’Bigger than a bow’: Women’s Rugby World Cup organisers take aim at online hate

byNews Rugby September 09, 2025

Wales’s Georgia Evans sent abuse over appearance
‘In our sport you can be who you want to be’

Women’s Rugby World Cup organisers have said there is no room for online hate in the game after Wales back-row Georgia Evans was sent abuse for wearing a bow in her hair.

Yvonne Nolan, the competition director of England 2025, also hailed the sport’s community response after Evans released a statement last week saying she had been labelled “childish” for her regular gameday look and told it was not one “of a rugby player”.