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World Cup winner Abby Dow quits rugby in shock move to focus on career

The Red Roses World Cup winner Abby Dow – ‘the best right winger in world rugby’, according to the head coach, John Mitchell – has announced her retirement from professional rugby

The Guardian - UK

England Rugby World Cup winner Abby Dow announces retirement

The Red Roses wing made 59 international appearances and retires aged 28

The Independent UK

BBC announces major change to Sports Personality of the Year awards

The Lionesses, the Red Roses, Europe’s Ryder Cup team and the British and Irish Lions will be among the contenders for the ‘Team of the Year’ prize - to be determined by a public vote for the first time

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Who has been nominated for BBC Sports Personality of the Year? Full shortlist, odds, favourites and list of awards

Rory McIlroy, Chloe Kelly and Lando Norris are the leading frontrunners for the Sports Personality of the Year award

The Independent UK

Red Roses coach John Mitchell takes up short-term role with Gloucester after World Cup win

The vastly-experienced New Zealander will spend a month helping the coaching staff at Kingsholm

The Independent UK

Claudia Moloney-MacDonald: ‘Winning the World Cup was monumental – much bigger than us’

Red Roses wing Claudia Moloney-MacDonald tells Luke McLaughlin her Exeter Chiefs side are aiming to raise the bar on eve of new Premiership Women’s Rugby season

The Guardian - UK

Emily Scarratt: England legend announces retirement after second Rugby World Cup triumph

Scarratt retires as the Red Roses’ all-time leading points scorer and third most-capped player ever, having also won 11 Six Nations titles

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Red Roses legend Emily Scarratt retires from rugby

The 35-year-old won the Rugby World Cup twice including this summer’s tournament

The Independent UK

Red Roses Sarah Bern and Abbey Ward on support from the Lionesses

Red Roses stars Sarah Bern and Abbey Ward have spoken about the invaluable support they've received from the Lionesses during their Women's Rugby World Cup tournament.

The Independent UK

English rugby unveils plan to build on women’s glory: ‘The stakes have never been higher’

The strategy includes the aim for England to win back-to-back Women’s Rugby World Cups, with other objectives including a target of 3 million fans and £60m in revenue from the women’s game

The Guardian - UK

England rugby player Morwenna Talling reveals she’s already broken her Rugby World Cup medal

Red Roses lock Morwenna Talling revealed she broke her Rugby World Cup gold medal during celebrations on Saturday night.

The Independent UK

Why this photo of Red Roses star Abbie Ward and her daughter hits so hard

England’s Red Roses winning the World Cup isn’t just a victory for women in sport - it's a moment for everyone who grew up being told what girls can’t do

Woman & Home

The Red Roses Victory Wraps an Unforgettable Year for Women’s Sports – but the Movement is Just Getting Started

Female athletes are tearing up the history books and defining the future of women's sports, one win at a time.

Marie Claire

Roar of the Roses: England’s road to World Cup 2025 glory – in pictures

A photographic celebration of England’s journey to World Cup glory, from the opener against USA to beating Canada in the final

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England have won hearts and minds, a prize even greater than the World Cup

The Red Roses have done for rugby what the Lionesses have done for football – putting women’s sport at the forefront

The Independent UK

Tom Holland’s Spider-Man filming resumes in Hampshire town after actor’s head injury

The unlikely Hampshire town was transformed into 1970s New York for filming

Evening Standard

Rugby fans hail Red Roses as ‘cracking inspiration’ at rainy celebration

Jubilant scenes unfolded at London’s Battersea Power Station on a wet Sunday afternoon as the team raised the trophy to a crowd of hundreds.

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‘We’ve won for women’s sport’: England sing in the rain to celebrate World Cup success

The euphoria that has been a hallmark of the women’s Rugby World Cup shone through as thousands of England fans gathered to celebrate the Red Roses’ triumph

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The Independent UK

England fans brave rain for Red Roses’ World Cup victory party

Supporters turned out to salute the 2025 world champions.

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John Mitchell opens door to Lions role after leading England to Women’s World Cup triumph

Mitchell is unbeaten as Red Roses head coach and is contracted through to the end of next year’s Six Nations

The Independent UK

England fans soak up celebrations as Red Roses mark Women’s Rugby World Cup triumph

Rain could not England marked their World Cup win with a celebration event at Battersea Power Station

The Guardian - UK

England squad ratings: how all the Red Roses performed at Rugby World Cup

Strength in depth was key, with 32 players contributing in a tournament in which John Mitchell’s side were rarely troubled

The Independent UK

John Mitchell says world champions England will seek new summits to scale

A 33-13 rout of Canada in Saturday’s World Cup final at Allianz Stadium has given the Red Roses’ dominance of the game the ultimate validation.

The Independent UK

Inside England’s World Cup-winning party — how the Red Roses celebrated long-awaited success

England triumphed in front of a record crowd on home soil to win the World Cup for the first time since 2014

The Independent UK

Abby Dow: ‘The Red Roses haven’t just won a medal — we’ve won for women’s sport’

Interview: After helping England to World Cup success on home soil, Dow reflects on a remarkable day at Twickenham and her formative days with her family at Maidenhead Rugby Club

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