Source: Chris Emmerson of thurrock

Rachael Burford elected to Rugby Players’ Association Board

Sunday Times England Women’s Player of the Year at the RPA Players’ Awards 2014 and member of the World Cup winning England Rugby Squad, Rachael Burford, has been elected as the first professional female representative on the Rugby Players’ Association (RPA) Players’ Board. The RPA Players’ Board is made up of representatives from all 12

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Charlotte Edwards receives her CBE

England’s iconic cricket captain, Charlotte Edwards, was today presented with a CBE by the Queen at Windsor Castle. Charlotte Edwards is the only female cricketer to score more than 2,000 runs in T20 cricket and has scored almost 6,000 runs in ODIs, and she captained the England side for the 200th time during the successful

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Source: The FA

England U17s qualify top of their group

England have beaten the Netherlands 2-0 in the Elite Round of the UEFA European Women’s Under-17 competition and finish top of their group. England – 6pts Ireland – 5pts Netherlands – 4pts Hungary – 1pt England’s goal scorers were Lotte Wubben-Moy on 2′ and Georgia Stanway  sealing the win on 70′. They will now go to the

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Katy Mclean and Leanne Riley return for England Women Sevens

England Women Sevens Head Coach Simon Middleton has made two changes for this weekend’s fourth round of the Sevens World Series in Langford, Canada. Middleton has recalled World Cup winning captain Katy Mclean as well as Saracens’ Leanne Riley as England look to improve on their current sixth place standing in the World Series. Mclean missed

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Rugby League – Women’s Premier League

The first round of the Rugby League Women’s Premier League matches took place yesterday. Featherstone Rovers 12-8 Thatto Heath St Helens Normanton Knights  6-38 Bradford Thunderbirds Selby Warriors  32-0 West Craven Warriors Brighouse Rangers  40-0 Hunslet Hawks Wigan St Patricks  20-20 Stanningley Oulton Raidettes  P-P Rochdale Hornets League Table after just one match: Team P

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