Francisco Isaac

Top 50 Women's Rugby Players of 2025: Who made the cut? | RugbyPass Eleven writers, fiery debates and thousands of words later, today sees the launch of the inaugural RugbyPass Top 50 Women's Rugby Players list.

It took long hours, research and good debates, but here's the Top 50 players in the World 🌎

Thank you RugbyPass and Lucy Lomax for allowing me to get involved in the making of this ranking 📑

Please let me/us know what you think!

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'Impossible not to be emotional': How Ian Prior came out of retirement to help Zimbabwe end Rugby World Cup drought The veteran Australian playmaker, born to Zimbabwean parents, answered the call of his heritage nation and has helped them reach the 2027 World Cup.

The Sables last two years have been paved in glory, giving Ian Prior

However, the Force great still has enough fuel in the tank to stay around until 2027...

Find out more about it in this interview with the playmaker

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Newcomers Brazil announce squad for Rugby World Cup Brazil Head Coach Emiliano Caffera has announced the 32 players who will represent Brazil in the upcoming Women’s Rugby World Cup, a first for the South American nation.

Get to know the 32 Yaras 🟢🟡 for the 2025 Rugby World Cup

From Ana Carolina Santana, as the oldest member of the squad (37), to the youngest, Letícia Silva (19), here's all you need to know about them!

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Thank you for the love, James. Deop goals are just the most beautiful thing ever

The forgotten art of the drop goal - and how it's making a comeback The iconic three-point skill enshrined in English sporting folklore by Jonny Wilkinson has declined in recent years. There are signs it's on its way back.

The Drop Goal

The most beautiful Catalyst that deserves love and empowerment ✨

Drop goal merchants @samdavey1993 and Jérôme Bosviel walked me through it under Benjamin Lapeyre's stern gaze

Find out more about rugby's own Caravaggio

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Japan and Spain: Where are they three weeks before the World Cup? Given that both Japan and Spain will play in Pool C at the Rugby World Cup, we assess how they faired against each other during these World Cup warm-ups and the assets of each side.

The Sakura 🌸claimed two hard-earned victories over Spain🦁 in what was a very entertaining Challenger Series

Find out what we learned and what we can expect from them when the World Cup starts!

#RWC2025

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Proper impressed with the Springbok Women 🦌

If they can trim here and there, and polish a few areas before the World Cup starts, we might have something special brewing

Top entertaining rugby!

We are going to have another week of Ted Talk

Next Saturday's subject

How people said Andy Farrell would fumble the whole Lions Series and he goes to clean all games except one

Thank you again

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I remember when people told me thar:

- Keenan wasn't Test Match Lions material;
- Beirne was out of form (????) and he shouldn't start;
- Finn can't steer a team towards glory (ahahahahahah)
- Huw Jones was a poor man someone else

Thank you for coming

Bue bye

Rugby Africa Cup title sees a return to the World Cup after 34-year wait After 34 years without qualifying for a Rugby World Cup, Zimbabwe have finally done it, defeating Namibia in the 2025 Rugby Africa Cup...

34 years in the making and they have finally done it

The 🇿🇼 are back into World Cup territory 🏆

My match report after one of the most exhilarating games that I've witnessed

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Namibia has a good shot to win the repechage, as they will have time to course correct. However, Belgium is looking threatening at the moment... so careful.

theeey haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaveeeeeeeeeeeeeeee dooooooooooooneeeeeeeeeeeee ittttttttttttt

ZIMBABWE IS QUALIFIED FOR THE 2027 MEN'S RUGBY WORLD CUP

SENSATIONALLLLLLLLLL

WHAT A FREAKING CHAOTIC GAME

CONGRATS SABLES!! 🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼

I have a feeling that Namibia is going to win this... By 11 points. 🇿🇼 is conceding far too many mistakes and fuelling 🇳🇦

If you are not watching 🇿🇼 vs 🇳🇦 then you are losing a true thriller

Spetacular try from Kudzai Mashawi to give the Sables a 13-06 lead

Please watch it on RugbyPass TV or Africa Rugby YouTube channel!!!

Balancing your 23 by benching you best player is insane stuff, let me tell you.

Beirne's speed from the scrum is almost unmatched. He quickly shuts down any advantage the opposing team has from it.

Let Beirne keep his role as a massive and relentless blindside flanker

Was it fun from a stands perspective?

Lol, AJ, Jesus Christ. Beirne was the PoTM, and was tired after making more than 20 tackles, 3 turnovers, dismantling the Wallabies maul, and a series of big carries. And if we went with your statement that the bench was poor, Chessum was completely non existent since he was subbed in.

Thala, he was clearly one level or two above Gordon. I agree with your reasoning of why JS doesn't fancy him as the starting 9, but it isn't a good enough excuse for me.

The bringing impact from the bench kind of thing only works when your starting line-up does some damage as well

Also, Beirne is insanely incredible

Tuipulotu is immense

Genge isn't a bench player - stop with the 'HE WILL BE A POWER SUB' thing, please

Jamison Gibson-Park deserves to be recognised as one of the best scrum halves of the last 15 years

A few months ago, some fans (who will remain nameless) said Fin Smith (or even M. Smith) would bring more cohesion or x-factor than Finn Russell to the Lions

For those, sit down, eat your damn humble haggis 'pie' and shut up, please

Eat it, eat it whole, say thank you and relax

Finn's got this

Beirne was solid... Chessum is a good unit to come from the bench.

Lions pretty much dominated the whole game, AF knows what he is doing.

For the life of me, I don't understand how Tate McDermott didn't start

I get that Jake Gordon had a great season but McDermott is a different kind of gravy

France player ratings vs New Zealand | Lipovitan-D July Series 3rd Test France player ratings: France wrapped up their 2025 Lipovitan-D July Series with another defeat, unable to hold on to a two-point...

I am increasingly becoming a believer that Guillard and Fischer will set up their own rugby churches 🇫🇷

Le Garrec was also one of the best of the entire series

Props to Mallez (no pun intended)

Tell me what you think about my ratings ⬇️

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Rugby World Cup returnees complete clean sweep of North America Canada and Spain went down to the wire in Edmonton, with the European visitors snatching a one-point win after the clock...

And thus 🇪🇸 wraps up a more than positive July tour to North America

The Leones added two wins, and since July 2024, they have only lost 4 games out of 12, defeating the USA, 🇺🇾and Portugal in the time being

Truly remarkable work from Pablo Bouza

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Mosese Bason: 'We stayed in a garage for a year and walked to school but the hard work is paying off' Now a young father himself, New Zealand U20s' Mosese Bason takes inspiration from his parents, who moved from Tonga with only NZ$70 to their name.

@jlyall93.bsky.social has been raising the commentary bar in the World Cup U20, and is also doing the Lord's work of telling the stories of some of its main superstars

Mosese Bason's story is worthy of being told, and you should give it a thorough read!

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Zimbabwe's problem is the set piece. Kenya was able to cut them to shreds, and that's why I think Namibia has a pretty good shot at it. I think Namibia's player pool is decreasing by the minute and that's a worry for their future. Also not having Hardwick and Mouton was a massive blow

You know what they say

Pay a half penny, get Grand Slam wins

Last year was way worse as they didn't even make into the final. However, game quality wise, I think they are dropping year by year and I am getting worried with it.

My 🦁Lions team for the 1st against Australia

Corbisiero
Youngs
Jones
AW Jones
O'Connell
Croft
Warburton
Heaslip
Phillips
Sexton
North
Davies
O'Driscoll
Cuthbert
Halfpenny

5-3 bench
Hibbard, Vunipola, Cole, Parling, Lydiate, Youngs, Faz and Maitland

What do you think?

Yeah, the mutant dinosaurs bit is something that I didn't appreciate. But it is quite ironic that they added that to the JW movies for the same reason that happens in the movie: to wow spectators. And then it becomes a nightmare.