The Rugby Football Union has today announced that Simon Middleton has been appointed to a newly created combined Head Coach role in which he will oversee both the England Women’s XVs and Sevens programmes. In a change to the previous structure which saw the XVs and Sevens programmes run by two head coaches, Middleton will
The T-Birds beat Firwood Waterloo by 20 points to 10 (after being at 10 all at half time). They go on to the play off match against Aylesbury on 29 March (time and venue yet to be announced) to see who will play next season in the premier league. Match report to follow.
With excitement building ahead of Rugby World Cup 2015, schools are being offered the opportunity to be part of the ceremonies which will welcome the 20 participating teams to the Tournament in England and Wales. Each of the 20 teams will be officially welcomed to the Tournament and their respective Team Base regions by local
PLAYERS, coaches and referees from across Europe came together this week for a Women’s Development Camp as part of the Rugby Football Union’s ground-breaking Unity Project. The project, which is being run in partnership with World Rugby, Rugby Europe and UK Sport, involves 17 European nations and is aiming to grow the game across the
Army 10 – 25 England England Women Under 20s recorded their first win of the season with a convincing 25-10 victory over the Army on Tuesday night at Aldershot Army Rugby Stadium. England, playing in their first of three fixtures this season and under the new guidance of former England captain Jo Yapp, ran in three
World Rugby committed to accurate and efficient decision-making Player welfare enhancement at heart of trial Trial begins on 21 February in Guinness PRO12 World Rugby is collaborating with Hawk-Eye Innovations, Rugby World Cup 2015 host broadcaster ITV and Sky Sports to trial innovative video review technology for consideration ahead of England 2015. The objective
England (15) 39 – 7 (7) Italy England – Tries: Matthews, Scott, Large, Mclean, Gallagher, Wilson Cons: Mclean 2, Goddard Pen: Mclean Italy – Try: Severin Conv: Sillari A strong second half performance from England saw them beat Italy 39-7 at The Stoop to record their first victory of this year’s 6 Nations. Italy started powerfully and Severin
World Rugby’s #RecogniseAndRemove online concussion education modules were completed by almost 13,000 members of the public and doctors across 180 nations in 2014, according to latest figures. Completions of the interactive concussion education module at www.playerwelfare.worldrugby.org, which is available in 11 languages, included 7,311 members of the public, 3,534 completions by non-rugby doctors, 1,391 completions
England Women’s Under 20s Head Coach Jo Yapp has named her team to take on the Army at Aldershot Army Rugby Stadium on Tuesday February 17, kick off 7pm. Yapp, who fronts a new coaching line-up for the season with Kevin Moggridge and Elaine Limond named as assistant coaches, has handed Darlington Mowden Park scrum-half
England Women have made seven changes to the starting line-up, for this Sunday’s Six Nations clash against Italy at the Twickenham Stoop, kick off 2pm. England, who opened their Six Nations campaign with a disappointing 13-0 defeat to Wales on Sunday, welcome back world cup winning fly-half Katy Mclean to the starting line-up with Ceri
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