Overview

• Cantwell and Clark will be inducted at a ceremony in London on 26 September during the World Rugby Women’s Summit on the eve of the Women’s Rugby World Cup final.
• Cantwell remains Ireland’s most-capped women’s player with 86 caps across sevens and 15s, competing at four World Cups and helping deliver the 2013 Six Nations title and a landmark 2014 win over New Zealand.
• Now the IRFU’s head of women’s strategy, Cantwell previously led women’s high-performance development at SA Rugby before returning to Ireland.
• Clark earned 137 caps for England across a 15-year Test career, played in four World Cups, won the 2014 title, received an MBE in 2015, and has since moved into coaching and media.
• The 2025 Hall of Fame class grows to four with Cantwell and Clark joining Matthew Burke and Richard Hill, bringing total inductees since 2006 to 175.