On Sunday in the North West County Cup Final Wigan St Patricks Ladies faced Thatto Heath St Helens Reserves. It was a very close and enthralling game that ended with Wigan grabbing the spoils 8-4. All of the tries were scored in the second half, Wigan’s were scored by Becky Greenfield and Jess Hopkins and
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Women’s Weekly Round up 9th July In the one Premier Division game this weekend in the Women’s League Wigan St Patricks hosted Barrow Ladies and the home side impressed throughout to earn a 62-0 win. Wigan’s Becky Greenfield and Holly Speakman both scored three tries each with Sarah Harrison scoring two. There were further tries
England Women finished runners-up in the second leg of the two-part Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series in Kazan, after 21-0 defeat to Russia in the Cup final. Earlier in the day, England beat Wales 21-7 in a hard-fought Cup quarter-final, securing a place in the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 in San Francisco next year.
8 – 9 July Women’s Rugby Sevens – Grand Prix Series – Kazan, Russia The top two teams across both legs of the Rugby Europe Women’s Grand Prix Series, based on an amalgamation of points, will secure a place in the Rugby World Cup Sevens in July 2018. The two-part European series provides England with
James Bailey has named his squad for the second and final leg of the Rugby Europe Women’s Grand Prix Series in Kazan, Russia this weekend (8-9 July, live on RugbyEurope.tv). Bailey makes one change to the squad that placed 4th in the first leg of the Rugby Europe Women’s Grand Prix Series in Malemort
On Sunday Leigh Miners Rangers Ladies hosted Batley Bulldogs and the home side impressed with a 42-4 win. Leigh’s Rhian Boag and Dawn Eaton both scored two tries each, and there were further tries for Rachel Ogden, Clare Radford, Celia Farrimond and Detysha Harper. Dawn Eaton added five goals to her tally and scooped the
The squad of 28 players to represent England in the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup has today been confirmed ahead of the global tournament which kicks off in Dublin on Wednesday 9 August. Rachael Burford (Harlequins), Rochelle Clark (Worcester Valkyries), Tamara Taylor (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks) and Danielle Waterman (Bristol) all head to their fourth
Lois Forsell scored a late try as England Women ground out a dramatic 14-8 win over France Women to complete a 2-0 series win in France. Amy Hardcastle opened the scoring, Tara Stanley with the goal, before Manon Sanarra hit back for France to make it 6-4 at half time. Stanley then scored herself, before
New Zealand are the 2016-17 HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series champions. The Black Ferns Sevens also claimed the HSBC Clermont-Ferrand Sevens trophy after beating rivals Australia 22-7 on Sunday evening. Earlier in the day, the Kiwis beat hosts France in the semi-finals meaning they could not be caught by the nearest challengers, Australia and
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