In 7s news, Black Fern claimed gold for the third time this season cementing their place at the top of the World Rugby rankings and they edge ever closer to qualifying for the 2024 Olympics. Australia and USA are tied for second while France and Ireland are tied for third. The series takes a break for the women until the first weekend in March in Vancouver, Canada and the last weekend in March in Hong Kong.

In XVs news, Seville defeated Lisbon 27-5 in the Iberic Cup, a unique cross-border event between the Spanish and Portuguese Champions, Stirling County claimed their first ever Tennent's Premiership after they defeated Corstorphine 27-8, Gloucester-Hartpury continued their unbeaten streak and leads Allianz Premier, and we also review results from Ireland's, Energia AIL Cup Series, Kenya Cup, Uganda's Central League, and a pre-season Super W match.

We close out the week with 15 features and 9 media.

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tl;dr: Women's Rugby in 60 secs for Jan 23-29 saw Steve Phillips resign from the WRU, Nigel Walker was appointed acting CEO and the Black Ferns won Sydney 7s.