The Canada women’s rugby tour of New Zealand has been cancelled. The tour was due to be take place in April with Canada playing the Black Ferns twice. It had been touted by the NZRU as the main build-up games for the World Cup for the Black Ferns, whose main representative competition, the NPC, was axed by the union due to financial constraints earlier this year.

Website editor Alison Donnelly says that the decision by the NZRU to axe the NPC this year shows real disregard for the women's game in New Zealand. The Black Ferns will travel to the World Cup later this summer without the preparation of their highest level club competition.

The New Zealand Rugby Union has pulled the plug on the 2010 women’s rugby NPC in a move that has been slammed by current and former Black Ferns. The decision comes in a crucial year for the women’s game in New Zealand as the Black Ferns will travel to London to defend their World Cup crown this summer. New Zealand’s squad captain Melissa Ruscoe said she was gutted by the decision.

New Zealand women's rugby lock Victoria Heighway captained the Black Ferns on their recent tour of England. She takes our 60 second quiz where players give us an insight to their lives and personality. Heighway will be back in London this summer as her side bid to retain the Women's Rugby World Cup.

Experienced radio broadcaster Barney Burnham, who has worked regularly for Sky News Radio for ten years, gives us his view on the enthralling game at Twickenham between England and New Zealand. Burnham's view is that there are a number of men's sides who could learn plenty from watching the ambition of the two best sides in the women's rugby world..