With Rugby World Cup 2015 due to kick-off at Twickenham later today, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson has announced that he is partnering with the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and investing £100,000 from his Sports Legacy Programme to boost grassroots participation in the sport. To mark London’s role in the competition, the Mayor’s investment
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The Sharks’ view
Sharks travelled the 500 mile round trip to take on Richmond Ladies at the Athletics Ground, Richmond for their second premiership encounter of the 2015/16 season. The visitors kicked off and both teams made a bright start with possession changing hands several times, but with Sharks taking the initiative by keeping Richmond camped in their
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£20,000 raised for Restart Rugby and Rugby League Cares at AFEX Trading Day
AFEX, one of the world’s largest non-bank providers of global payment, foreign currency and risk management solutions, played host to a unique encounter between stars of rugby union and rugby league yesterday in support of Restart Rugby, the official charity of the Rugby Players’ Association (RPA), and Rugby League Cares, the official charity of the
Waterloo maintain unbeaten run with 51st win
This weekend saw Firwood Waterloo Ladies host their first home game of the season to Newcastle Novocastrians. This is always a hard game as the travel can impact teams. However, the travel did not seem to hinder Novocastrians as you could tell by the enthusiasm in their warm-up, that they were up for a strong
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Richmond Women breeze past the Sharks
Richmond Women continued their bright start to the season, making it two wins from two in their first home league game of the season. Richmond started the game slowly, with strong scrumming, but several handling errors saw them struggling to defend their own try line. DMP took advantage and scored ten minutes in from a line-break
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Hat tricks for Hunter and Reed in win over Lichfield
Bristol Ladies made it two out of two in the Women’s Premiership when they beat Lichfield Ladies 13 – 37 on Sunday afternoon. Two hat tricks from Amber Reed and Sarah Hunter closed down the contest, which ended 8-10 at half time. After the opening 30 minutes the score line settled at 3-3, with Amber Reed
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Women’s Rugby League Round Up : 13 September 2015
It was a really close affair when Featherstone Rovers hosted Bradford Thunderbirds, in the end the home side had the edge to grab the win 22-16. Featherstone’s Hannah Bairstow led the way with two tries and there were further tries for Emily Rudge and Mags Lowish. Katie Cooper-Birkenhead converted two goals. Bradford battled throughout scoring
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England win Women’s U18 Rugby 7s Grand Prix Series
England win the 2015 7’s U18 Championship in Liège (Belgium) with a 27-10 victory over Spain in the Final. All the days fixtures and results are below, together with final standings, and day one results and pools. Day two fixtures and results: Quarter Finals Cup & Plate 10.00 England 46-7 Ireland 10.22 Netherlands 7-10 Portugal 10.44 Spain 24-0 Belgium
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A wealth of women’s rugby talent from South West
The recently published lists of England players from the RFU show a wealth of talent from the South West. In a squad of twelve Under 18 7s Players, five of them are from the South West (although two players do appear on both U18 and U20 lists): Abbie Dow (South West) Poppy Leitch (South West)
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Women’s Rugby Union Fixtures and Results – 12/13 September 2015
Premiership Richmond Women 61-7 DMP Sharks Lichfield Ladies 13-37 Bristol Ladies Saracens Women 28-17 Worcester Aylesford Bulls 5-22 Wasps Ladies Championship North Eccles Ladies 57-12 Loughborough Ladies Firwood Waterloo 43-12 Novocastrians Ladies Northwich Ladies 0-72 Camp Hill Ladies West Park Ladies 47-5 West Bridgford Ladies Championship South Henley Ladies 58-7 Bristol Ladies II Richmond Ladies II 39-19 Cheltenham Ladies Saracens Ladies II 22-10 Hove Ladies Thurrock Ladies
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