Welcome to the top women's rugby news for May 3-9! We begin with an eye towards the Olympics as Great Britain, France, Ireland, USA, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Kenya, Madagascar,Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe and South Africa have held or will be holding events to continue preparing for the Repechage or the Games. We also continue our coverage of Canada who announced that several female players have contracted COVID and training has been suspended.

In XVs news, Allianz Premier wrapped up Round 18, Russia and New Zealand have announced plans for new competitions, France looks to remodel their Elite 1 & 2 divisions, South Africa's Premier Division kicked off and Princeton University in the US has elevated their program to Varsity status.

In "Other News", Girls Rugby Club is activating an advisory council made up of girls aged nine to 18 (so cool!), the US Rugby Foundation has announced the 2021 US Rugby Hall of Fame and the finalists for the US MA Sorensen Award have been confirmed.

We wrap up the week with 11 player features and 9 media.

Wendy is wearing a Texas Rugby Union Summit shirt.

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tl;dr: Under the Posts - Women's Rugby News for May 3-9 looks at team's preparations ahead of the Olympics, Russia and New Zealand have announced plans for new competitions and the 2021 US Rugby Hall of Fame nominees are revealed.