Marlie Packer has acclaimed a new partnership that ensures players and clubs in Premiership Women’s Rugby will benefit from a new innovative athlete monitoring technology and video integration system. Developed by Catapult, the global leader in sports technology solutions for professional teams, the strategic partnership marks a significant milestone in advancing athlete performance in women’s
Preparation for the 2025 season of Sky Super Rugby Aupiki will begin in a matter of weeks with the Super Clubs today unveiling their squads for the upcoming season. A total of 116 players will begin their individual training programmes next month, in the build-up to the fourth season of Sky Super Rugby Aupiki. Among
Harlequins name their squad to travel to Bristol this Friday, as they look to secure their third win of the season in The PWR. Silvia Turani starts at loosehead after a strong performance on both sides of the ball last time out against Loughborough. Connie Powell continues at hooker, and Lizzie Hanlon comes into the
ChildFund Rugby announce over 30 Grassroots to Global Forums that will take place over the next nine months in the lead up to England 2025 Gallagher High Performance Academy masterclass held in collaboration with Grassroots to Global, alongside WXV 1 in Vancouver ChildFund Rugby’s Grassroots to Global Series and the Gallagher High Performance Academy join
In recent times it’s become more and more noticeable how clubs and the media pick out individual performances for highlighting. In tests we expect to see a Player of the Match, a Player of the Tournament, even a Player of the Decade. (How do you measure the correctness of that decision?) At club-league level we
Record number of women and girls playing the game Record number of participants in Heartland Unions Teenage boys’ participation up 5% Improved results in Sport New Zealand Voice of Participant Survey Another positive year of community rugby saw a six percent increase in registrations across the board, with 155,568 players taking the field this season.
Saracens v Gloucester-Hartpury With neither of these two giants sitting top of the table, one of them had the chance to put Exeter Chiefs in their place. It was a humdinger. G-H were right on top from kick-off; Mo Hunt tapped and ran, Mackenzie Carson took the ball on and Maud Muir cut a clever
Saturday saw two intense matches played, then a more one-sided affair in the north-west. Exeter Chiefs v Trailfinders The Londoners made the running at the start, taking advantage of the low sun in Chiefs’ eyes. Ella Amory kicked a threatening 50:22, but the line-out misfired. Despite appearances it was to be the set-scrum that proved
A Look at PWR’s Prospects On 8 October Belinda Moore, CEO of Premiership Women’s Rugby, announced her unexpected resignation. We don’t yet know who her successor will be. That person will have a host of hurdles to vault. The long-term aims of PWR were ambitious in the extreme: across the next decade we would see
Head Coach Ross Chisholm announces 11 changes to his Starting 15, as Harlequins host Loughborough Lightning at The Stoop in The Game Changer. It’s a completely new-look front-row from last week’s trip to Leicester, with Italian loosehead Silvia Turani packing down alongside England’s Connie Powell at hooker. South Africa’s Babalwa Latsha comes in to the
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