Here are this weekend’s fixtures for the Women’s Premiership and the Championship North and South 1. Please note that the Bristol Ladies are no longer playing at Ashton Gate after the men’s team. Change of venue means they will now play at 2pm at Cleve RFC. This weekend will see the title decided, if Saracens
The prestigious Rugby Union Writers’ Club Pat Marshall Memorial Award for the sport’s personality of the year for 2014 was awarded to, England World Cup winner, Emily Scarratt at a gala ceremony in central London on Monday night. Men’s 2003 World Cup winner Jonny Wilkinson and Ireland’s most-capped player Brian O’Driscoll were also honoured, receiving the RUWC’s
Thurrock Ladies 78 – 5 Bristol Ladies II Top of the League against Bottom, the T-Birds scored 14 trys and 78 points against a hapless Bristol Second XV without getting out of second gear and it could and should have been many, many more. A young athletic Bristol had no answer to the power, pace
With one round of matches left, Saracens remain top of the table, one point ahead of Richmond and for the 3rd year in a row we go into the last game not knowing who will be the champions. Can Saracens hold their nerve and beat Wasps to win the title? This is what happened yesterday:
11 Jan 2015 Premiership Lichfield Ladies 21 – 10 Wasps Ladies Richmond Women 20 – 15 Saracens Women Worcester Ladies 14 – 32 Dmp Sharks Aylesford Bulls Ladies 5 – 106 Bristol Ladies Championship North 1 Camp Hill Ladies 52 – 7 Novocastrians Ladies Firwood Waterloo Ladies 69 – 0 Eccles Ladies West Bridgford
Here are this weekend’s fixtures for the Premiership and the Championship North 1 and South 1. In the future we hope to have venues for all matches. Premiership Lichfield Ladies V Wasps Ladies at 2:00pm Cooke Fields Richmond Women V Saracens Women at 2:00pm Richmond Athletic Ground Worcester Ladies V Dmp Sharks at 2:00pm Westons
A star studded Nomads side, including retired England players Sophie Hemming and Claire Purdy, scored 7 tries to Scotland’s 2. The tries came from Dalena Dennison (AUS) 2, Louise Dalgleish (SCOT), Emilie Bydwell (USA), Lisa Campbell (NZ), Gemma Rowland (Wasps), Vicki Jackson (ENG) with conversions from Tess Gardner (Wasps) and Megan Goddard (ENG).
At 3pm this afternoon, Saturday 3 January 2015 the Nomads will kick off against Scotland at Murrayfield, as part of Scotland’s preparation for the Six Nations. The Nomads are an invitational team featuring top players not currently involved in international competition as well as ex-international and top club team players from around the world. Nomads
Great Britain and England captain Kate Richardson-Walsh MBE and ex-international player, coach and performance analyst Maggie Souyave OBE have both been named in the New Year Honours list in recognition of their services to hockey. Also honoured are Rugby Vice Captain Sarah Hunter and Rochelle (Rocky) Clark who are awarded MBEs in recognition of their
Two referees will make their international test debuts during the Women’s 6 Nations in the northern hemisphere next year. Spain’s Alhambra Nievas and England’s Sara Cox were appointed after successfully refereeing friendly internationals over the course of 2014 as well as performing assistant referee roles during Women’s Rugby World Cup 2014 in France. World Rugby
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