Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for May 1-7. We learned that WXV 1 will be played in New Zealand Oct 21, 28 and Nov 4, WXV 2 will be played in Cape Town, South Africa on Oct 14, 21 and 28 and WXV 3 locations and dates will be announced soon.

In more XVs news, Greg McWilliams stepped down from Ireland while England announced John Mitchell is taking over as head coach but won’t take on the role until after the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

Fijiana Drua won back to back Super W titles, South Africa’s Premier Division kicked off with wins by Ep Queens, Bulls Daisies and DHL Western Province, Watsonian beat Corstorphine to win Scotland’s Sarah Beaney Cup, Beantown leads USA’s WPL and we will know the Final Four teams in USA’s D1 and D2 by May 21.

We close out the week with 11 features and 12 media.

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tl;dr: Women’s Rugby in 60 secs for May 1-7 saw more details about World Rugby’s WXV announced and Fijiana Drua won back to back Super W titles.