A new women's professional rugby league kicked off this spring with half a dozen teams. The U.S. women won their first Olympic rugby medal last summer, and the league has its eyes on the World Cup.

Women’s Elite Rugby, or W.E.R., was established on the foundation of the Women’s Premier League, a player-run, amateur organization that had served as the main pipeline to the women’s ...

rugby A new professional women’s rugby team is coming to Boston. Here’s what to know. By Emma Healy Globe Staff,Updated March 21, 2025, 9:33 a.m.