The good news was that spectators were allowed back on to hallowed grounds. The bad news came on Thursday. A Saracens player tested positive; both she and a number of players she had been in contact with had to isolate. Then on Friday a second intervention, as three DMPDS players suffered the same fate. It
Here are two England teams: 15. Ellie Kildunne Sarah McKenna 14. Jess Breach Lydia Thompson 13. Emily Scarratt
The Red Roses have completed an unbeaten year, thanks to the last kick of the last match. Can we say they have completed an unbeaten season as well? That’s trickier, since in England we have had two seasons running concurrently. The 2020 Six Nations was completed on 1 November with the Round 5 game in
At last World Rugby has reacted to widespread calls for adjustments to the structures of the Women’s World Cup. From 2025 sixteen nations will take part in the final stages, not the current twelve. WR claims the move demonstrates its ‘commitment to accelerating development of the women’s game globally’. It is another step in ‘its
The big news came from the north – Worcester again failed to produce the goods, as the Sharks kept a clean sheet, and a Katy Daley-Mclean cross-kick to Alex Wallace provided the only 5-pointer of the day. Obdurate defence was needed to keep the Warriors out, but we have to question the visitors’ tactics. At
It’s sad news from the States that the second match between the Stars and the Stripes had to be called off. Two players tested positive for coronavirus during a screening the day before the match. It was due to take place in Glendale on 21 November as the climax of a nine-week training camp. The
Once again England needed all the 80 minutes to pull clear of an outstanding French side and deny them a deserved victory. For most of the game France were the better team, strong in the pack and fluent out behind. An early scrum jolted England backwards; a clean line-out finished with an unusual knock-on from
Simon Middleton has opted firmly for continuing his policy of finding ‘3 or 4 world-class players in each position’ The England Squad: 15. Ellie Kildunne (Wasps, 10 caps) 14. Claudia MacDonald (Wasps, 11 caps) 13. Lagi Tuima (Harlequins, 5 caps) 12. Zoe Harrison (Saracens, 26 caps) 11. Abby Dow (Wasps, 14 caps) 10. Katy Daley-Mclean
The French management has named a much stronger training squad than last weekend to meet the Red Roses in London: 1. Audrey ABADIE (Blagnac) 2. Rkya AIT LAHBIB (Montpellier) 3. Lise ARRICASTRE (Lons) 4. Cyrielle BANET (Montpellier) 5. Rose BERNADOU (Montpellier) 6. Axelle BERTHOUMIEU (Blagnac) 7. Coralie BERTRAND (Chilly Mazarin) 8. Caroline BOUJARD (Montpellier) 9.
Simon Middleton has spread his net even wider in naming a training squad of 31 to prepare for the second autumn international at Twickenham on November 21. He has added Abbie Brown, England’s Sevens captain, to the mix and two Gloucester-Hartpury players return, Mo Hunt and Ellena Perry. Perry’s reappearance indicates that the staff are
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