For all the record-breaking ticket sales and social media hype that has accompanied the opening weekend of the Women’s Rugby World Cup, you do not have to look far to see the precarious landscape in which women’s rugby continues to operate.

Prince William is proudly cheering the Wales Women Rugby team as Prince of Wales!On Saturday, August 23, the future King of the United Kingdom took to his and Kate Middleton’s joint Instagram account Stories to hype up the Women’s

Wales key player: Jasmine Joyce-Butchers is an absolute flyer on the wing for Wales. The three-time Olympian with Team GB sevens won her 50th cap for Wales against Australia in recent weeks, having become a mainstay since making her debut in 2017 against, fittingly, Scotland. Expect her to light up the field.

Just day two of the Women's Rugby World Cup, but Scotland’s meeting with Wales on Saturday afternoon is one of the tournament's most important games.Canada are likely to win Group B, meaning the Celtic clash in Salford may effectively represent a knockout less than 24 hours after the tournament kicks off.

Wales co-captain Kate Williams has sympathy for Scotland players' contract uncertainty before the Rugby World Cup.