The inaugural Tyrrells Premier 15s season launched Thursday with all 10 club captains, coaches and club directors of rugby attending an event at Twickenham Stadium. The new women’s 15s domestic competition will see an investment of £2.4million from the RFU over the next three years with clubs benefitting directly. The competition is expected to improve
University of Bath student Chantelle Miell is in line for a place at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games after being awarded a full-time contract in the England Rugby Women’s Sevens programme for the 2017-18 season. Graduates Amy Wilson Hardy and Natasha Hunt (pictured above), who both represented Team GB in sevens at the Rio
WRLA (The Women’s Rugby League Association) are seeking applications for the prestigious positions of Head Coach and Managers for Lancashire and Yorkshire Ladies sides for this season’s forthcoming County of Origin which will take place in 2018. To be eligible for the coaching roles you must possess Minimum Level 2 UKCC Coaching Accreditation and experience in coaching senior players. All applicants
Loughborough Lightning have announced the signing of recently capped Scottish Rugby internationals Sarah Bonar, Rachel Malcolm and Jenny Maxwell ahead of the inaugural season of the Tyrrell’s Premier 15’s competition. Former Loughborough University Sport & Exercise Science student and hockey scholar Rachel Malcolm makes a welcome return to Loughborough having taken up a completely new
Harlequins launch the 2017/18 campaign for Harlequins Ladies, competing in the inaugural Tyrells Premier 15s competition. In launching the “History in the making” campaign, it marks an exciting new chapter for Harlequins, as it expands and develops the elite level of women’s club rugby and takes strides to ensure parity across its elite playing squads.
England Rugby have awarded 17 contracts to support the women’s sevens programme for the upcoming 2017/18 season. All 17 contracts will be full-time and fixed term, running until end of the 2017/18 season. Eight of the wider 14-player Team GB Olympic squad are named in the EPS including, England Women vice-captain and Team GB captain
Loughborough Sport are delighted to announce that England Red Roses Captain Sarah Hunter will join Lightning as assistant coach and player in the inaugural Tyrells Premier 15s competition starting next week. Having Captained England in the world cup final in August, where England narrowly missed out on the win, Hunter has had her fair share
Wakefield Trinity and Oulton Raidettes started the afternoon tied in second position in the table and that’s how it ended after an end to end contest on Sunday. The hosts made a great start to the match when the kick off was spilled by Oulton and Wakefield made the most of the handling error, Yasmin
On Sunday in the Women’s Super League Bradford Bulls Women hosted Thatto Heath St Helens Ladies and the home side dominated throughout to earn a 40-10 victory. Bradford’s Amy Hardcastle scored twice, with further tries for Charlotte Booth, Charlene Henegan, Beth Sutcliffe, Lois Forsell and Claire Garner. Garner also added six goals. In the Women’s
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has today appointed Steve Brown as Chief Executive Officer. The appointment concludes an extensive selection process led by a Board nominations panel which concluded on 31st August. The appointment received RFU Board approval this morning. Steve Brown is currently Chief Officer, Business Operations at the RFU, and he succeeds Ian
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