England Women U20 suffered a 22-12 defeat at the Stade Jacques Couvret in France on Saturday despite taking the lead by half time. The side put up a strong performance to score their first points in France since 2010 and Abigail Dow ran the full length of the pitch to score a try after 18 minutes.
WRLA Winter League Results for Sunday 20 March 2016 Division One Lindley Swifts 12 Thornhill Trojans 22 Try scorers Lindley: Laura Norcliffe, Amy Gilbert (2) Try scorers Thornhill: Hannah Bairstow (2), Nat Kent (2). Goal scorers: Charlotte Hawkins (3). Player of the Match Lindley: Amy Gilbert Player of the Match Thornhill: Hannah Bairstow. Division
England Women’s dream of landing the 2016 Six Nations Grand Slam ended in heartbreak on Friday night when the side lost 17-12 to France in a winner-takes-all decider. The French walked away from the Stade de la Rabine, Vannes, as Six Nations champions after holding off England in a hard fought victory. England will finish
Scotland Women Head Coach Shade Munro has selected a settled squad for the match against Ireland Women at Donnybrook this Sunday (20 March, kick-off 1pm) – live on Irish Rugby TV. All 23 players retain their positions for their 2016 Women’s Six Nations finale in Dublin, following the physical encounter against France at Broadwood Stadium
Former Newcastle Falcons’ prop, Paul Van-Zandvliet, today announced that he will use his fight against inoperable cancer to help raise funds for Restart Rugby, the official charity of the Rugby Players’ Association. A member of the 1998 Premiership winning Newcastle team, Paul nicknamed ‘Tank’ during his playing days, was recently diagnosed with a brain tumour
The Ireland Women’s side, sponsored by Aon, has been named to face Scotland in their fifth and final 2016 Six Nations fixture on Sunday in Donnybrook. Head Coach Tom Tierney’s side shows several changes to the team that beat Italy 14-3 last week at the Dublin 4 venue. Experienced captain Niamh Briggs reverts from centre
After nearly three years as Head of International Player Development, Joe Lydon has resigned from the RFU to pursue fresh challenges. Lydon arrived in August 2013, and has been responsible for managing the performance pathway and pipeline of international players for England Rugby. His remit of teams included Saxons, U20s, U18s, sevens, and the women’s
Wales Women’s head coach Rhys Edwards has made four changes and two positional switches for Sunday’s Six Nations finale against Italy at the Talbot Athletic Ground (KO 2pm). Adi Taviner and Kerin Lake replace Dyddgu Hywel and Elinor Snowsill in the backs while Amy Evans and Siwan Lillicrap come in for Catrin Edwards and Rebecca
England Women Lead Coach Scott Bemand has named his squad to take on France and seek to land the Six Nations Grand Slam on Friday night. England are four from four in the Six Nations but with France two points behind in second, there is all to play for at the Stade de la Rabine
Here is the RBS 6 Nations’ preview of the final weekend of the tournament. FRANCE v ENGLAND France Women’s only defeat in the Six Nations this season was 8-10 to Wales at Neath in round 3. France Women have won their last nine home games in the tournament since England beat them in Paris in
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