Blame the Parents When a child misbehaves, it’s often the parents who are blamed. How many of the complainants are parents themselves? In the rugby world the damning finger will point to the coaches. After another French loss at Gloucester, is that fair? In some respects, yes. Not for the first time, we can look
Lucky Fourteen Kingsholm, Gloucester As expected, England gained their fourteenth win over France in fourteen attempts, but you can be sure John Mitchell and his staff will have plenty of criticisms to make to the team in the post-match analysis. First, the nineteen points against. The Red Roses pride themselves on their defence and their
The Hive, Edinburgh Alisha Butchers ran out first to mark her 50th cap. She and her team were unrecognisable in their new alternate strip of white and light green. Nor did they start as they intended; Scotland soon dominated proceedings. Lana Skeldon took advantage of a huge gap in midfield to gallop many metres. The
Harlequins Head Coach Ross Chisholm has named his squad for Sunday’s PWR Up series opener against Trailfinders Women. Quins travel to Trailfinders Sports Club with 10 debutants, as they look to kick-off their season with a win against their London rivals. Jessie Spurrier starts at loosehead alongside Sweden’s Maja Meuller and Spanish captain Laura Delgado,
Bo Westcombe-Evans starts for Loughborough Lightning as they take on Sale Sharks in the PWR Up Series opener this weekend. The prolific tryscoring winger, who crossed the line 14 times in 20 appearances last term, has been away in the senior Red Roses squad for the past month but has been released back to her
If England fans are looking for a comfortable victory, they need only glance at the following numbers to banish over-confidence: 1, 15, 2, 10, 2, 6, 23, 2, 4, 2, 12, 6, 5, 21. These are the margins of victory, going back to France’s last win in 2018. (full scores below). The two sides: England
A Celtic Warm-Up First the teams: Scotland 15 Chloe Rollie 14 Coreen Grant 13 Emma Orr 12 Meryl Smith 11 Francesca McGhie 10 Helen Nelson 9 Mairi McDonald 1 Leah Bartlett 2 Lana Skeldon 3 Christine Belisle 4 Fi McIntosh 5 Sarah Bonar 6 Rachel Malcolm (captain) 7 Alex Stewart 8 Evie Gallagher 16 Elis
O2, Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Women’s Sport Trust (WST) deliver the annual report as part of a long-term study into the visibility of the Red Roses The joint aim of the report is to deliver three ambitions as part of the partnership: close the gender awareness gap*, grow the fan base and increase matchday
Crew Clothing, the premium British lifestyle brand, has today announced an exciting partnership with world number one, women’s rugby team and reigning Guinness Women’s Six Nations Champions, the Red Roses. As the Official Formalwear Outfitter, Crew Clothing will have the honour of dressing both the playing squad and non-playing staff in signature designs for all
The joint-coaches, Gaëlle Mignot and David Ortiz, have published the names of the 30 players to represent France in their match against England then the WXV1 series. It is: Forwards: Rose Bernadou, Axelle Berthoumieu, Manon Bigot, MaiIys Borak, Yllana Brosseau, Charlotte Escudero, Madoussou Fall, Manae Feleu, Téani Feleu, Émeline Gros, Hina Ikahehegi, Assia Khalfaoui, Romane
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