It may be the dawn of the men’s 2025 Six Nations, but let’s turn our minds to more serious matters. In the women’s version all sorts of upsets are possible. We have two new head coaches in charge: Fabio Roselli (Italy) and more recently Sean Lynn (Wales) share the task of improving their squads’ placements.
Bears bow again Results Leicester Tigers 7 Gloucester-Hartpury 38 Bristol Bears 22 Loughborough Lightning 31 Trallfinders Women 17 Saracens 31 Trailfinders Women v Saracens As so often, TF got on top at once. Abi Burton made a charge-down; a penalty followed. On two minutes they produced a catch and drive, and a line-out brought them
Scrumqueens is no more 1 January PWR’s Team of the Week includes 10 Red Roses, the most ever? 2 January Trailfinders announce the signing of Rori Wood (Canada) 3 January 34 Azzurre begin training in Rome under new coach, Fabio Roselli 3 January Clodagh Dunne (Old Belvedere) signs short-term deal with Leicester Tigers 3-10 January
Fixtures Saturday Tigers v Glos-Pury Midlands v West Bears v Lightning West v Midlands Trallfinders v Sarries London v London Sunday Chiefs v Quins West v London Background I present the fixtures slightly differently this time, to show a feature that I still find disturbing. It’s Sale’s turn to stay at home, so we are
With two days of the tour to go, we know that England will return home without a single point to their name, the first time this has been suffered. Rain is not forecast. Even the pundits are at a loss to explain England’s dismal performances. You can take your pick of a shopful of possibilities.
There have been memorable rounds of the PWR over the past eight years, but few to equal the drama of Round 15 2025. So dramatic, that I invite you to enjoy a second draught. In General There were three outstandingly exciting games to enjoy: only the Welford Road match was the away banker it had
Tom Hudson, head coach of Leicester Tigers, will step down at the season’s end; so will his deputy, Luke Stratford. This is yet another indication of the fraught nature of existence in the PWR. Any parallels you may draw with Premier League football only go to show the perils of the move towards professionalism. At
Exeter Chiefs v Sale Sharks An astonishing result in astonishing conditions. This was Chiefs’ chance to catch up on their rivals at the top of the league. Bears’ loss yesterday to Trailfinders calmed their nerves a touch; could they profit? It was a heaven-sent opportunity for Susie Appleby to give her leading players a bit
PWR – Round 15 With the champions sitting this round out, the other four title hopefuls could make their mark. Glos-Pury spent the weekend wondering what life would feel like without Sean Lynn in charge. Rather like life without Susie Appleby, perhaps. Trailfinders v Bristol Bears For all their scoring successes, Trailfinders had never beaten
Time for me to make up for an omission. Back at the start of the year our friend at ladiesrugbyclub (ladiesrugbyclub.blogspot.com/ 2025/01/il-xv-del-2024-di-ladies-rugby-club.html ) in Italy published his idea of the top XV of 2024. It’s always interesting to see a different viewpoint. What do you make of his choices? 1 Hannah Botterman (England) 2 Emily
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