sport Jo Yapp becomes first full-time coach of the Wallaroos With this trailblazing appointment, Jo Yapp is the only female head coach of an Australian senior national team in a major football code.
sport Hollie Davidson becomes the first woman to referee a tier 1 men’s rugby test match Hollie Davidson will take charge of a Men’s Six Nations Test match, making her the first female to be in charge of a Tier 1 Rugby Men’s side.
News & Views French rugby federation to allow transgender women in women’s domestic competitions The federation’s decision contradicts a recommendation given by World Rugby last year, that said it did not advise transgender women should play women’s contact rugby “on safety grounds”.