Sydney retained the Australian Women's national title, a late Rachelle Pirie penalty sealing a 6-5 victory at at Palm Beach-Currumbin rugby club.Queensland's Selena Tranter scored the only try of the match in the first half.In the day's other games NSW Country beat Victoria 11-0 to take 3rd place, Western Australia triumphed 17-0 over ACT win take 5th, and Australian Services recorded a 22-7 victor...

Fiji have named three new caps in the Fijiana squad for the International Rugby Board Women's Rugby World Cup qualifiers in Samoa.The new caps are New Zealand-based Sera Tokakece, Tavaita Ravouvou (QVS) and Unaisi Vatulili (Sea Hawks).The Fiji team to be coached by Elenoa Kunatuba will start training from next week.The Oceania regional qualifying tournament to determine the two teams to go to Dubai...

A skills clinic for girls will take place on 11th July at the inaugural Under-20 Nations Cup at Appleby College in Oakville, Ontario.The clinic will be dedicated to sevens and provide the opportunity for the Canadian team to deliver a skills clinic and other fundraisers for girls and young women in the Canadian rugby community."Sevens is a fabulous way to develop the complete player in terms of ski...

The Fiji women's rugby squad preparing for the IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifiers - to be held in Apia on 25th and 26th July - has been working worked extra hard to lift fitness levels."They had been warned and now we've seen a big progress. Players are working extra hard to be where we want them to be," said Fijiana president Vela Naucukidi."The fitness test was alright. There were great improv...

Former women's team coach Darryl Suasua has been appointed coach of the New Zealand women's sevens side for the 2009 rugby World Cup in Dubai.Suasua coached the Black Ferns for seven years during which they won the 1998 and 2002 World Cups (15s), as well as the Canada Cup in 1996 and 2000.He was Counties-Manukau assistant coach in 2005 and the province's technical advisor in the Air New Zealand Cup...