madrid this weekend.
Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano will play host to 3 days of scintillating rugby sevens as the general sequence champions are determined in a winner-takes-all eight-team event.
Including to the joy within the Spanish capital, an extra eight groups will compete for the ultimate 4 locations in subsequent yr’s sequence within the HSBC SVNS Play-off event.
New Zealand head to Madrid as the shape workforce within the girls’s sequence, having received 4 tournaments in a row to overtake their fierce rivals Australia and declare the League Winners title.
A fifth successive gold medal would guarantee they end the season as total champions, however they may face stiff competitors from USA, Canada and Nice Britain in Pool A.
Common season runners-up Australia, in the meantime, will tackle France, Fiji and Eire for a spot within the Grand Last Cup semi-finals.
The eight groups competing within the promotion-relegation event have additionally been break up into two swimming pools.
World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger winners China will play Japan, Spain and Poland within the pool stage, whereas Brazil, South Africa, Argentina and Belgium full the line-up within the reverse group.
On the finish of the qualifier pool stage, the groups shall be ranked from one to eight and drawn to contest one-off play-offs for a spot in HSBC SVNS 2025.
All of the motion from Madrid shall be obtainable to stream dwell and free of charge within the UK, Eire, France, Japan and the USA. Viewers will be capable to choose a French language commentary choice.
HSBC SVNS MAD
Day one – WATCH LIVE HERE
Day two – WATCH LIVE HERE
Day three – WATCH LIVE HERE
