What Happens Next?

Issue 04 looks at the future of women’s rugby — new ways into the game, changing rules, growing communities and the people keeping rugby moving.

T1 Rugby offers a new way into the game. We explore how this non-contact format works, how it compares with Tag Rugby, and what it could mean for the future of women’s rugby.

Meet Louise Caller and Alexandra Hawley, the women behind the Midlands East Ladies T1 League, creating new opportunities for women and girls to play rugby.

Why rugby club culture matters, and why creating welcoming, inclusive spaces is about more than having the right policies in place.

Three years after rugby began lowering the legal tackle height, we look at what changed, what the evidence tells us, and what the new tackle law means for the game.

Every rugby club has one away trip nobody talks about. Anonymous 15 looks at rugby’s unwritten laws, terrible decisions, club gossip and the stories that never stay secret.

It looks like grass, but a modern rugby pitch is anything but simple. XV IQ explores the layers, technology and engineering beneath the surface of the rugby field.

Dear Gilbert answers the questions rugby players are too embarrassed, confused or British to ask, from matchday nerves to club etiquette and everything in between.

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The people, clubs and stories building women’s rugby from the ground up, from new players making their debuts to teams creating new opportunities to play.

Issue 04 closes with a look at the people, ideas and changes shaping the future of women’s rugby.