Did we see it coming? No! But the ongoing uncertainty over future schedules made it an unwelcome possibility. Any delay of the World Cup till 2022 would affect the senior players adversely. Both Katy Daley-Mclean and Sarah Hunter would then be moving towards their late thirties. The RWC committee is still hopeful that the tournament
New Zealand Rugby and World Rugby today announced that New Zealand Barbarians assistant coach Whitney Hansen will join the Black Ferns management team as their selected Rugby World Cup 2021 coach intern. Hansen, a former Canterbury player, transitioned to coaching in 2017 taking on a role with at the University of Canterbury and was soon
New Zealand’s top rugby performers of 2020 will be recognised in a special ASB Rugby Awards TV event, with the nominees announced by New Zealand Rugby (NZR) today 14th December. This year’s awards will be presented in a made-for-TV special on Sky this Thursday 17 December at 7.30pm, with awards presented to leading teams, players,
Wasps maintain their third place position above Lightning in the table after securing 5 points on the road against Sale Sharks. MacDonald, Kildunne, Wilson-Hardy and Crake all found themselves crossing the white wash which along with two penalty kicks from Jones added up to the 30-8 win. Wasps started the game on the defensive leg
Only three matches survived, but all were covered by livestream, allowing fans from every continent to enjoy the fare on offer. The Bristol-Worcester game was a nail-biter. Both sides were desperate for a win, given their under-par starts to the season. Scores were hard to come by as defences exploited any weakness in ball-control. The
Last weekend saw the return of spectators to Twyford Avenue to witness a strong victory for Wasps against Loughborough which sent Wasps ahead of Lightning in the table. Dow, Kildunne and Millar-Mills all crossed the line with Meg Jones adding the extras to secure the 21-10 win over the Lightning side. This weekend sees Wasps
Exeter Chiefs come into their Allianz Premier 15s clash with Loughborough Lightning tomorrow, determined to build on the positives from their performance against Wasps last time out. With last week’s encounter against Saracens postponed due to a Covid outbreak in the London club’s ranks, Head Coach Susie Appleby is aware of the ‘huge challenge’ that
DMP Durham Sharks’ 2020/21 Round 8 Allianz Premier 15s match against Gloucester-Hartpury Women’s RFC has been postponed. The decision to postpone the fixture, originally due to take place on 12 December, has been taken by the RFU following the postponement of DMP Durham Sharks’ fixture v Sale Sharks Women last weekend. This was after three
RWC 2021 Coaching Internship Programme creates quality deployment opportunities for aspiring female athletes World Rugby targeting 40 per cent of all coaches at RWC 2025 to be women Wales set to face reigning champions New Zealand, Australia and Final Qualification Tournament winner in Pool A at RWC 2021 Rugby World Cup 2021 set to take
Three major events altered the way the Premier 15s looks in season 2020-21, one long planned, one hoped for, one devastating. It was the time for a spring-clean: some clubs were assured of re-admittance, others were not. Out went Firwood Waterloo and Richmond, in came Exeter Chiefs and Sale Sharks. At the same time the
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