The introduction of an Under 18 Six Nations Tournament represents a major step forward for women’s rugby in Europe. All six unions have agreed to stage a festival at the DAM Health Stadium Edinburgh. It runs across two days, 9 and 13 April. This development has innovation written all over it. Below U20 hardly any
The Under-18 festivals begin on the 9th April with the Under-18s Men’s festival to be played in France and the Women’s festival to be played in Scotland Six Nations Rugby launches its first ever Under-18s Women’s rugby festival. Introducing an Under-18s Women’s festival is testament to the commitment to strengthen the pathway for the future
Global rugby family celebrating International Women’s Day to #BreakTheBias Twelve inspiring women from 12 nations receive transformational scholarships World Rugby’s Women in Rugby plan accelerating positive change on and off the field On International Women’s Day, World Rugby has announced the 12 inspirational women who have been awarded Executive Leadership Scholarships for 2022 as the
Simon Middleton is keeping all his options firmly open in selecting no fewer than 40 players for his Six Nations training squad (full list below) This is the next stage in fining down a squad to World Cup dimensions (30 players), but Middleton has continued to give chances to young players who have impressed him
The Hurricanes Poua squad has had to withdraw from its round one fixture with Matatu after some Covid tests proved positive. Quite apart from the massive sense of disappointment for them and their opponents, missing out on a much anticipated start to their Aupiki adventure, this is grievously troubling for Kiwi rugby as a whole.
Head coach Simon Middleton has named a 40-player training squad for the 2022 TikTok Women’s Six Nations. There’s a return for Gloucester-Hartpury scrum half Natasha Hunt who last represented her country in November 2020 while Emily Scarratt is back in the fold after recovering from a broken leg on the opening day of the 2021/22
On the eve of International Women’s Day, World Rugby has announced the Emirates match officials for the TikTok Women’s Six Nations 2022, which kicks off 26 March. The Women’s Six Nations will play a pivotal role in the match official selection process for Rugby World Cup 2021, playing in 2022, which takes place in New
It’s exactly two years since I attended a Six Nations match I wasn’t at all sure I should be at. This is what I had written earlier in preview: ‘First, the bad news… as yet unspoken, is the possible abandonment of the game owing to coronavirus. The Scottish RU is taking exceptional emergency steps to
Allianz Premier 15s – Round 16 Saracens v Sale Sharks The Sunday game saw Sarries put the game to bed by half-time, but then stand accused of going to bed themselves. Once more Sharks proved what a force they could become by posting no fewer than five tries against the runaway leaders. They started well,
All six nations have reasons for walking on the sunny side of the street. All six will pick large training squads, a feature that allows the selectors room for manoeuvre, room to correct minor errors and fine-tune the machine. Ireland Ireland, whose training squad is already known, will be buoyed by the review published last
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