Welcome to the top women's rugby news for May 24-30. We start with two announcements from World Rugby. First, South Africa and France will open the Rugby World Cup 2021 tournament on October 8. Matches will then continue throughout October and end on November 12 with the Finals. Second, the 7s Repechage match schedule was announced and will serve as the final Olympic qualification event for Tokyo. Twelve teams in three pools will compete for two remaining spots in Monaco from June 19-20.

In XVs news, the Harlequins captured their first Allianz Premier 15s title, in South Africa’s Premier Division, Border Ladies are in first place but DHL Western is only behind by a point, Australia has announced their Buildcorp Super W schedule, and Bath announces their intention of adding women and girls' teams.

In 7s news, Fiji, Mexico and Jamaica all continue their 7s preparations and Lindenwood defeated Life to clinch back-to-back Collegiate Rugby 7s Championship.

We close out the week with 3 stories in “Other News”, 12 player features and 6 media.

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Under the Posts - Women's Rugby News for May 24-30 starts with the match schedules for the Rugby World Cup 2021 tournament and World Rugby 7s Repechage tournament.