England Women Sevens head coach James Bailey has named a 15-player squad that will travel to Marcoussis, France for a two-day training tournament on 27-28 September 2018. England will play Spain, France and Russia as they prepare for their first HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series tournament in Glendale, Colorado on 20-21 October 2018. This
HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series to act as principle route to Olympic qualification Mexico confirmed as invitational team China return as core team on HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series The pools and match schedule have been announced for the HSBC USA Women’s Sevens in Glendale, the new opening round of the HSBC World Rugby
Worcester Valkyries’ first home game of the season ended in a 43-12 defeat at the hands of Richmond Women at a rainy Sixways Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Roy Davies’ side struck in each half through Meg Varley and a penalty try but the visitors dotted down seven times as Emelie Hellgren, Alice Soper, Laura Kapo,
Two clubs kept up their 100% record in round three, a first win of the season for two teams and some big scores – here’s your round-up of all the action. Loughborough Lightning 42 – 17 Harlequins Loughborough Lightning made it three wins from three with an impressive 41-17 victory over last season’s runners-up Harlequins.
Rugby specialist and kit provider Canterbury has revealed the new 2018/2019 England Rugby home and alternate kits, which will be worn by the men’s and women’s teams throughout the coming season. The design of the shirt takes inspiration from ‘white noise’, the effect created by the sound of England supporters cheering the team on. The
Loughborough Lightning outperform Harlequins on home turf to make it three from three in their Tyrells 15’s campaign. After a dominant display against Wasps last weekend, Lightning looked to continue their strong form against a challenging and experienced Harlequins side. It wasn’t long before Lightning scored as a penalty try was awarded and Mclean slotted
Wasps first half performance sealed an impressive 52-14 victory on the road at Firwood Waterloo. With eight tries in total it was the forwards who dominated the scoresheet with seven tries, including a double for Claire Molloy and Kany Adefemiwa-afilaka. The result sees Wasps get back to winning ways after a loss last week at
Round 3 of the Tyrrells offered some surprises, some shocks and a few told-you-sos. The fixture-setter-in-the-sky had a sense of humour when sending out the bottom three clubs of 2017-8 in turn against the almighty Saracens to launch this season. So no surprise that Sarries are already closing in on 150 points. Lightning v Quins
Harlequins Ladies Co-Head Coaches Karen Findlay and Gary Street have announced their squad to play Loughborough on Saturday (kick-off: 17:00). Bethan Dainton makes her first appearance of the season on the left wing, Victoria Petersson moves to the right and Lucy Packer returns at scrum-half. An injury to Vickii Cornborough means there are changes up
Wasps make six changes from the side defeated by Loughborough Lightning last week, as they hope to repeat a league double over Firwood Waterloo this season. Wasps travel to Firwood after a difficult 20-40 defeat to Loughborough at Ealing Trailfinders last week. Despite the score line, Wasps provided an excellent attacking platform during the game
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