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Your Christmas Women’s Rugby Quiz

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Here are some posers based largely on events in 2021

1 Who gained her first cap for England in the same match as Connie Powell?

2 One of the 6 Nations has had two consecutive captains with the same forename. Who are they?

3 England played eight games in 2021. What was the largest total scored against them, and by which nation?

4 Who kicked Scotland’s winning conversion in Parma to put Ireland out of the World Cup?

5 Who scored the last try for the Barbarians against South Africa at Twickenham?

6 Who is to be Ireland’s new head coach?

7 Who received the award of Women’s World Sevens Player of the Year 2021?

8 Who refereed the first England-New Zealand game, then the first France-New Zealand game?

9 Who were the two French nominees for Women’s World Fifteens Player of the Year 2021?

10 Which Gallagher Premiership club did Lichfield Ladies agree to link up with?

11 And which Gallagher Premiership club did Loughborough Lightning agree to link up with?

12 Who was the only Scottish player to represent the Barbarians at Twickenham against South Africa?

13 Who is the new head coach of USA women’s 7s program?

14 Against which nation did Abbie Ward and Poppy Cleall receive their 50th caps for England?

15 Who was awarded Player of the Tournament at the Fast Four Sevens in Vancouver and Edmonton?

16 Who scored the Black Ferns’ first try in the first test of their tour of Europe?

17 Scotland played only one test match this autumn. Against which nation?

18 Who were the two players to start all four of England’s autumn internationals?

19 In which autumn international did New Zealand take the lead?

20 Who was the one Italian player to figure in the Women’s World 15s Team of the Year 2021?

21 Who scored Scotland’s try against England in Round 1 of the 2021 Six Nations?

22 Who was the first Italian woman to gain 100 caps for her country?

23 On 4 June scrumqueens.com were ‘beyond thrilled to announce the launch’ of what precisely?

24 What is the female equivalent of the Raeburn Shield?

25 Who received an on-pitch marriage proposal after an international match?