Defending champions Surbiton go into the winter break top of the Investec Women’s Hockey League Premier Division after a 2-1 home victory over former leaders University of Birmingham. Robyn Collins opened the scoring for the hosts two minutes before half time from a penalty corner before doubling her and Surbiton’s tally five minutes after the
The England Roses have sealed the Vitality Netball International Series with a match to spare after a 61-53 win at the Copper Box Arena. With the Series up for grabs, it was a scrappy start to the game with a few misplaced passes in the opening stages. After leading the team out, Kadeen Corbin started
On a night to remember in the presence of Their Serene Highnesses Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco and greats of the game past and present, the rugby family celebrated some outstanding achievers. England and Harlequin’s centre, Rachael Burford, fresh from a successful autumn series against Canada was given the IRPA Special Merit Award
This year has seen another growth in junior players for East Leeds girls with fifty seven girls playing under the East Leeds badge in the U12s, U14s and U16s. With opportunities for silverware still limited for junior female teams East Leeds U12s still managed to win the Leeds Rhinos Foundation Tournament with the U14s finishing
Five tries from Jess Breach and a hat-trick from Abby Dow helped the Red Roses complete a 3-0 Old Mutual Wealth Series whitewash over Canada with a 69-19 victory at Twickenham Stadium. England were ahead in the seventh minute from a driving maul when Marlie Packer dotted down and Dow did superbly to gather Katy
Bosnia & Herzegovina put in a battling performance to keep out a persistent England side. It wasn’t enough and England made it two wins out of two in World Cup qualifying as they beat Bosnia-Herzegovina in Walsall. Bosnia managed to keep the scores level until the 19th minute when the goalkeeper, Almina Hodzic, was only able
World Rugby has underscored its commitment to furthering gender equality at all levels of the organisation by announcing sweeping reform of its Council with an ambition of at least one-third women’s representation from next year. In an historic and unprecedented decision spearheaded by Chairman Bill Beaumont, World Rugby will increase the number of people who
A blistering first quarter from the England Roses inspired them to victory in the opening match of the Vitality Netball International Series on Friday night, despite an impressive Malawi fight back. England raced into an eleven goal lead at the end of the opening quarter with Kadeen Corbin and Rachel Dunn impressively dominating the shooting
Netball’s 2018 will burst into action on January 6 when Team Bath take on Wasps and Severn Stars in a curtain-raising tri-tournament at the Team Bath Arena. Starting at 1pm, fans will be entertained by three matches featuring the Blue and Gold, 2017 Vitality Netball Superleague champions Wasps and Severn Stars, who were exciting league
England Women sevens head coach James Bailey has named his 12 player squad for the opening leg of the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens series in Dubai 30 November – 1 December (live stream via WorldRugby.org and day two via Sky Sports Action, from 12.05pm). Claire Allan, Olympian and seasoned England Women sevens player, captains the
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