In more XVs news, the Bulls Daisies maintain their dominance in South Africa’s Premier Division, securing their second consecutive century of points. The Farah Palmer Cup’s second round saw thrilling matches, with Auckland clinching victory against Wellington on the siren, and Waikato creating history with an extra-time win against Canterbury, and USA’s Mary Graham All Stars return with a 12-team competition offering Cup, Plate, and Bowl awards on December 2-3 in Austin, TX.

In 7s news, HSBC SVNS returns with a revamped format, featuring 12 teams and the integration of men’s and women’s rugby at all locations for the first time. The top eight teams from Singapore SVNS, based on cumulative series points, will earn a spot in the new ‘winner takes all’ Grand Final in Madrid. Additionally, Madrid will host a crucial relegation play-off, with teams ranked ninth to 12th joining the top four from the World Rugby 7s Challenger Series to secure their spots for the next event. Additionally, the pools for Africa 7s in Tunisia on October 14-15 have been announced, and in the USA both Headliners and Locals qualified for the PR 7s Championship.

We close out the week with 6 features, 5 media and 3 rugby jobs.

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tl;dr: Women’s Rugby Rundown for Jul 17-23 saw Italy win their place in WXV 2 while Spain will play in WXV 3 and Nichola Fryday announces her retirement leaving the Irish National team without a head coach, captain, and manager, raising concerns about the program’s continued lack of support.