Pacific Four, Round Three When the Black Ferns term this a ‘must-win’ game, they don’t mean it’s high time they downed the Eagles’ colours. No, they intend winning the Pac-4 trophy that Canada claimed last year. Black Ferns Allan Bunting is able to experiment again. He has named four uncapped players, including two more switching
Quins have at last added a top name to their list of tween-season signings. Aoife Wafer leaves Leinster for the PWR. All Quins fans will be delighted by the news. They have suffered long enough with their side failing to hit the jackpot since their solitary trophy win in 2021 – and that was after
England v West Indies – First T20 Canterbury The first England game of the summer and a new regime in charge. We waited to see how big an effect this would have on players who had massively underachieved in Australia. Against a West Indian side still far too dependent on one player, it proved an
Pacific Four, Round Three Jo Yapp has published her team to face Canada in the last round of the Pacific Four series (see lists below). The good news is that Georgina Friedrichs is fit to play, despite receiving what a disciplinary committee deemed “glancing blows” to the head from an American boot, but which the
News breaks that 38 Eagles are receiving full contracts for the run-up period to the World Cup in August- September. This is very welcome, as rugby matches between professionals and amateurs are not a good look. The difficulties facing unions who want to help their players to the maximum are made clear in this statement.
The action that brought Kelter’s red card has caused a storm of comment around the world of rugby. The Disciplinary Committee has reached its verdict: a three-match ban. This reflects a widespread concern that the outcome would be far less than the action deserved. You can read the full version of the deliberations at: https://www.world.rugby/news/1000102/disciplinary-update-alev-kelter-usa.
The general picture plus Essex v Surrey There is so much cricket going in England it’s almost coming out of our ears. The players won’t be putting in for overtime rates, because this is what they’ve always wanted – cricket on a professional scale. But some are showing distinct signs of fatigue; this was a
A Premiere of a new series “Behind the Fern”, a close-up of the Black Ferns behind the scenes; it launched worldwide on YouTube on 16 May. B The RFU announces plans to revamp the second division of its men’s elite ladder; the Championship, to be renamed Champ Rugby – can’t get trendier than that. Now
Pacific Four, Round Two, Apollo Projects Stadium, Christchurch This was another game to build to a unforgettable climax after the hooter. Few could have imagined the outcome. The organisers of the Pac-4 have not yet taken the plunge and made this fixture the final act of a three-part drama. That is the pattern in the
Pacific 4, Round Two GIO Stadium, Canberra For once, we must start at the end of the match. It was bad. Alev Kelter had made many errors, with and without the ball. Aimee Barrett-Theron had offered words of caution, but when she was held in contact, Kelter trod on a prone opponent’s head more than
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