Welcome to the top women’s rugby news in under 60 seconds for January 9-15. France has announced they offered contracts to 32 players that go through June 2024 and Australia picked up recently fired Eddie Jones for Wallabies and he will also oversee the Wallaroos program.

In more XVs news, Gloucester-Hartpury continues to lead the Allianz Premier, Bordeaux overtook Montpellier for first place in France’s Elite 1, Corstorphine won their semi-final against Watsonian and move through to Scotland’s Tennent’s Premiership Championship (we await the other SF between Heriots and Stirling), and the Crocodiles (Corteva Cocos) lead Spain’s Iberdrola.

In 7s news, HSBC 7s returns with back-to-back stops in Hamilton and Sydney, PR 7s is holding a Talent ID camp in San Clemente and San Jose this weekend, they’ve also announced the first tournament will be in Austin, TX on June 17 and the 2024 Olympics will see rugby starting July 24 with the men’s competition and the women begin July 28.

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tl;dr: Women’s Rugby in 60 secs for Jan 9-15 saw France announce contracts for 32 players and Australia grabbed Eddie Jones for their men’s program and he will also oversee the Wallaroos.