On Sunday Wigan St Patricks hosted Thatto Heath St Helens and it was the visiting side who emerged with a 36-4 win. Thatto’s Tara Stanley an Emily Rudge both scored two tries each. Sammi Simpson, Jodie Cunningham and Faye Gaskin all scored one each with Fay Gaskin also adding two goals to completed the win
The stars of rugby sevens are on the home straight of the road to Rio 2016 following confirmation of the men’s and women’s squads who will represent rugby, and their nation, on sport’s biggest stage for the first time in 92 years. With interest and excitement high throughout the global rugby community, National Olympic Committees,
In ground-breaking news for women’s rugby, England Rugby have announced that professional player contracts will be awarded for the 15-a-side game for the first time as part of their on-going commitment to the professionalisation of women’s rugby. England Women first awarded contracts to 20 sevens players in October 2014. Now there will be 48 player contracts for
O2 Touch programme has grown by 34% since Rugby World Cup 2015 Currently 321 O2 Touch centres nationwide England Rugby today announced its O2 Touch programme has successfully reached and surpassed its target of introducing 15,000 registered players to the game by summer 2017. Tracking one year ahead of its intended deadline there are now
A place in the history books awaits Natasha Hunt (pictured above) and Amy Wilson Hardy after they today became the latest University of Bath graduates to be selected by Team GB for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The duo have been named in the first-ever GB Olympic women’s rugby sevens squad, with the sport making
The British Olympic Association has today announced the names of the 24 women who will compete in rugby sevens at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. It will be the first time in 108 years that Team GB has had representation in rugby at Olympic level and a first for the seven-a-side format. Competition takes place
On Wednesday evening Bradford Bulls Ladies welcomed Thatto Heath St Helens in the semi final of the Women’s Challenge Cup, in a close match it was Thatto Heath who progressed to the final with a 20-16 win. Thatto’s Sammie Simpson scored twice, and there were further tries for Katie May, Emily Rudge and Roxy Mura
The Challenge Cup gets underway again this week with the mid-week fixture between Bradford Bulls (pictured above) v Thatto Heath. Then on Sunday Leigh Miners Rangers will play the British Army. In the Shield competition Normanton play Thatto Heath Reserves and since Selby Warriors have pulled out of the competition their match will result in
The 2016 Associations Cup came to an exciting conclusion on Sunday. The England Lionesses sealed the 2016 Women’s Associations Cup with a hard-earned 36-14 win over England Students at Featherstone Rovers’ BigFellas Stadium on Sunday. The Students needed a 46-point win to steal the trophy from the Lionesses, but that result never looked likely as the eventual
Bristol Ladies have announced that Roy Davies has been promoted into the role of Head Coach for the 2016/17 season. “We are delighted to have Roy on board for another season with Bristol Ladies. He brought a new dimension and coaching style to club last season, helping develop both international players and guide the cup squad
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