Mitchell has selected a 38-strong training squad for the 2026 Six Nations campaign. The balance is 22 forwards, 16 backs. There is a simple equation: six have to be omitted from the final squad: there are seven uncapped players listed – Christiana Balogun, Haineala Lutui, Annabel Meta, Demelza Short, Jodie Verghese, Millie David and Sarah
Fabio Roselli has published his list of 34 players list of 34 players to form his 6 Nations training squad. Some pundits have claimed he’s taking a new broom to rejuvenate his team’s chances. But the nine uncapped players listed are close to the average number for the other nations already published (France, Ireland, Scotland
We’ve reached the stage of the English season when different competitions wrestle for our attention. While head coaches of national sides are busy announcing their squads for next month’s 6 Nations, PWR clubs have just four more rounds of the regular schedule to complete. Tension rises. The tussle for that all-important fourth place could hardly
Most unusually we have now had three national squads announced on the same day. François Ratier has published the names of 38 players to form his second training squad. They are: Forwards: AMALIA BAZOLA, ROSE BERNADOU, AXELLE BERTHOUMIEU, YLLANA BROSSEAU, LEA CHAMPON, KHOUDEDIA CISSOKO, CLOE CORREA, CELIA DOMAIN, CHARLOTTE ESCUDERO, MADOUSSOU FALL RACLOT, MANAE FELEU,
But only in announcements! Barely an hour or so after we learned of Scotland’s training squad, Scott Bemand offered his selection of 36 players. It is: Backs: *ALANA McKENERNY, ANNA McGANN, AOIBHEANN REILLY, AOIFE DALTON, BEIBHINN PARSONS, *CAITRIONA FINN, DANNAH O’BRIEN, EMILY LANE, ENYA BREEN, EVE HIGGINS, NANCY McGILLIVRAY, *NIAMH GALLAGHER, *ROBYN O’CONNOR, STACEY FLOOD,
Sione Fukofuka is the first headcoach to announce his Six Nations training squad. In this way he can reassure the, SRU that he has his first finger right on the pulse. He took charge only in October last year. He has offered 38 names, 21 forwards and 17 backs A key element is the nine
The men’s 6 Nations is over, far more exciting than usual. Now we can look forward to an even more eventful women’s version. All six squads will be shaking off memories good and bad of last autumn’s World Cup. This series presents a new beginning. On a distant horizon lies the 2029 RWC. The Big
Saracens v Gloucester-Hartpury You could argue this contest between the two runaway leaders in the PWR was of little consequence. Both were sure of a home tie in the semis, both were likely to reach the final, and it would take place on neutral territory at the Twickenham Stoop. That completely ignores bragging rights. Any
Plus the Leicester Tigers v Sale Sharks game in brief. Two sides anxious to secure five points met in spring sunshine at Sandy Park. In the first minute Meg Jones missed a clearance kick into touch, to lose valuable territory. A few phases later, helped by two penalties, Cliodhna Moloney-Macdonald posted Chiefs’ first try behind
Loughborough Lightning v Harlequins This was the first of four desperately vital matches for players, coaches and fans. Both teams had been suffering; together they had lost the last seven games out of ten, despite the glittering array of talent on show. Lightning started well, benefiting from a high diagonal by Helena Rowland and a
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