Wales, England, France Triumph in Six Nations Opener, USA and Canada Victorious in Four Nations | WRR 97

Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for Mar 20-26. Round 1 of the Six Nations saw wins for Wales, England and France while in the Four Nations, USA defeated Spain and Canada beat South Africa. In more XVs news, the Six Nations U18 Festival will be April 7-15, Welsh Rugby Clubs voted for sweeping governance changes and sources from Spain indicate that they won’t be in World Rugby’s new WX3 but rather they will participate in a playoff against the 5th place Six Nations team for a spot in WX2. In domestic XVs news, Matatu defeated Chiefs Manawa to win Super Rugby Aupiki, Queensland, Fijiana Drua and the Waratahs won their opening matches in Australia’s Super W, Brazil’s Paulista XVs Championship will host their Grand Finale on April 1 between Band USP and Jacareí. Also in Brazil, the Brazilian Championships of Regional Teams, collectively known as BRXV announced updated dates with competition to begin May 13 and there are no lead changes in the Energia Cup Series or with USA Club D1 or D2. We close out the week with 15 features and 12 media. Read everything at https://scrumhalfconnection.com/2023/03/27/womens-rugby-news-for-mar-20-26/ and become a supporter of our site at https://www.patreon.com/yscrugby. tl;dr: Women’s Rugby in 60 secs for Mar 20-26 saw wins for Wales, England and France in Round 1 of the Six Nations while in the Four Nations, USA defeated Spain and Canada beat South Africa