PWR – Round 15 With the champions sitting this round out, the other four title hopefuls could make their mark. Glos-Pury spent the weekend wondering what life would feel like without Sean Lynn in charge. Rather like life without Susie Appleby, perhaps. Trailfinders v Bristol Bears For all their scoring successes, Trailfinders had never beaten
Having spent her first sporting life doing twists and flips in mid-air, Emily Henrich is now coming full circle as a rugby player. The American’s narrative arc will always be manna from heaven for the media. After all, she is a former champion aerials skier who switched to rugby after being drafted in to play
Time for me to make up for an omission. Back at the start of the year our friend at ladiesrugbyclub (ladiesrugbyclub.blogspot.com/ 2025/01/il-xv-del-2024-di-ladies-rugby-club.html ) in Italy published his idea of the top XV of 2024. It’s always interesting to see a different viewpoint. What do you make of his choices? 1 Hannah Botterman (England) 2 Emily
Rugby sevens fever is set to grip Perth once again as the city gears up to host the third round of HSBC SVNS 2025 at HBF Park on 24-26 January Perth set to host the third round of HSBC SVNS 2025 on 24-26 January as the world’s best 12 men’s and women’s rugby sevens teams
The Welsh Rugby Union have announced the name of the one person most likely to be handed the task of resurrecting Cymru’s fortunes: Sean Lynn. He has seen his club, Gloucester-Hartpury, rise to become double trophy winners in the English PWR, and they have a decent chance of a hat-trick of triumphs, That would be
PWR Round 14 – Complete with reactions Loughborough Lightning v Exeter Chiefs This was a contest to show the PWR at its tightest: a team with pretensions to taking the title visiting another on the way back; fifth v sixth. A half-time score of 7-7 showed the intensity of thr battle. No sooner had Chiefs
The Saturday Matches: Bristol Bears v Leicester Tigers Gloucester-Hartpury v Trailfinders Sale Sharks v Harlequins Bristol Bears v Leicester Tigers Bears made changes to their ranks, an important one being Phoebe Murray in the unaccustomed position of 10. But she cast off doubts with a dangerous break through midfield that set off a long phase
Head coach LJ Lewis and assistant coach Sarah McKenna have named their first England U20 Women’s training squad of the 2024/25 season. The 32 players will assemble at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre next Monday (20th) for a three-day camp following the conclusion of Round 14 of Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR). Eleven of the cohort
International stars Helena Rowland and Rachel Malcolm return to the Loughborough Lightning starting line-up to face Exeter Chiefs this weekend. The cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens encounter on Sunday 19 January (kick-off: 3pm) sees Rowland return at flyhalf after six weeks out having been one of five Lightning players involved in England’s first training camp
Harlequins Head Coach Ross has made five changes to his side to face Sale Sharks at Heywood Road in Round 14 of The PWR. It’s all change in the front-row as Jessie Spurrier and Spanish captain Laura Delgado are named to start as props, with Carys Phillips at hooker. The remainder of the pack is unchanged,
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