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
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has announced new appointments to the RFU Council for the 2016/17 season, following the RFU’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). From 1 August 2016, Peter Baines, RFU Senior Vice President will become the President of the RFU, Former England rugby Captain, Maggie Alphonsi MBE will join the RFU Council and Former
The global rugby family has joined the international sporting community in celebrating #OlympicDay as excitement builds ahead of rugby sevens’ Olympic Games debut at Rio 2016. With 43 days to go until the Games, preparations are on track for very special and successful rugby sevens events and World Rugby has been leading the #OlympicDay celebrations
Russia have been confirmed as top seed in the 16-team final repechage tournament taking place this weekend in Dublin from 25-26 June. The prize for the winner of the tournament is the final qualification spot for Rio 2016. Two teams from each pool of four will progress to the quarter-finals where it will be a
Being fairly new to the world of Rugby League, we were delighted to be given the opportunity to find out a bit more about the GB Teachers Rugby League team, how it is comprised and how they go about assembling a team from across the country to take part in the Associations Cup. The Associations
The 26-player England Women squad that will tour to Salt Lake City, USA has been announced today. The side, which will travel on Monday for their three-game summer tour, holds a wealth of experience sharing 682 caps in total. Alex Matthews and Megan Jones have been recalled from the sevens programme for the tour. Two new
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