Sean Lynn is biding his time before announcing his second Six Nations squad. As I type, there are still 60 days before the start of that competition, but his rivals have been hard at work for some time with their training squads. He has his eye on two sources of evidence, the Celtic Challenge, which
A new French squad is busy with its first training session under the leadership of François Ratier. It’s lasting four days from 9-12 February at Blagnac, a suburb of Toulouse. After a second session at the National Training Centre at Marcoussis (24-27 March), Ratier will sit down with his two assistants, Gerald Bastide and Florent
The venues for this year’s championship are now complete – bar one! (See list below). The missing element is the Italy-Scotland game. The FIR has been using the Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi in Parma regularly, and since Italy’s other match (against England) is taking place there, we may find a different (new?) venue for the Scots.
Women’s rugby is set to go up another gear in 2026, starting with the return of the biggest annual event in its calendar: The Guinness Women’s Six Nations, confirmation that the Championship will visit more national stadiums than ever before, and the launch of a new U21 Women’s Six Nations Series intended to strengthen and
England will begin their Six Nations Women’s U21 Series with an away trip to face Scotland at the Hive Stadium on Saturday 18th April (11am BST kick-off). LJ Lewis’ side continue their campaign with home outings against Ireland at Coventry RFC’s Butts Park Arena (2nd May) and France (10th May), hosted at Bedford Blues’ Goldington
Sione Fukofuka has announced the names of 50 players to start a week-long training session at Oriam, Edinburgh. They are: Forwards LEAH BARTLETT, GEMMA BELL, *HOLLAND BOGAN, BECKY BOYD, ELLIANN CLARKE, *EMILY COUBROUGH, HOLLIE CUNNINGHAM, EVA DONALDSON, ADELLE FERRIE, *POPPY FLETCHER, EVIE GALLAGHER, *MEGAN HYLAND, *NATASHA LOGAN, RACHEL MALCOLM, ELIS MARTIN, RACHEL McLACHLAN, FI McINTOSH,
Just three days after announcing his first training squad for the Six Nations, Scott Bemand has appointed a new captain. Erin King takes over the role from co-captains Edel McMahon and Sam Monaghan. All three have suffered long-term injuries, which have handicapped the co-captains from exerting their authority as they might have wished. Both are
Hot on the heels of John Mitchell, Scott Bemand has revealed the 37 names of players to form Ireland’s first training squad. It is: Backs *Alana McInerney, Anna McGann; Aoibheann Reilly, Aoife Dalton, Beibhinn Parsons, *Caitriona Finn, Dannah O’Brien, Emily Lane, Enya Breen, Eve Higgins, Nancy McGillivray, *Niamh Gallagher, *Robyn O’Connor; Stacey Flood, Vicky Elmes
John Mitchell has announced his first England training squad very early, almost exactly three months before kick-off. He’s making use of the five-week break in the PWR schedule which even allowed certain players off the leash to compete in the Celtic Challenge. The large total of 47 players offers us three complete teams, plus two
Head coach John Mitchell has named a 47-player squad for the Red Roses’ first training camp of 2026. It will be the first time a Red Roses squad has come together since winning the Women’s Rugby World Cup in September. The squad will assemble today at Pennyhill Park (Monday 12 January). “2025 was a memorable
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