Major changes are afoot within the management of Women’s and 7’s rugby in the IRFU. Sport for Business has reported that they have seen an email sent last night from Head of Performance David Nucifora which confirms that Jon Skurr has left his position as manager of the Women’s 7’s team with immediate effect. The
Rugby Borough Councillors have awarded World Cup winners England Women the Freedom of the Borough, in recognition of their outstanding achievement in winning the 2014 Rugby World Cup in France. A special ceremony to honour the team was held at Rugby Town Hall, followed by a civic reception. Freedom of the Borough of Rugby is the
There were some inspirational stories among the winners of the first ever Pride of Sport Awards held at the Grosvenor House on Wednesday. More than 300 VIP guests in attendance including: rugby’s Chris Robshaw, football’s Sam Allerdyce, athletics’ Greg Rutherford and swimming’s Mark Foster and Rebecca Addlington. They were there to honour heroes of sport,
New Zealand claimed the first round of the World Rugby Women’s Seven Series after beating Australia in a classic final match in Dubai. A last minute winner from inspirational captain Sarah Goss saw the Kiwis clinch the win from their rivals, who had impressed throughout the two-day tournament. In front of a packed house in
Francois Hougaard’s spectacular score in South Africa’s win over New Zealand in the Rugby Championship has been named as the International Rugby Players’ Association (IRPA) Try of the Year 2014. The Springbok scrum-half, who scored the first try of the match in Johannesburg in early October, becomes the third South African to win the award
In a thrilling match Fiji opened the scoring before England equalised, then England went ahead and Fiji came back at them and with the scores equal at full time it was onto extra time. Both teams were exhausted and Fiji resorted to kicking the ball clear. In the end it was Natasha Hunt who saved the
In a thrilling contest England beat Russia by 21 – 19 to reach the Plate Final. Earlier Russia had pushed World Champions New Zealand and proved tough opposition for a slightly downcast England. Marina Petrova put Russia ahead but Natasha Hunt and Alice Richardson hit back to put the half time score at 14 –
In a hard fought and low scoring Quarter Final match, England were beaten by France by 5 – 7. It was a tense and physical but overall disappointing battle and England bow out of the Cup competition. At half time they trailed 7 – 0 but despite a score from Jo Watmore to bring the score
The quarter-finals for round one of the women’s sevens series have been decided after a thrilling day one in the Dubai heat. With Olympic qualification at stake for the top four teams at the end of the series next May, intensity and skill levels stepped up even further from last season, with Australia on top
ENGLAND Women won all of their fixtures on day one at the Dubai Sevens, completing the day with a gritty 17-10 victory over Canada. Simon Middleton’s side backed up smooth wins over Fiji and Brazil with an impressive performance against the Women’s Rugby World Cup finalists from earlier this year and will face France in
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