England have named the 12-woman squad which will travel to Dubai for the opening leg of World Rugby’s HSBC Women’s Sevens Series next weekend, with sevens newcomer Vicky Fleetwood named alongside seasoned stalwarts Michaela Staniford, Jo Watmore, Alice Richardson and Amy Wilson-Hardy. Emily Scarratt will captain the side – which also includes Katie Mclean, Claire
Women’s Rugby Union Premiership Sunday 29th November Bristol Ladies 17-10 Darlington Mowden Park Ladies Lichfield Ladies 55-0 Aylesford Bulls Ladies Richmond Ladies 5-20 Saracens Ladies Worcester Ladies 29-10 Wasps Ladies Championship North 1 Eccles Ladies v Camp Hill Ladies – Postponed Firwood Waterloo Ladies v West Bridgford Ladies – Postponed Loughborough Ladies 17-24 West Park
The WRLA have announced the coaches for the 2016 County of Origin game: Craig Taylor will be coaching the Yorkshire side while John Davenport will take on Lancashire. Craig has been coaching in the Women and Girls game for 4 years with Batley Bulldogs girls. The Bulldogs have been RFL League Champions for the last two
Women’s Rugby League: Winter League: Fixtures 29 November Division One Lindley v Thornhill Oulton v Wigan St Judes Division Two Odsal v Huddersfield East Leeds v Hunslet Liverpool v Hull Wyke
The Rugby Players’ Association (RPA) today announced a new multi-year funding deal with its industry stakeholders, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Premiership Rugby Limited (PRL). The new 5-year deal will deliver a minimum of £7m into the RPA welfare, personal development and education programmes that supports the 650 current and over 350 former RPA
Worcester were away to Aylesbury on Sunday and contrary to form so far this season, they flew out of the blocks from kick off and it didn’t take long for the them to open their account. Aimee Lensson stole the ball and Worcester started their attack, with strong carries from Lisa Campbell, Lark Davies and Zoe Bennion. A
Last Sunday, supporters braved the cold to watch Richmond defeat Lichfield on home turf, adding to their run of successive victories. In the opening exchanges, both teams remained fairly even as they were trying to gel new combinations. The Richmond team included five new players in the starting pack and both sides welcomed back players
Hull Wyke Ladies recorded their first competitive league win yesterday beating East Leeds 16-8 at home in what proved to be tricky conditions. The home side opened the scoring with some great play spreading the ball out wide for Charlotte Whelham to go over in the corner. Kicked missed 4-0 After exchanging bruising sets, the visitors
Bristol Ladies do the double over Wasps, with a 18 – 26 win at Tywford Avenue Bristol Ladies came away with the win today after a tough fixture against Wasps. Four of the girls were out on Welsh regional fixtures, but the England players were back from international duty – so it was changed line-up
Division One Wigan St Judes 10 – Lindley Swifts 38 Lindley tries: Laura Norcliffe 3, Holly Hilton 2, Amy Gilbert, Beth Lockwood, Goals: Vicky Brook 3, Tyler Cookland 2 Thornhill Trojans 0 York Ladies 56 Thornhill POM: Hanna Butcher York tries: Ashleigh Hyde, Kelly Hall , Alisha Clayton, Mary Tiplady, Paige Stevens, Meganne Summers (2), Katie
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