In 7s news, South Africa won the first leg of the Sevens Challenger Series while Belgium placed second, China third and Poland fourth. The final leg is this coming weekend and the overall winner will receive automatic entry to the 2024 HSBC Sevens Series.

In domestic XVs news, Railway Union won the Energia AIL Cup, Exeter and Saracens will contend the Allianz Cup on Sunday, the Crocodiles and Majadahonda will battle in the Iberdrola semi-finals this weekend, Fijiana Drua, Waratahs, Reds and Brumbies are into the Super W semi-finals this weekend, USA Club is getting closer to knowing all the Super Regional teams, USA's WPL saw Berkeley move to the top of the standings and the Dr Farah Palmer Cup fixtures have been released.

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tl;dr: Women's Rugby in 60 secs for April 17-23 saw England remain undefeated along with France meaning they will face off in the TikTok Six Nations Grand Slam while Wales and Scotland fight for third place AND automatic placement in WXV 1.