Sophie de Goede’s Signature Kicking Tee Is a Small Product With a Bigger Idea

Sophie de Goede with her red signature Rugby Bricks kicking tee

Sophie de Goede has launched a signature kicking tee with Rugby Bricks, borrowing an idea familiar from basketball and applying it to one of rugby’s smallest pieces of equipment. The tee itself is a niche product. The idea behind it could be more significant. A kicking tee is one of the simplest pieces of equipment […]

WXV Starts This Weekend With a New Size 4.5 Rugby Ball — Here’s What It Means

WXV Size 4.5 rugby ball trial ahead of the 2026 Global Series

By The Rugby Fan Central Team The new WXV Global Series begins this weekend, but when some of the world’s best women’s rugby players take the field, they will be playing with something different. The ball. Beginning Saturday, September 12, World Rugby will extend its trial of a women’s-specific size 4.5 rugby ball into elite international 15s […]