Catherine Spencer was kind enough to give up part of an evening to chat about her career and her thoughts on England Women’s Rugby past and present. Her early immersion in the game was at Folkestone, her home town. The lack of girls’ teams in eastern Kent in the 1980s meant she had to renounce
Day two of the HSBC Sydney Sevens Women’s Cup competition was dominated by Australia and New Zealand who will meet in the Cup final on Day Three. England won the Challenge Trophy beating Fiji. It is the Cup final the crowd has been waiting to see. A Trans-Tasman clash between the Olympic champions Australia, who
England Women Sevens have won the Challenge Trophy at the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens in Sydney after beating Fiji 29-10 in the final. After narrowly missing out on a place in the Cup quarter finals on day one, England defeated Papua New Guinea 52-0 in the semi-final. The win means England secure a ninth place ranking at the Sydney
A league victory away to Worcester was the perfect tonic for Richmond women at the start of their run of tricky league fixtures, and with a visit to Darlington for the rearranged league fixture, coach David Mobbs-Smith is targeting more success against a side just one point below them in the league. “DMP will be
England will face Papua New Guinea in the semi-final of the Challenge competition on day two of The HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens in Sydney, Friday 26 January (KO 10pm GMT live Sky Sports Action and via WorldRugby.org). In their opening fixture against USA, England ran in four tries for a 28-24 win, but went down 12-33 in the game against New
On Australia Day at the Sydney Sevens it was a full day of Pool matches for the HSBC Women’s Seven Series with the Men’s series playing their first round pool matches. In the HSBC Women’s Seven Series it was fast furious on the field at Allianz Stadium with three teams heading to the Cup finals
HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series 2018 Sydney kicks off tonight, here are the fixtures, [times are all local] scores will be updated as soon as is possible. Watch live here. The tournament will be live streamed here and Facebook.com/worldrugby7s (geo-blocking applies.) Follow all the action on social media using #Sydney7s. Pool A: Australia, France, Spain,
Worcester Valkyries put in a valiant effort at Sixways as they fell to a 29-5 defeat to Richmond Women in Round 13 of the Tyrrells Premier 15s on Saturday. Coming up against the now seventh-placed Richmond, Valkyries had a much-improved performance but failed to turn pressure into points. Richmond capitalised on their opportunities as tries
England Women convened today for their final week-long training camp at Bisham Abbey ahead of the Six Nations opening Test against Italy in Stadio Mirabello (KO 17:30 GMT, Live Sky Sports). Simon Middleton, England head coach said: “This is an important camp in terms preparation for our opening game. We are under no illusions around
Despite the best attempts of the weather some games did take place this weekend although perhaps some of the results reflect the awful conditions: Saturday 20th January – Tyrrells Premier 15s League Firwood Waterloo Ladies 0 – 29 Loughborough Lightning Gloucester-Hartpury
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