Women's Six Nations Rugby saved

posted by Inspiring Sports Women
Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 9:01am EDT

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And then it was over. The Six Nations tournament council met yesterday and decided not to change the format for the women's rugby tournament down to two-tier contest.
It's probably not too far a stretch to say social media especially information fed through women's rugby-site Scrum Queens played a significant role in this decision. Watching Twitter fill up with support for the women's teams was very heartening to this cynic, not to mention a number of articles in newspapers in all six countries.

#backthegirls - the Twitter hashtag driving the campaign*
So we have another exciting tounament to look forward to next year, and perhaps all of this extra attention will bring a few more players into the club leagues as well.
Coverage of yesterday's meeting here and here.
*Pic taken from Alessandra Lewis's Twitterfeed

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