World Rugby recently published a toolkit to help increase the number of women coaches. According to a 2017 survey led by Carol Isherwood, one of England’s great founding figures, only one woman was in charge of a national side, Jo Hull (Hong Kong). But since then we can add Sylke Haverkorn (Netherlands) and Leslie McKenzie
Now rugby has come to a complete halt, we have the chance to look forward – with guarded optimism. The great unknown is of course the progress of coronavirus. How soon will it leave us? Will it disappear at roughly the same time right across the world? Every prospective test player has had her eye
According to the original timescale England contracts are due for review next August. They become just another issue thrown into doubt by the current plague. For every Red Rose that review is of the first importance. It takes us right up to the World Cup (RWC) thirteen months beyond. Here’s a reminder of the 28
France and England experiment with a new-look League As Katy Daley-Mclean, Susie Appleby and Simon Middleton discuss the future of English women’s rugby and the Tyrrells in particular (https://www.therugbyjournal.com/lockdown), a parallel discussion is going on in France. For the French suffer from an unbalanced elite division just like the English. Here it is Saracens and
Exeter Chiefs were delighted to win entry to next season’s Tyrrells Premier 15s. But now the hard work begins. They are looking abroad for players to fill their ranks. Head coach Susie Appleby has mentioned Holland, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand and the USA as likely sources of material. But Covid-19 is not helping to advance
Sir Bill Beaumont has been re-elected Chairman of World Rugby, to serve for four more years. He faced stiff opposition from Agustin Pichot, as heroic a figure in Argentinian rugby as Beaumont in English. The voting was 28 to 23. Bernard Laporte, head of French Rugby, was elected unopposed as vice-chair. Their combined strategy includes
The questions keep tumbling out. Answers are harder to spot. Is the Six Nations 2020 version all over? If not, when could it possibly take place? How long would it take international rugby players to regain their former fitness levels? A cautious answer would be several weeks. Once more the professionals amongst them would have
The ladiesrugbyclub.blogspot.com, the Italian site covering women’s rugby, recently posted the results of its call for votes to decide the Italy Team of the Decade. Here are the results: 15 MANUELA FURLAN 81 14 MICHELA SILLARI 55 13 MARIA
World Rugby has confirmed the dates of the Rugby World Cup 2021. They remain as originally published: 18 September – 16 October. So the gap from the Tokyo Olympics amounts to less than seven weeks. At the end of March I wrote: ‘But the calendar looks hostile.’ And so it proves to be. We must
Here is a look at the stats for the Red Roses 2019-20 season Super Series v USA 38-5 W v Canada
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