The fourth of World Rugby’s Impact Beyond 2025 women’s health webinars will focus on nutrition for female rugby players. This session builds on the huge success of Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 and increased interest in the women’s game and is part of World Rugby’s Impact Beyond 2025 legacy programme around the tournament. It is part of a wider webinar series providing women and girls who play the sport with better awareness of health issues which often aren’t as openly discussed as they could be.
- Free to join webinar will be held on Monday 10th November at 0900 GMT
- Delivered by expert sport nutritionist Lara Wilson, who is Lead Nutritionist at Scottish Rugby at Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025
- Session aimed at supporting players, officials and medical professionals around the world, at all levels of the game
The fourth of World Rugby’s Impact Beyond 2025 women’s health webinars will focus on nutrition for female rugby players. This session builds on the huge success of Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 and increased interest in the women’s game and is part of World Rugby’s Impact Beyond 2025 legacy programme around the tournament. It is part of a wider webinar series providing women and girls who play the sport with better awareness of health issues which often aren’t as openly discussed as they could be.
The fourth free webinar of the Impact Beyond 2025 programme, will take place on Monday 10 November at 0900 GMT and . It will focus on:
- Key nutritional considerations for female rugby players
- Factors influencing players such as body image and access to support
- How to empower coaches and management to support players
The webinar will be led by Lara Wilson a highly experienced nutritionist who is Lead Nutritionist at the Scottish Rugby Union and who with the Scotland team at Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025.
The session is open to all and anyone interested in attending can sign up here at any time before the start of the webinar.
A recording of the session will be made available online on the World Rugby website.
The first three webinars in the series focused on breast health, menstrual health and pelvic health. Recordings of all three webinars can be found here.
Encouraging people involved in rugby at all levels of the game to sign up for the latest Impact Beyond 25 health webinar, World Rugby Science and Medical Manager Dr Lindsay Starling said “Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 was a generational moment for rugby. Now it is for our sport to support new and existing female players alike in getting the most from our sport that they possibly can.
“As with our previous Impact Beyond 25 webinars, this nutrition focused webinar is for everyone at whatever level you are playing the game or supporting women to play rugby. I would encourage everyone sign up for the session in November as well as checking out our previous sessions on pelvic health, menstrual health and breast health available for free on the World Rugby website.”
Impact Beyond 2025 is World Rugby's global impact programme to supercharge the rise of women's rugby beyond 2025. It has allowed World Rugby to harness the power of Women’s Rugby World Cup England 2025, maximising its positive impact globally.
