Round four: Tyrrells Premier 15s

Round four is complete and it’s Harlequins Women and Saracens Women who continue to lead the way. Harlequins Women maintained their impressive start to the season with a 50-21 victory over Darlington Mowden Park Sharks to make it four successive victories. In front of the Premier 15s cameras, Wasps FC Ladies sealed an impressive win

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England name U20 squad for 2019/2020 season

The England Women U20s squad for the 2019/20 season has been named. The core 24-player group, as well as those invited to join on a camp-by-camp basis, will take part in three-day training camps each month. Given the 2019/20 season focus for this age group is to develop players as individuals, the competition phase has

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Tyrrells Round 4 – The Sunday Show

Saracens v Worcester Despite their disparity in success these are the two clubs to have announced match fees for their players. Sarries had both Clealls, Lauren Cattell, Zoe Harrison and Rosie Galligan missing, but there was plenty of electricity left in the battery. Worcester have acquired a lot of new talent and are one of

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Tyrrells Round 4 – The Saturday Show

The guys who select the livestream matches chose well for the first showing – even if it was three rounds late. Bristol and Wasps produced another close-fought drama at the noon-day hour. The Amber-and-Blacks showed they meant business by coming down the night before. This crafty move paid off; they pulled away in the closing

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Wasps remain unbeaten by Bristol Bears

The MAC is back and Wasps remain unbeaten by Bristol Bears Described by Liz Crake as an inevitable “dog fight”, this week’s events did not disappoint when Wasps took on Bristol at Shaftsbury park. Wasps have remained victorious over the hosts in their previous encounters of the Tyrrell’s competition. But with Bristol sitting below them

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Professional Rugby – What next? The Big Questions

More Thoughts on the latest England Contracts The 28 contracts recently awarded to Red Roses mark another step forward in the management of professional terms for women rugby players. Before the Scotland match last March England’s head coach Simon Middleton said: …by the time the World Cup comes round I would like three or four

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Harlequins Women announce squads to face DMP Sharks (a)

Harlequins has announced its senior and development squads to play against Darlington Mowden Park Sharks this weekend. Co-Head Coaches Gary Street and Karen Findlay have again rotated the senior squad for this fixture, following three wins in a row, in the aim of maintaining the side’s 100% start to the season. Irish international Anna Caplice

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Typhoon Hagibis and the World Cup 2021

Typhoon Hagibis has hit the 2019 World Cup hard and caused a massive reaction from disappointed players, officials and spectators. It has its bearing too on the course of the next World Cup, to be fought out in New Zealand in two years time. As two greats of the Italian game, Leonardo Ghiraldini and Sergio

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Round three: Tyrrells Premier 15s

As the Tyrrells Premier 15s season reached round three, there were some intriguing results across the five games. At Twyford Avenue, Abby Dow was among the try scorers to continue her recent scoring streak as Wasps FC Ladies recorded a comfortable [29-14] victory over Darlington Mowden Park Sharks. The reigning champions Saracens Women were provided

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