The England women’s rugby team has been and continues to be a dominant force in the international game. In 2020, England’s Emily Scarratt was crowned the first female player of the Six Nations Championship, after her last Grand Slam success. Red roses secured back to back Six Nations Women Grand Slam with a convincing 54-0 away win over Italy. While England has enjoyed enormous success in recent times, it wasn’t until 1994 that the Rugby Football Union for Women (RFUW) was formed in England, after years all of the original nations were ruled by a only female union.

The RFUW then merged with the RFU in 2009, when they adopted the red rose as their emblem. Now known as the Red Roses, the women’s team is one of the most feared on the planet. They won the Women’s Rugby World Cup in 1994 and 2014. To quote World Rugby President Bill Beaumont: are proud to share our exciting new brand identity. ” Red roses have played an important role in this development in England and have helped raise the bar of the international level of the game. And interest in the red roses and England in general is on the rise. The 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup final was broadcast on prime-time TV on Saturday night in the UK, the closing match drew a peak audience of 2.65 million on ITV1, heralding a massive and growing interest in England. Women’s Rugby in general. The WRWC event was a huge success and the England women’s rugby team played an important role in it, although they fell during the last hurdle in Belfast.