Bears bow again Results Leicester Tigers 7 Gloucester-Hartpury 38 Bristol Bears 22 Loughborough Lightning 31 Trallfinders Women 17 Saracens 31 Trailfinders Women v Saracens As so often, TF got on top at once. Abi Burton made a charge-down; a penalty followed. On two minutes they produced a catch and drive, and a line-out brought them
Scrumqueens is no more 1 January PWR’s Team of the Week includes 10 Red Roses, the most ever? 2 January Trailfinders announce the signing of Rori Wood (Canada) 3 January 34 Azzurre begin training in Rome under new coach, Fabio Roselli 3 January Clodagh Dunne (Old Belvedere) signs short-term deal with Leicester Tigers 3-10 January
Loughborough Lightning have made three changes to their starting line-up for their penultimate Premiership Women’s Rugby game of the 2024/25 season, away at Bristol Bears. Fresh from scoring her second try of the campaign from the bench away at Leicester Tigers, Carmela Morrall starts at inside centre at a sold-out Shaftesbury Park on Saturday 1
Harlequins Women have made two changes to the starting XV for Sunday’s clash with Exeter Chiefs (Sunday 2 February, 12:45 – live on TNT Sports). This is another mouthwatering clash in the PWR run-in, between two sides right in the thick of the top four battle. Both Harlequins and Exeter tasted defeat last weekend and
Fixtures Saturday Tigers v Glos-Pury Midlands v West Bears v Lightning West v Midlands Trallfinders v Sarries London v London Sunday Chiefs v Quins West v London Background I present the fixtures slightly differently this time, to show a feature that I still find disturbing. It’s Sale’s turn to stay at home, so we are
There have been memorable rounds of the PWR over the past eight years, but few to equal the drama of Round 15 2025. So dramatic, that I invite you to enjoy a second draught. In General There were three outstandingly exciting games to enjoy: only the Welford Road match was the away banker it had
Red Roses join forces with Team England Rugby Ltd in groundbreaking move to help bridge the gap between the men’s and women’s game. This decision marks a significant step towards unifying the representation of both the men’s and women’s teams under a single entity, ensuring stronger and more consistent advocacy on and off the pitch.
Tom Hudson, head coach of Leicester Tigers, will step down at the season’s end; so will his deputy, Luke Stratford. This is yet another indication of the fraught nature of existence in the PWR. Any parallels you may draw with Premier League football only go to show the perils of the move towards professionalism. At
A sell-out finals day crowd for the second year in succession witnessed a blockbuster day of international rugby sevens as Australia and Argentina were crowned women’s and men’s HSBC SVNS Perth champions Spectacular end to HSBC SVNS Perth with epic women’s final in front of a full house at HBF Park Australia beat Olympic champions
Exeter Chiefs v Sale Sharks An astonishing result in astonishing conditions. This was Chiefs’ chance to catch up on their rivals at the top of the league. Bears’ loss yesterday to Trailfinders calmed their nerves a touch; could they profit? It was a heaven-sent opportunity for Susie Appleby to give her leading players a bit
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