Guide Dogs’ puppies to form guard of honour at Kingsholm Stadium during Saturday’s match against Sale Sharks Round 4 of the 2024-25 Premiership Women’s Rugby season will kick off at 3pm on Saturday 15th November at Kingsholm Stadium. Gloucester Hartpury go up against Sale Sharks, with a few special visitors welcoming them onto the pitch.
1. On a personal note it’s heartening to hear of Abi Tierney’s step-by-step return to work as CE of Wales Rugby. As before, she won’t have her troubles to seek. 2. The Imperfect Pyramid The structure of women’s rugby in England remains far from perfect. While the PWR board plots its path through the undergrowth,
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has today announced the commencement of a recruitment process for the Black Ferns Head Coach role, marking the next chapter in the evolution of the women’s game. NZR’s decision to initiate this process follows an extensive review of the Black Ferns programme post the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025. A similar
While women’s rugby is experiencing a boom after a remarkable summer, the PWR and RFU are seeking to answer one of the game’s most pressing questions: why are there not more women in high performance coaching? The Women’s High Performance Rugby Union Coach Review has been set up to find answers to that exact question
Can you believe it? Of the six teams in action today four totalled 33 points. There was excitement everywhere, but Franklin’s Gardens must take the prize: Loughborough Lightning and Exeter Chiefs played out a 33-33 draw. It was 14-14 at the break, and the drama increased relentlessly. On 80 minutes Meg Davey completed Lightning’s last
Sale Sharks v Trailfinders The only game to be played on Saturday gave two ambitious clubs the chance to strut their stuff and prove they could challenge for top placements. The ease with which TF won will send shockwaves through Sharks’ ranks. Both sides were stuffed with test players, another indication of the overwhelming strength
Loughborough Lightning head coach Nathan Smith has made three changes to his starting XV ahead of this weekend’s clash with Exeter Chiefs. USA hooker Kathryn Treder, who arrived from the bench in the recent win over Sale Sharks, makes her first start of the 2025/26 Premiership Women’s Rugby season on Sunday at cinch Stadium at
Head coach James Cooper has confirmed his England U18 Women’s squad for this weekend’s development camp hosted at Loughborough University. Starting this Friday, the four-day camp is the opening meeting of the season for the U18 Women’s side following on from October’s Women’s Pathway positional camps held at Bisham Abbey. Charlotte Brookes, Izzy Firth, Holly
The tenth World Cup was a massive success. Now comes the question, how will national unions react to its effects? None of the options will be easily gained, whether they be increased funding, better support for players or a lasting response from the public, sponsors and the media. Let’s take a glance at a few
That’s what every true Gloucester-Hartpury fan must be thinking after Emma Sing produced an outstanding performance at Sandy Park. Chiefs were one of a number of clubs to see high ambitions squashed, at least for the present. They scored five fine tries, but still lost by 12 points. The champions’ penalty try shows where their
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