Our second U20 interview was with Sophie Hopkins of Sale Sharks How old were you when you started playing rugby? Sophie: I started when I was about 14. My first club was Fullerians. I actually started playing at school before that, but my first club was Fullerians. What attracted you to rugby? Sophie: My PE
We were lucky to get some time with two of England’s U20s before they set off to play France in Rouen tomorrow. The first conversation was with Gloucester-Hartpury’s Lola Whitley: Was this your first call up to the U20s? Lola: No. So I was first called up last year in the into the pathway that
HSBC SVNS 2024 reaches its regular season climax at the Singapore National Stadium on 3-5 May following six thrilling rounds of rugby sevens action The pool draws took place on Thursday, 18 April at Singapore Changi Airport New Zealand and Australia are equal on points at the top of the women’s standings Argentina men hold
Round 4 – Saturday Match Previews Fixtures: England v Ireland, Twickenham Stadium, KO 14.15 Italy v Scotland, Parma, KO 16.45 The four teams are shown below. England v Ireland The big news – though it goes completely unmentioned in the team announcement and Scott Bemand’s comment – is the absence of Sam Monaghan from the
The conclusion of the men’s Guinness Six Nation’s tournament used to signal the end of the Northern Hemisphere’s winter international season. Now it serves as block-busting precursor to a women’s competition that grows in stature year-after-year. Thomas Lyte, the Royal silversmiths and goldsmiths, are at the heart of a tournament that boasts a trophy befitting
Head coach LJ Lewis and assistant coach Sarah McKenna have confirmed their England U20 Women’s matchday 23 to take on France this weekend in Rouen. The pathway side travel to the Stade Jean-Mermoz this Saturday evening (17:00 BST kick-off) for their second fixture of the campaign. The U20 Women were victorious over Army Women in
Lions’ Sponsors to the Rescue It’s a curious twist that new funding for the four home Six Nations teams should come from the sponsors of the coming Lions’ 2007 tour to New Zealand. £3 million is on offer to all four, though the statement outlines only what the three Celtic nations plan to use it
It’s not a new story, a national side’s fortunes can go up and down. At the Stoop In 2020 I recall Siwan Lillicrap looking distraught as she faced a battery of reporters, asking her opinion of the latest Welsh perfomance (7-66) – alternating in two languages. The neutral observer could only sympathise with her. The
The third round of the competition has thrown up any number of discussion points. Here are a few: Discipline Reports on England’s win in Edinburgh came under two headings: “Red Roses sweep to 8-try victory” and “England’s discipline a big worry”. The usual follow-up to the second headline is: “When they come up against stronger
The weekend of 12th-14th April was unusually busy with matches of every sort taking place all around the world. Here’s an attempt to gather up some of the goings-on. To avoid a sense of favouritism, I place them in alphabetical order. Joy Neville Neville has refereed her last game, the France-Italy in Paris. The esteem
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