Sunday Times England Women’s Player of the Year at the RPA Players’ Awards 2014 and member of the World Cup winning England Rugby Squad, Rachael Burford, has been elected as the first professional female representative on the Rugby Players’ Association (RPA) Players’ Board. The RPA Players’ Board is made up of representatives from all 12
England Women Sevens Head Coach Simon Middleton has made two changes for this weekend’s fourth round of the Sevens World Series in Langford, Canada. Middleton has recalled World Cup winning captain Katy Mclean as well as Saracens’ Leanne Riley as England look to improve on their current sixth place standing in the World Series. Mclean missed
The first round of the Rugby League Women’s Premier League matches took place yesterday. Featherstone Rovers 12-8 Thatto Heath St Helens Normanton Knights 6-38 Bradford Thunderbirds Selby Warriors 32-0 West Craven Warriors Brighouse Rangers 40-0 Hunslet Hawks Wigan St Patricks 20-20 Stanningley Oulton Raidettes P-P Rochdale Hornets League Table after just one match: Team P
Canada women will get the chance to avenge their 21-9 defeat to England in the final of Women’s Rugby World Cup 2014 on home soil later this year after the venue and line-up for the 2015 International Women’s Rugby Super Series was announced. Hosts Canada and reigning world champions England are joined by fellow top
Rugby’s most prestigious prize, the Webb Ellis Cup, has arrived in Canada as part of the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour. The Trophy Tour is approaching the end of its 12 month journey around 15 countries as part of a celebration of Rugby. Previously the Webb Ellis Cup has visited Japan, Australia, Fiji, Madagascar, South
The Women’s Premiership Group are pleased to announce the launch of a new award recognising our player of the season. Run in conjunction with the RFU, this award will be voted on by the players, coaches and support staff involved in the Premiership. The shortlist has been compiled based on nominations from the players in
The star-studded World Rugby Awards will take place at Battersea Evolution in London on 1 November, just a day after the Rugby World Cup 2015 final. Now in their 14th year, this will be the first time the global rugby family has come together for a World Rugby Awards gala dinner since 2011 in New Zealand
If you are looking for a coaching role, Bristol Ladies Rugby are seeking a number of new coaches for the 2015/16 campaign. The RFU Women’s Premiership club are recruiting: First team backs coach First team forwards coach Second team backs coach Second team forwards coach To apply or to request a full job specification, email
Rugby sevens will make its Olympic Games debut on 6 August, 2016 after the Rio 2016 Organising Committee released the daily competition schedule to mark 500 days to go. The rugby sevens competitions at the Deodoro Sports Complex will be played over six days between 6-11 August with two sessions per day. The session times
A 21-15 defeat for England Women against France tonight (Saturday) at Twickenham Stadium handed the reigning world champions a fourth place finish in this season’s Six Nations. Fielding a young and developing side for this season’s campaign, which included only a handful of world cup winners, England went into the game with two wins against
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