England’s Izzy Noel-Smith scored a late try to snatch victory against Ireland in a tight game on a wet and windy night at Twickenham Stoop. A tight game of rugby in heavy rain meant there were few scoring opportunities which put emphasis on the defensive resilience of both sides. Despite the poor conditions England centre
Fixtures for 15th November Division One Lindley Swifts v York Ladies Oulton Raidettes v Thornhill Trojans Wigan St Judes – BYE Division Two East Leeds v Liverpool Uni Huddersfield v Hunslet Warriors West Leeds v Odsal – postponed
Saturday 14 November Autumn International England 8-3 Ireland 15 November 2015 Women’s Premier League Bristol Ladies 78-3 Aylesford Bulls Ladies Darlington Mowden Park Ladies 10-33 Wasps Ladies Lichfield Ladies 10-20 Saracens Ladies Worcester Ladies 7-21 Richmond Ladies Women’s Championship North Camp Hill Ladies 10-71 Firwood Waterloo Ladies Novocastrians Ladies 22-5 Loughborough Ladies West Bridgford Ladies 67-0 Northwich Ladies West Park Leeds Ladies P-P Eccles
Nine months out from rugby sevens’ debut at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the pools and match schedule have been announced for the opening round of the new HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, for both men and women, in Dubai. With global excitement building ahead of sevens’ biggest season, the world’s top players representing 28
England Women lead coach Scott Bemand has named his match day squad to face Ireland on Saturday at The Stoop, kick-off 3pm, live on englandrugby.com There are three changes to the starting XV which lost to France last weekend, with World Cup winners La Toya Mason and Emma Croker set to run out at The
One could not fault the effort and commitment Worcester, who attempted to compete throughout this encounter, but Lichfield were a class above their hosts scoring 9 tries, 7 of which came from their backs and winning by 59-5. Conditions made handling and passing difficult but the home side adapted much better than the visitors to
Expanded game representation and independence at the heart of World Rugby governance reform. Expanded tier two union and regional representation on Council Executive Committee to include independent representatives Women’s Advisory Committee to be established New governance model to operate after May 2016 Council meeting Reform follows most successful Rugby World Cup to date and wide
Bristol Ladies will hope for a change of fortune with next week’s fixture, having faced the top three sides in the last few weeks but they remain 4th in the league. Last Sunday, a young and inexperienced Bristol Ladies side showed grit and determination in their close defeat to Premiership leaders Richmond Ladies. With both sides missing
DMP made the long journey down south to the Jack Williams Ground in Kent to face Aylesford in a bottom of the table clash. DMP came with a young Squad because players were missing due to injury and England duty. It was a very overcast and damp day with a stiff breeze blowing across the
The women’s winter league for rugby league season began on 25 October so last weekend was the third week of fixtures. The league is made up of two divisions and this season Division Two welcomed three new teams: East Leeds (pictured above), Odsal, Hunslet, Hull and Liverpool University, it will be very interesting tracking their progress throughout the
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