The 2025 Uganda Women’s Rugby Premiership will take a break for the Lady Rugby Cranes to train and participate in the Rugby Africa Women’s Division I tournament.
Uganda Rugby Union (URU) announced on Wednesday night saying, “This decision has been made to facilitate dedicated preparations for the Lady Cranes XVs ahead of the upcoming Rugby Africa Women’s Division 1 tournament due April 09 – April 19, 2025, in Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire.”
The break will last five weeks from this Sunday, March 23, following Round Ten’s action.
Full Round Ten Fixtures (all local time EAT):
• Legends – 2 p.m.: Panthers v Thunderbirds
• Mbale – 2 p.m.: She Wolves v Avengers
• Damwaters – 3 p.m.: Nile Rapids v Ewes
Table Leaders Black Pearls have a bye week.
The Premiership will resume with Round Eleven on Saturday, April 26, and will run uninterrupted until May 17.
What is the Rugby Africa Women’s Div I Tournament?
This is the second tier competition in Rugby Africa’s women’s XVs hierarchy, one step below the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup.
The Rugby Africa Women’s Cup is where the likes of giants South Africa who have been to the Rugby World Cup, Madagascar and neighbours Kenya compete.
Four countries — Uganda, Tunisia, Zimbabwe and hosts Côte d’Ivoire — will compete in this year’s edition of the Division I tournament to gain promotion to the Africa Cup.
