Sale Sharks is pleased to announce a further addition to their rapidly expanding women’s squad, as Wales International Gwenllian Pyrs puts pen to paper on a deal to join the Sharks high performance set up ahead of the upcoming Premier 15s season. Pyrs will join the Sharks Women as they embark on their first season
England 7’s player Jodie Ounsley is the proud recipient of the first Vodafone sponsored Gain Line Award after signing her first professional contract in August 2019 and becoming the first female deaf rugby player to make an International 7’s squad. The 18-year-old started her professional journey off with a bang in Glendale, Arizona and scored
Sara Orchard has reported on the BBC website likely developments to the Premier 15s league. There is the possibility that Welsh and Scottish clubs might join in, for example two Welsh ‘super’ clubs. Nicky Ponsford, England’s performance manager, has been in discussions with her counterparts in Cardiff and Edinburgh. She sees the addition of such
Working group formed to review schedule for a safe, secure and impactful return to action Combined events in Dubai and Cape Town will not take place in 2021 Series Health and wellbeing of the rugby community and the wider public remains top priority New Zealand were awarded men’s and women’s titles as 2020 Series concluded
The Premier 15s clubs can return to training under Stage 1: Elite Sport Return to Training Guidance. This first stage has been agreed in consultation with club coaching staff, RFU and club medical teams and the Government. Stage 1 allows for individual conditioning (or small groups of individuals conditioning) in a performance environment with strict social distancing
It’s eleven weeks since I attempted to read the runes about next season’s pro-contracts for the Red Roses. They are due next month. A window in November has opened for a resumption of hostilities. We may yet see the 2020 Six Nations completed, but in the meantime, what about those contracts? The news about the
The news escaping from the RFU via the Daily Telegraph is the worst to hit England rugby players since the lockdown began. All the men’s and women’s Sevens players stand to lose their contracts at the end of August for five months, in line with the original finishing date of the Tokyo Olympics. There is
Sale Sharks has announced the addition of England Sevens player Jodie Ounsley to their high-performance women’s squad ahead of the club’s maiden season in the Premier 15’s. Ounsley joins the Sharks from the England Sevens programme, having previously played for Sandal RUFC, Loughborough College and Yorkshire County, before gaining vital Premier 15s experience with Loughborough
Richmond Rugby has launched the #OneClub Crowdfunding campaign in response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and have released the following statement: Following the departure of Gallagher as the club’s main sponsor after six years at the end of last season, coupled with the COVID-19 outbreak, the club now finds itself without a main sponsor for
The two continental members of the Six Nations are suffering the same privations caused by the pandemic, but the picture in Italy looks much more flaky. France Annick Hayraud, the manager of the French team, spoke with guarded optimism about future plans. The first-ever tour to New Zealand has regretfully been cancelled, but she hopes
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