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France and England Victorious Amid Scrutiny of Transgender Bans | WRR 77


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Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Aug 29-Sep 4. France and England recorded wins over the weekend defeating Italy and USA respectively. The RFU and IRFU transgender bans are under further scrutiny as England received a pre-action protocol letter from Julie Curtiss one of seven registered transgender players and leading lawyers and academics indicate that the exclusion of transgender women violates Irish Equality legislation.

In more XVs news, Canterbury and Auckland will contest the Farah Palmer Premiership final while Otago and Hawke’s Bay will fight for the Championship, Stirling County sits atop Scotland’s Tennent’s Premiership and Spain’s Super Cup between Sevilla and Majadahonda will be played on September 24.
In 7s news, the 2022 Rugby World Cup 7s is upon us with a winner-takes-all knockout format where winners move to the Championship bracket and losers go to the Challenge bracket.
We close out the week with 14 features and 5 media.
Read everything at https://scrumhalfconnection.com/2022/09/05/womens-rugby-in-60-secs-aug-29-sep-4/ and become a supporter of our site at https://www.patreon.com/yscrugby.
tl;dr: Women’s Rugby in 60 secs for Aug 29-Sep 4 saw France and England with more wins while the RFU and IRFU transgender bans are under further scrutiny with legal actions and leading lawyers and academics speaking out.

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