No sooner is the inaugural Under 20s Six Nations tournament completed than another new venture comes over the horizon: a Transatlantic Quad Series. The four nations involved are Canada, England, the USA and the hosts, Wales. This gives them and us the chance to examine how a new set of squads compares. Other, non-participating nations
PWR has now confirmed the details of the revised opening stages of the 2024-25 season. It’s a great pity that the smooth running of the league has had to be interrupted once more. In one instance it was beyond the authorities’ control – the pandemic. In others it’s been because of the self-imposed three-year cycle;
FIXTURES FOR the innovative PWR Up Series have been confirmed ahead of its debut this September. Three weekends of fixtures will act as a warm-up for all nine Premiership Women’s Rugby clubs before their launch into league action on Saturday 5 October. Clubs have been grouped into regional pools of three and will play one
Black Ferns co-captain Kennedy Simon has extended her contract with New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and the Black Ferns through to 2028. The contract is the longest commitment signed by a women’s fifteens player in New Zealand, with Black Ferns fifteens professional contracts introduced in 2018. Since her debut for the Black Ferns against the USA
Under 20 Summer Series The last round of the inaugural Under 20s Summer Series kicked off with two internationals widely separated across the day. Ireland v Scotland Despite the 9 o’clock start it was already hot. The temperature would reach 32 degrees in mid-afternoon (hence the big gap in start-times). Scotland finished well beaten, but
Ellie Kildunne likes to do things differently, whether that be finding new ways to score tries or new angles to photograph them from. With her Allianz Premiership Women’s Rugby side Harlequins not in action on the day of the Allianz PWR Final, Kildunne took on a new role as a photographer. It is a passion
U20 Summer Series – England v France Our starting point: a 74-0 walloping of the English by the French in April in Rouen. On three minutes wonderful combinations led to an opening try for Steph Else, who spotted a weak edge to a ruck near the line. The move started from a solid scrum, which
France squad 15 Kelly Arbey (Stade Toulousain) 14 Cléo Hagel (Lyon OU) 13 Hawa Tounkara (Bobigny) 12 Enoé Neri (Grenoble) 11 Suliana Sivi (Stade Rennais) 10 Maé Levy (Montpellier) 9 Eneke Labeyrie (Lyon OU) 1 Mailys Borak (Stade Bordelais) 2 Marion Zdzioblo (Stade Bordelais) 3 Iliana Acolatse (Grenoble) 4 Kiara Zago (Stade Toulousain) 5 Taina
Harlequins have today confirmed a change to the women’s coaching team for the 2024/25 season. The change has been confirmed following a review of the 2023/24 season and the Club’s ongoing vision to build one of the strongest women’s programmes in the Northern Hemisphere. Amy Turner has moved from Head Coach on the Women’s programme
The final England Women’s Pathway matchday squad of the 2024 Six Nations Women’s Summer Series has been confirmed by head coach LJ Lewis, who readies her team for the challenge of France. England face Les Bleues this Sunday (14th) on Matchday 3 of the inaugural series, kicking-off at 20:00 BST at the Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
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