On the eve of the fourth round of the 6 Nations the most disturbing twist yet in the ongoing Covid-19 crisis befell the Scottish team. One of their own players succumbed to the virus, was taken at once to a healthcare centre, and several staff and players self-isolated as well. Their series has been the
Simon Middleton has offered a few more surprises in his choice of players to face Wales at the Twickenham Stoop on Saturday. But first, the bad news: Jess Breach has suffered an ankle injury so severe that she is counted out of the two remaining rounds. Let’s hope a new English gate record will be
The world of rugby has been thrown in turmoil by the spread of Covid-19, like every other aspect of human life. Unlike the men’s equivalent, the Women’s 6N has never failed to take place as scheduled – till 2020. Now we must imagine games being reallocated to a distant date, possibly in the autumn. Of
How does a new coach make her mark? Lisa Keightley’s appointment as England’s replacement for Mark Robinson was widely applauded. She had an immediate target, T20 World Cup success down under, where she comes from. Many cynics suspect that all new head coaches adopt some crazy notion to prove they aren’t just a carbon-copy of
Though all of us rugby fans hope fervently that the Six Nations can finish the course, we have to face facts… and the unknown. How far will Covid-19 go on spreading, how quickly, how lethal will it prove, how will each of us react to its consequences? At present (Thursday 27 February) the matches between
Scott Forrest, the Team GB Sevens Coach, has announced a preliminary training squad of 24 to compete for the 13 places available in the GB Olympic squad for Tokyo: Holly Aitchison (England) Keira Bevan (Wales) Abbie Brown (England) Abi Burton (England) Heather Fisher (England) Deborah Fleming (England) Megan Gaffney (Scotland) Sydney Gregson (England) Hannah Jones
We thought the events of a fortnight ago were pretty extreme, but the breaking news from Milan put them firmly in perspective. The Italian Prime Minister ordered an extensive ban on sports matches in Northern Italy as the coronavirus menace cost two lives in the locality. So the Italy-Scotland game had to be postposed, Scotland’s
All three fixtures take place on Sunday: England v Ireland – Doncaster Italy v Scotland – Legnano Wales v France – Cardiff France The Squad: 15. Jessy Trémoulière 14. Cyrielle Banet 13. Coralie Bertrand 12. Morgane Peyronnet 11. Marine Ménager 10. Pauline Bourdon 9. Laure Sansus 1. Maylis Traoré 2. Agathe Sochat 3. Clara Joyeux
The news of a full house at Castle Park Doncaster for the Ireland game is excellent. When was an England Women’s international last sold out five days before the event? But it throws into doubt the wisdom of offering Doncaster Knights a third crack of the whip (after staging two games against Canada and France).
Richmond v Saracens Few games of club rugby have been as momentous as this one. Both Richmond and Saracens were facing crises of the first order, and Storm Dennis was threatening to wreak more havoc than Storm Ciara the previous weekend. Ciara had brought two Six Nations matches to the front pages. Richmond had been
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