England's Meg Jones, Canada's Sophie de Goede and New Zealand's Jorja Miller form the three-player shortlist for the World Rugby Women's Player of the Year.

Abby Dow has one of the great England rugby careers. She has 50 tries in 58 tests, has lost only twice, and is heading toward her second straight Women's World Cup final at Twickenham this Saturday against Canada.

World Rugby has today revealed the 2025 nominees for two of the game’s most prestigious honours, the Women’s 15s Player of the Year in partnership with HSBC and the Women’s 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year.

England will fight for their place in the 2025 Rugby World Cup final on Saturday when they take on France in Bristol. The Red Roses beat Scotland in a dominant 40-8 win to reach the semi-finals,

Black Fern Jorja Miller has been nominated for both the player of the year and the breakthrough player at the World Rugby Awards as she seeks a remarkable double award win on Sunday. Both Miller and New Zealand teammate Braxton Sorensen-McGee are up for the breakthrough player of the year award while Miller has been nominated alongside Canadian star Sophie de Goede and England centre Megan Jones for the main gong.

England and the rest of the home unions have regained control of their autumn international fixtures with World Rugby unveiling a radical reshaping of the women’s calendar on the back of a record-breaking Rugby World Cup.

World Rugby have announced the WXV Global Series for women’s rugby which they are confident will rival R360. The WXV Global Series replaces the three-tiered WXV tournament used in the last World Cup cycle and will see the top 12 teams in the world play each other in home and away fixtures between 2026 and 2028.

France’s Axelle Berthoumieu has been given a reduced 9-match ban for biting Ireland’s Aoife Wafer during their game at the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup on Sunday.