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Black Ferns involved as World Rugby launches three-tier global women’s competition – Stuff.co.nz
Top women’s rugby nations to get prestige competition between World Cups.
A global, 16-team womens rugby competition has been launched in an effort to unify the calendar across the hemispheres and raise competitiveness in the 15-a-side game.
The competition, called WXV, is set to begin in 2023 and will consist of three tiers. It will be staged from September to October each year, except in Rugby World Cup years.
The Black Ferns finished 2020 with an ugly win against the NZ Barbarians.
The 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand was pushed back until 2022 last week…
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