A 21-15 defeat for England Women against France tonight (Saturday) at Twickenham Stadium handed the reigning world champions a fourth place finish in this season’s Six Nations. Fielding a young and developing side for this season’s campaign, which included only a handful of world cup winners, England went into the game with two wins against
England Women Under 20s were unable to turn the tables on their French counterparts today (Saturday), with France making it two wins out of two this season with a 10-5 victory at Esher RFC. England, who suffered a 25-0 defeat to France in February, were a much improved side and in fact led France 5-0
England Netball is delighted to confirm that this summer’s World Cup preparations begin with a three-match home International Series against Trinidad & Tobago this May. The Netball World Cup begins in Sydney in August and the hard work for England’s stars begins as soon as the Netball Superleague draws to a close. Three matches have
While a 1-0 defeat to Oxford wasn’t the result hoped for to start the league campaign with, there were certainly positives to take from the performance. Manager John Salomon felt his side deserved more: “We’re disappointed not to come away with anything because we really feel that we deserved something from that game, certainly one
The Army were convincing winners of the Interservices Women’s Hockey Tournament last week as they won all their matches in both Masters and Seniors categories. Tuesday, 10th March, 2015 TEAMS SCORE Army Women’s Masters v RAF women’s Masters 8-0 Army Ladies Seniors versus RAF Ladies Seniors 4-0 Source: Lt Col Charles Jackman
The first round of matches in the WSL2 was completed tonight with the Belles having a convincing win against Durham whilst Yeovil and Reading played out a six goal cracker with an on-fire Fran Kirby scoring 4 goals. All the scores from the first round matches are as follows: Aston Villa 1-2 Everton Millwall Lionesses 0-0
Oxford United got their 2015 FA Women’s Super League 2 season off to a winning start with a 1-0 home win over Watford. Sahara Osborne-Ricketts struck the decisive blow with a well-taken free-kick midway through the first half to put her former club to the sword. With sickness ruling out last season’s top scorer Lauren Allison
Glen Harris’ reign as Belles boss continued to head in the right direction after his side saw off Durham at the Keepmoat in the league opener. Second half goals from Courtney Sweetman-Kirk 53′, and last season’s joint top scorers Bethany England 60′ and Sue Smith 77′, rounded off a comfortable 3-0 win. With promotion the
The Army look forward to taking on the Navy, in the Inter Services Tournament, after a comprehensive 5-3 win over the RAF. The Military Stadium Aldershot was bouncing after two goals in the opening ten minutes handed the hosts the upper hand. Cfn Rachel Gwilliam (REME) lobbed the keeper to break the deadlock between the
The RFU has launched Try for Change, a new flagship social responsibility programme. Supported by founding partner O2, Try for Change aims to raise awareness and grow rugby as a tool for social good, by bringing together and supporting leading rugby charities and organisations. Throughout England there are a number of charities, clubs and programmes using
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