An era-defining Women's Rugby World Cup has set records even before it kicks off on Friday when host England plays the United States in Sunderland.

THE Women’s Rugby World Cup is HERE – and is set to take England by storm this summer! The Red Roses will look to win a first title since 2014 on home soil after finishing runners-up

U.S. rugby player Ilona Maher said she is contemplating an offer to participate in WWE wrestling as a stepping stone to Hollywood after the Women's Rugby World Cup that kicks off on Friday in England.

Nigerian-American Cheta Emba fell in love with rugby while studying for a degree in molecular and cellular biology at one of the world's most famous universities.

The stories of the first Women’s World Cup in 1991 have been passed down through the rugby generations, told and re-told to each and every entrant into a sport that still carries the against-all-odds spirit that inspired that first tournament.

Loughborough Lightning and USA international Kathryn Treder is set to feature in the Womens Rugby World Cup; she is a Stanford graduate and also works as a data scientist; England play USA in the tour