It is a match that doesn't need the hype, but England's meeting with Canada in the Women's Rugby World Cup final has taken on an importance that runs to the heart of the game.

England will host world champions South Africa at Twickenham during their 2021 Autumn International series, a rematch of the 2019 Rugby World Cup final in Yokohama which the Springboks won to secure ...

But when England won the hosting rights in 2019 ... in better shape,” World Cup competition director Yvonne Nolan declared. Shifting perceptions also happened off the field. A third of ticket buyers ...