A last-gasp try secured England Women their first victory over France since 2013 on Tuesday night, running out 13-17 winners in the Women’s Rugby Super Series in Utah. A team drive over the line in the final play gave Zoe Aldcroft a try on debut, securing England the win, with the side having dominated for
England Women have named their match-day 23 for their second game in the Women’s Rugby Super Series against France on Tuesday. Following a disappointing 52-17 defeat to Canada on Friday, England have made seven changes to the starting line-up. Lauren Cattell comes in at outside centre while Fiona Pocock, Laura Keates, Alex Matthews and Poppy
In a really exciting development for women’s rugby league the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats announced, during their half time break on Sunday, in front of thousands of their supporters, the formation of women’s team Wakefield Trinity Ladies. This bold move shows the tremendous growth in popularity of women’s rugby league a game that is raising its profile season after
Women’s Weekly Round up 3rd July by Rebecca Bird On Sunday, in the Women’s Super Six League, Stanningley Ladies hosted Wigan St Patricks and in a hard fought encounter it was Stanningley who just had the edge to card a 26-22 win. Stanningley’s Emma Johnson, Sophie Robinson, Rachel Barker, Heather McDonald and Sarah Lovejoy all
England Women made a disappointing start to the Women’s Rugby Super Series in Salt Lake City, losing 52-17 to Canada. Second half tries from Katie Mason, Millie Wood and Bianca Blackburn were not enough to claw back a half time deficit which saw England trailing 39-0. Canada’s physicality put them on the front foot, meaning
England Women have named their match-day 23 ahead of their first game in the Women’s Rugby Super Series against Canada. Lichfield centre Millie Wood will start and gain her first senior England cap while Worcester prop Laura Keates will be looking to come off the bench to gain her 50th. With 661 caps in total,
In another exciting milestone on the road to rugby sevens’ Olympic Games debut, the pools have been announced for the 12-team men’s and women’s events at Rio 2016. The announcement was made on Tuesday in the host city following last Sunday’s women’s global repechage tournament which delivered the final qualifier for what will be the
Arguably the most dramatic game of the 2016 Women’s Associations Cup took place last weekend as England University and Colleges beat the GB Armed Forces 21-16. The England side enjoyed an almost perfect start as Kelsey Gentles got over on two minutes, but GB’s Jade Newman quickly made it 4-4, before Sophie Gale added the
Using their male counterparts’ emotional victory in Monaco last week as inspiration, Spain’s women upset the odds to book their place in the Olympic Games 2016, edging out a fancied Russia team in a thrilling final in Dublin on Sunday. In lynchpin Patricia Garcia, Spain have a play-maker of genuine quality and her two tries
Having started the day as 16 teams, just eight still remain in contention for the final qualifying spot in Rio 2016 with favourites Spain, Russia and Ireland as well as an impressive-looking Kazakhstan remaining unbeaten as they go into the Championship Cup quarter-finals on Sunday. But it was Argentina who got the sizable crowd at
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