Welcome to the top women's rugby news for May 17-23. We begin with the Allianz Premier 15s semi-finals where the Harlequins and Saracens defeated Wasps and Loughborough putting them in the Championship in Kingsholm on May 30th. We also look at Round three of South Africa's Premier Division where Border Ladies and DHL Western are dominating the division with three wins in a row, and New Zealand announced the draw for the Dr Farah Palmer Cup with matches starting July 16.

In 7s news, Premier Rugby 7s will debut in the US this fall featuring North America's top athletes along with equal pay for both genders! New Zealand took four out of five matches against Australia in the first round of the Trans-Tasman tournament and Colombia dominated Life U 7s in Atlanta.

In Other News, the BBC & ITV confirmed they will broadcast the Women's Six Nations for the next four years, France will allow transgender women to continue playing rugby while Canada announced several female additions to their Board.

We wrap up the week with 11 player features and 10 media.

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tl;dr: Under the Posts - Women's Rugby News for May 17-23 begins with the Allianz Premier 15s semi-finals, the draw for the Dr Farah Palmer Cup and Premier Rugby 7s will debut in the US with top North American talent and equal pay.