University of Bath graduate Amy Wilson Hardy helped England Women finish a fine third in the World Rugby HSBC Women’s Sevens Series in Atlanta, United States, as the countdown to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games continued. The Bristol RFC centre, who completed an Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering course last summer, gave England a flying
Women’s League Results Sunday 10th April 2016 Premier – Round 2 Leigh Miners Rangers 18 Oulton Raidettes 18; Brighouse Rangers 0 Normanton Knights 92; Thatto Heath St Helens 52 Stanningley 4; Wigan St Patricks 30 Lindley Swifts 12; Selby Warriors 0 Bradford Bulls Women 82 Rochdale Hornets v Featherstone Rovers – Postponed Women’s Weekly Round up
10th April 2016 WRLA – rescheduled fixtures West Leeds 60 Hunslet Warriors 4 West Leeds try scorers: Beth Daniels 4, Leanne Bell 1, Jess Wild 1, Rosakind Lloyd 1, Lucy Butterfield 1, Zoe Brown 3 West Leeds goals: Zoe Brown 8 Hunslet try scorer: Charlotte Cawthra 1 Player of the match West Leeds: Zoe brown Player
Australia took a step closer to securing the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series 2015/16 after defeating their rivals New Zealand at the third round of the series in Atlanta. Despite both teams losing on day one, New Zealand and Australia bounced back on Saturday, returning to form as they progressed to the final at
England Women have finished third in the World Rugby HSBC Women’s Sevens Series in Atlanta after beating Canada 26-14 in the bronze final. The side enjoyed a successful first day finishing top of their pool, beating World Series leaders Australia, Fiji and Colombia going into the the Cup quarter finals on Saturday against Russia. It was
The RFU has appointed Joanna Manning-Cooper to the new role of Director of Digital, Marketing and Communications. She will join the RFU at the beginning of May and will be responsible for the digital, marketing and communications strategy, integration, planning and delivery. Her remit will include England Rugby content and channels, team and corporate communications,
The first round draw for the 2016 Women’s Challenge Cup has now been made. Bradford Bulls will travel to Stanningley in the pick of the 2016 Women’s Challenge cup round one draw. The newly-formed Bulls, who were 24-0 winners at Oulton Raidettes in their first-ever league game on Sunday, are set to head to the Arthur
Worcester showed great grit and determination in beating Aylesford by 26-17 to secure a place in the Plate final against Bristol, to be played on April 23rd at Lichfield. Worcester travelled with a depleted squad pwing to abstractions, injuries and holidays over the Easter period to find that Aylesford were able to field virtually their
A strong England side set the pace on day one, with captain Emily Scarratt leading from the front to claim victories over Australia, Fiji and Colombia in Pool A. Canada emerged top of a tough pool B, beating France, Russia and Ireland, while a weakened New Zealand team, missing regular finishers Huriana Manuel, Kayla McAlister and
On Saturday April 2, over 50 Young Rugby Ambassadors (YRAs) gathered at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry for the first ever YRA Leadership Conference. The YRA Leadership Conference was created to give young volunteers the chance to learn more about the YRA programme, get to know other YRAs from around the country and develop their skills
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